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 49,000 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	3,637	245,358	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,657	226,139	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	3,754	220,048	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,108	192,961	Elephant (114th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,009	218,964	Funeral (14th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,275	200,212	Illinois (45th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,421	179,945	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (62nd)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,500	259,430	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,601	150,463	Fleet Foxes (134th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,698	150,685	Merriweather Post Pavilion (130th)by Animal Collective
Total	41,660	2,044,204

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

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31.

Since I Left You

The Avalanches

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

787 charts

Rank Score:

9,495

Rank in 2000:

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Overall Rank:

182

Average Rating:

82 (890 votes)

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32.

Lateralus

Tool

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

751 charts

Rank Score:

9,444

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Overall Rank:

183

Average Rating:

82 (1,021 votes)

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33.

Absolution

Muse

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

928 charts

Rank Score:

9,012

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

974 charts

Rank Score:

8,967

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35.

Muse

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

796 charts

Rank Score:

8,816

Rank in 2001:

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Overall Rank:

199

Average Rating:

80 (1,388 votes)

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36.

Parachutes

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

940 charts

Rank Score:

8,624

Rank in 2000:

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Overall Rank:

205

Average Rating:

78 (1,646 votes)

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37.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

806 charts

Rank Score:

8,381

Rank in 2006:

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Overall Rank:

212

Average Rating:

79 (1,049 votes)

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38.

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

861 charts

Rank Score:

7,742

Rank in 2008:

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Overall Rank:

233

Average Rating:

81 (1,253 votes)

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39.

Favourite Worst Nightmare

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

707 charts

Rank Score:

7,297

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Overall Rank:

250

Average Rating:

80 (1,297 votes)

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40.

Late Registration

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

707 charts

Rank Score:

7,167

Rank in 2005:

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Overall Rank:

256

Average Rating:

83 (1,143 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	104	10%
2002	99	10%
2003	112	11%
2004	86	9%
2005	108	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	102	10%
2008	92	9%
2009	98	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	559	56%
	220	22%
	55	6%
	26	3%
	22	2%
	21	2%
	21	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

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

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

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