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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 39,000 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	2,900	420,863	Kid A (6th)by Radiohead
2001	2,965	373,692	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	3,035	375,425	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (46th)by Wilco
2003	3,388	324,664	Elephant (75th)by The White Stripes
2004	3,283	385,567	Funeral (9th)by Arcade Fire
2005	3,520	334,354	Illinois (55th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	3,664	313,945	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (49th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	3,706	460,874	In Rainbows (12th)by Radiohead
2008	3,889	262,488	Fleet Foxes (111th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	3,983	272,793	Merriweather Post Pavilion (100th)by Animal Collective
Total	34,333	3,524,665

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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21.

Absolution

Muse

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

807 charts

Rank Score:

21,436

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Overall Rank:

122

Average Rating:

79 (1,443 votes)

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22.

Madvillainy

Madvillain

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

773 charts

Rank Score:

21,434

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Overall Rank:

123

Average Rating:

86 (861 votes)

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23.

Hail To The Thief

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,012 charts

Rank Score:

20,735

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Queens Of The Stone Age

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

855 charts

Rank Score:

20,642

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Overall Rank:

129

Average Rating:

83 (1,253 votes)

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25.

American Idiot

Green Day

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

824 charts

Rank Score:

20,071

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Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

803 charts

Rank Score:

19,858

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Overall Rank:

139

Average Rating:

83 (1,033 votes)

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27.

Hot Fuss

The Killers

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

832 charts

Rank Score:

19,685

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Muse

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

701 charts

Rank Score:

18,954

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Overall Rank:

143

Average Rating:

80 (1,246 votes)

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29.

Discovery

Daft Punk

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

782 charts

Rank Score:

18,538

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Overall Rank:

148

Average Rating:

82 (1,151 votes)

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30.

Lateralus

Tool

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

593 charts

Rank Score:

16,998

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Overall Rank:

162

Average Rating:

81 (841 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	92	9%
2001	94	9%
2002	99	10%
2003	110	11%
2004	90	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	102	10%
2007	106	11%
2008	98	10%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Modest Mouse	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	559	56%
	226	23%
	57	6%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	20	2%
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