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 50,000 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	3,704	242,989	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,724	224,315	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	3,824	218,824	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,141	191,394	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,045	217,580	Funeral (14th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,331	199,074	Illinois (45th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,462	178,672	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (61st)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,647	257,805	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,695	149,469	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,802	149,188	Merriweather Post Pavilion (136th)by Animal Collective
Total	42,375	2,029,311

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

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Kid A

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,107 charts

Rank Score:

57,061

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Average Rating:

89 (4,279 votes)

Comments:

547

In Rainbows

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

2,772 charts

Rank Score:

55,427

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Average Rating:

90 (3,764 votes)

Comments:

383

Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,786 charts

Rank Score:

45,926

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

2,345 charts

Rank Score:

35,896

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Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,558 charts

Rank Score:

24,224

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Average Rating:

86 (1,814 votes)

Comments:

166

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,609 charts

Rank Score:

22,468

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Average Rating:

85 (1,882 votes)

Comments:

170

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

1,533 charts

Rank Score:

20,008

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

994 charts

Rank Score:

17,337

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Average Rating:

86 (1,133 votes)

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Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,044 charts

Rank Score:

16,082

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86 (1,264 votes)

Comments:

105

10.

Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,219 charts

Rank Score:

15,937

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Average Rating:

84 (1,547 votes)

Comments:

125

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	101	10%
2003	113	11%
2004	87	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	101	10%
2008	92	9%
2009	98	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	558	56%
	220	22%
	55	6%
	28	3%
	22	2%
	21	2%
	21	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

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

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

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