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	4,143	232,564	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,066	216,216	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,137	211,777	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,451	185,859	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,424	208,448	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,657	193,093	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,834	173,510	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,997	246,913	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,031	145,871	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,217	144,300	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	45,957	1,958,551

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

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341.

Gulag Orkestar

Beirut

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

159 charts

Rank Score:

812

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

341

Overall Rank:

2,041

Average Rating:

77 (199 votes)

Comments:

342.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

169 charts

Rank Score:

800

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

342

Overall Rank:

2,069

Average Rating:

77 (165 votes)

Comments:

343.

Folie À Deux

Fall Out Boy

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

796

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

343

Overall Rank:

2,081

Average Rating:

70 (132 votes)

Comments:

344.

Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor

Lupe Fiasco

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

795

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

344

Overall Rank:

2,085

Average Rating:

76 (182 votes)

Comments:

345.

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

157 charts

Rank Score:

794

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

345

Overall Rank:

2,087

Average Rating:

77 (205 votes)

Comments:

346.

In Ghost Colours

Cut Copy

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

183 charts

Rank Score:

791

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

346

Overall Rank:

2,092

Average Rating:

77 (218 votes)

Comments:

347.

Mer De Noms

A Perfect Circle

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

151 charts

Rank Score:

790

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

347

Overall Rank:

2,096

Average Rating:

78 (202 votes)

Comments:

348.

The Lemon Of Pink

The Books

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

777

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

348

Overall Rank:

2,117

Average Rating:

77 (145 votes)

Comments:

349.

The Ape Of Naples

Coil

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

105 charts

Rank Score:

776

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

349

Overall Rank:

2,119

Average Rating:

79 (116 votes)

Comments:

350.

Haha Sound

Broadcast

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

106 charts

Rank Score:

768

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

350

Overall Rank:

2,138

Average Rating:

79 (123 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	105	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	549	55%
	217	22%
	57	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
Show all

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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