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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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	4,146	232,523	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,069	216,320	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,142	211,665	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,453	186,001	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,443	208,525	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,659	193,276	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,836	173,445	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,999	246,747	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,040	145,935	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,217	144,354	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,004	1,958,791

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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Thunder, Lightning, Strike

The Go! Team

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

153 charts

Rank Score:

725

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

371

Overall Rank:

2,239

Average Rating:

77 (168 votes)

Comments:

372.

Labor Days

Aesop Rock

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

720

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

372

Overall Rank:

2,247

Average Rating:

80 (128 votes)

Comments:

373.

Magic

Bruce Springsteen

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

150 charts

Rank Score:

719

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

373

Overall Rank:

2,250

Average Rating:

74 (250 votes)

Comments:

374.

All Is Dream

Mercury Rev

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

143 charts

Rank Score:

717

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

374

Overall Rank:

2,255

Average Rating:

76 (143 votes)

Comments:

375.

Attack & Release

The Black Keys

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

207 charts

Rank Score:

716

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

375

Overall Rank:

2,260

Average Rating:

75 (376 votes)

Comments:

376.

Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts

M83

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

174 charts

Rank Score:

715

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

376

Overall Rank:

2,262

Average Rating:

79 (237 votes)

Comments:

377.

Insurgentes

Steven Wilson

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

714

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

377

Overall Rank:

2,266

Average Rating:

78 (134 votes)

Comments:

378.

Marry Me

St. Vincent

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

713

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

378

Overall Rank:

2,267

Average Rating:

78 (188 votes)

Comments:

379.

Music

Madonna

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

141 charts

Rank Score:

713

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

379

Overall Rank:

2,268

Average Rating:

73 (251 votes)

Comments:

380.

Show Your Bones

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

164 charts

Rank Score:

710

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

380

Overall Rank:

2,271

Average Rating:

75 (256 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	85	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	551	55%
	217	22%
	57	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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