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 53,000 greatest album charts.

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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	4,145	232,583	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,067	216,401	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,141	211,750	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,453	185,958	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,431	208,555	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,660	193,281	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,834	173,515	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,999	246,869	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,039	145,823	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,217	144,317	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	45,986	1,959,054

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

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281.

FutureSex/LoveSounds

Justin Timberlake

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

202 charts

Rank Score:

985

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

281

Overall Rank:

1,724

Average Rating:

72 (305 votes)

Comments:

282.

The Back Room

Editors

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

181 charts

Rank Score:

981

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

282

Overall Rank:

1,729

Average Rating:

74 (240 votes)

Comments:

283.

You're A Woman, I'm A Machine

Death From Above 1979

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

186 charts

Rank Score:

978

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

283

Overall Rank:

1,735

Average Rating:

76 (254 votes)

Comments:

284.

The Midnight Organ Fight

Frightened Rabbit

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

125 charts

Rank Score:

975

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

284

Overall Rank:

1,743

Average Rating:

77 (143 votes)

Comments:

285.

American III: Solitary Man

Johnny Cash

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

186 charts

Rank Score:

962

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

285

Overall Rank:

1,760

Average Rating:

78 (238 votes)

Comments:

286.

Brand New Eyes

Paramore

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

109 charts

Rank Score:

959

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

286

Overall Rank:

1,762

Average Rating:

74 (180 votes)

Comments:

287.

Things We Lost In The Fire

Low

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

175 charts

Rank Score:

956

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

287

Overall Rank:

1,765

Average Rating:

79 (160 votes)

Comments:

288.

Heathen

David Bowie

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

223 charts

Rank Score:

954

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

288

Overall Rank:

1,768

Average Rating:

75 (370 votes)

Comments:

289.

The Shepherd's Dog

Iron & Wine

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

158 charts

Rank Score:

952

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

289

Overall Rank:

1,771

Average Rating:

77 (189 votes)

Comments:

290.

Let's Get Out Of This Country

Camera Obscura (UK)

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

155 charts

Rank Score:

946

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

290

Overall Rank:

1,783

Average Rating:

79 (165 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	105	11%
2003	114	11%
2004	86	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	100	10%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	551	55%
	217	22%
	56	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

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

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