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 54,000 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	4,379	228,888	Kid A (6th)by Radiohead
2001	4,312	215,143	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,364	209,373	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (53rd)by Wilco
2003	4,678	184,299	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,652	204,810	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,802	190,052	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,962	170,779	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,144	241,263	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,199	144,104	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,385	142,947	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	47,877	1,931,660

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

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21.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

1,103 charts

Rank Score:

10,394

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

142

Average Rating:

82 (1,565 votes)

Comments:

157

22.

Boxer

The National

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

972 charts

Rank Score:

10,321

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

143

Average Rating:

82 (1,191 votes)

Comments:

23.

American Idiot

Green Day

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

993 charts

Rank Score:

10,005

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

153

Average Rating:

75 (1,803 votes)

Comments:

139

24.

The Moon & Antarctica

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,010 charts

Rank Score:

9,724

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

159

Average Rating:

84 (1,249 votes)

Comments:

25.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,149 charts

Rank Score:

9,711

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

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26.

Björk

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

810 charts

Rank Score:

9,612

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

163

Average Rating:

83 (980 votes)

Comments:

27.

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

754 charts

Rank Score:

8,995

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

175

Average Rating:

82 (834 votes)

Comments:

28.

Lateralus

Tool

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

787 charts

Rank Score:

8,960

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

176

Average Rating:

82 (1,069 votes)

Comments:

29.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

870 charts

Rank Score:

8,926

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

178

Average Rating:

83 (1,408 votes)

Comments:

30.

Hail To The Thief

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,177 charts

Rank Score:

8,880

Rank in 2003:

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Overall Rank:

181

Average Rating:

81 (2,329 votes)

Comments:

163

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	108	11%
2003	111	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	113	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Black Keys	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	556	55%
	220	22%
	52	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	10	1%

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