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 37,000 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	2,748	410,505	Kid A (6th) by Radiohead
2001	2,810	361,228	Safe Mode: On Certain images on this site may contain adult content and are flagged as 'unsafe'. BestEverAlbums.com does not display these images by default, but you may choose to show or hide these images from your profile page. If you choose to hide these images, you'll see an image with a warning message instead of the actual image. If you choose to show them, you'll see these images no differently than regular (safe) images. Is This It (24th) by The Strokes
2002	2,885	364,619	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th) by Wilco
2003	3,248	313,737	Elephant (73rd) by The White Stripes
2004	3,140	373,109	Funeral (9th) by Arcade Fire
2005	3,387	324,519	Illinois (55th) by Sufjan Stevens
2006	3,501	305,519	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (46th) by Arctic Monkeys
2007	3,591	449,265	In Rainbows (12th) by Radiohead
2008	3,758	255,796	Fleet Foxes (111th) by Fleet Foxes
2009	3,853	266,777	Merriweather Post Pavilion (98th) by Animal Collective
Total	32,921	3,425,074

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:	2,691 charts
Rank in 2000:	1	Rank Score:	122,346
Rank in 2000s	1	Overall Rank:	6
Average Rating: 89/100 (3,556 votes)
Comments: 489 comments

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Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:	2004	Appears in:	2,421 charts
Rank in 2004:	1	Rank Score:	104,934
Rank in 2000s	2	Overall Rank:	9
Average Rating: 88/100 (3,010 votes)
Comments: 347 comments

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In Rainbows

Radiohead

Year of Release:	2007	Appears in:	2,327 charts
Rank in 2007:	1	Rank Score:	102,361
Rank in 2000s	3	Overall Rank:	12
Average Rating: 89/100 (3,077 votes)
Comments: 330 comments

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Is This It

The Strokes

Year of Release:	2001	Appears in:	1,933 charts
Rank in 2001:	1	Rank Score:	67,540
Rank in 2000s	4	Overall Rank:	24
Average Rating: 85/100 (2,414 votes)
Comments: 236 comments

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

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:	2006	Appears in:	1,299 charts
Rank in 2006:	1	Rank Score:	42,162
Rank in 2000s	5	Overall Rank:	46
Average Rating: 83/100 (1,899 votes)
Comments: 168 comments

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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	1,341 charts
Rank in 2002:	1	Rank Score:	41,740
Rank in 2000s	6	Overall Rank:	48
Average Rating: 85/100 (1,574 votes)
Comments: 149 comments

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Illinois

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:	2005	Appears in:	1,277 charts
Rank in 2005:	1	Rank Score:	38,420
Rank in 2000s	7	Overall Rank:	55
Average Rating: 86/100 (1,492 votes)
Comments: 132 comments

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Elephant

The White Stripes

Year of Release:	2003	Appears in:	1,244 charts
Rank in 2003:	1	Rank Score:	31,817
Rank in 2000s	8	Overall Rank:	73
Average Rating: 83/100 (1,811 votes)
Comments: 108 comments

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A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	1,089 charts
Rank in 2002:	2	Rank Score:	29,237
Rank in 2000s	9	Overall Rank:	79
Average Rating: 78/100 (1,829 votes)
Comments: 147 comments

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Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

Year of Release:	2002	Appears in:	1,005 charts
Rank in 2002:	3	Rank Score:	28,043
Rank in 2000s	10	Overall Rank:	85
Average Rating: 84/100 (1,265 votes)
Comments: 101 comments

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	93	9%
2001	96	10%
2002	99	10%
2003	111	11%
2004	90	9%
2005	102	10%
2006	101	10%
2007	107	11%
2008	99	10%
2009	103	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Modest Mouse	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Radiohead	5	0%
Muse	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	551	55%
	232	23%
	59	6%
	26	3%
	22	2%
	21	2%
	20	2%
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