Best Albums of the 2000s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 2000s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 50,000 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	3,679	243,047	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,722	224,083	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	3,824	218,702	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,141	191,270	Elephant (114th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,044	217,627	Funeral (14th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,329	198,998	Illinois (44th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,461	178,677	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (64th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,645	257,796	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,694	149,508	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,792	149,079	Merriweather Post Pavilion (136th)by Animal Collective
Total	42,331	2,028,787

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

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21.

Discovery

Daft Punk

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

982 charts

Rank Score:

11,305

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Overall Rank:

140

Average Rating:

83 (1,352 votes)

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The Moon & Antarctica

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

992 charts

Rank Score:

10,996

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Overall Rank:

144

Average Rating:

84 (1,219 votes)

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23.

Boxer

The National

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

952 charts

Rank Score:

10,862

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Overall Rank:

149

Average Rating:

82 (1,173 votes)

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24.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,115 charts

Rank Score:

10,706

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

952 charts

Rank Score:

10,572

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26.

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

843 charts

Rank Score:

9,826

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Overall Rank:

167

Average Rating:

83 (1,368 votes)

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27.

Hail To The Thief

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,146 charts

Rank Score:

9,789

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Björk

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

765 charts

Rank Score:

9,572

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Overall Rank:

176

Average Rating:

83 (945 votes)

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29.

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

728 charts

Rank Score:

9,551

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Overall Rank:

177

Average Rating:

82 (813 votes)

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30.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

791 charts

Rank Score:

9,439

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Overall Rank:

180

Average Rating:

82 (894 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	101	10%
2003	113	11%
2004	87	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	101	10%
2008	92	9%
2009	98	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	558	56%
	220	22%
	55	6%
	28	3%
	22	2%
	21	2%
	21	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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