Best Albums of the 2000s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 2000s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 35,000 greatest album charts.

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2000s decade summary

Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
2000	2,637	399,776	Kid A (6th) by Radiohead
2001	2,693	351,418	Safe Mode: On Is This It (24th) by The Strokes
2002	2,764	357,955	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (47th) by Wilco
2003	3,123	308,396	Elephant (68th) by The White Stripes
2004	3,005	364,251	Funeral (7th) by Arcade Fire
2005	3,281	317,685	Illinois (57th) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	3,385	299,781	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (45th) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	3,515	439,039	In Rainbows (13th) by Radiohead
2008	3,622	249,816	Fleet Foxes (110th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	3,753	261,131	Merriweather Post Pavilion (99th) by Animal Collective
Total	31,778	3,349,248

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Muse, Arctic Monkeys, The White Stripes, Animal Collective, Wilco and Sufjan Stevens.

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Album

Artist

Kid A

Radiohead

Year of Release:	2000	Appears in:	2,601 charts
Rank in 2000:	1	Rank Score:	118,419
Rank in 2000s	1	Overall Rank:	6
Average Rating: 89/100 (3,451 votes)
Comments: 476 comments

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Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	2,365 charts
Rank in 2004:	1	Rank Score:	103,834
Rank in 2000s	2	Overall Rank:	7
Average Rating: 88/100 (2,923 votes)
Comments: 340 comments

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In Rainbows

Radiohead

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	2,249 charts
Rank in 2007:	1	Rank Score:	98,963
Rank in 2000s	3	Overall Rank:	13
Average Rating: 89/100 (2,981 votes)
Comments: 324 comments

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	1,874 charts
Rank in 2001:	1	Rank Score:	65,923
Rank in 2000s	4	Overall Rank:	24
Average Rating: 85/100 (2,340 votes)
Comments: 232 comments

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Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	1,257 charts
Rank in 2006:	1	Rank Score:	41,508
Rank in 2000s	5	Overall Rank:	45
Average Rating: 83/100 (1,836 votes)
Comments: 165 comments

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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	1,297 charts
Rank in 2002:	1	Rank Score:	40,821
Rank in 2000s	6	Overall Rank:	47
Average Rating: 85/100 (1,525 votes)
Comments: 143 comments

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Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	1,234 charts
Rank in 2005:	1	Rank Score:	37,324
Rank in 2000s	7	Overall Rank:	57
Average Rating: 86/100 (1,427 votes)
Comments: 129 comments

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Elephant

The White Stripes

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	1,230 charts
Rank in 2003:	1	Rank Score:	31,752
Rank in 2000s	8	Overall Rank:	68
Average Rating: 83/100 (1,765 votes)
Comments: 106 comments

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A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	1,065 charts
Rank in 2002:	2	Rank Score:	28,954
Rank in 2000s	9	Overall Rank:	78
Average Rating: 78/100 (1,773 votes)
Comments: 144 comments

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10.

Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	978 charts
Rank in 2002:	3	Rank Score:	27,694
Rank in 2000s	10	Overall Rank:	85
Average Rating: 84/100 (1,211 votes)
Comments: 99 comments

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	92	9%
2001	96	10%
2002	104	10%
2003	110	11%
2004	90	9%
2005	100	10%
2006	100	10%
2007	107	11%
2008	99	10%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	566	57%
	230	23%
	55	6%
	24	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
	15	2%
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