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	4,138	232,874	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,065	216,383	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,137	212,070	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,449	185,817	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,423	208,573	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,655	193,116	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,821	173,553	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,992	247,160	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,029	145,605	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,215	144,539	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	45,924	1,959,690

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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991.

Love Is Hell Pts. 1 & 2
Compilation

Ryan Adams

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

232

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992.

Echo Park

Feeder

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

232

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993.

Live In Gdańsk
Live

David Gilmour

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

232

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993

Overall Rank:

5,687

Average Rating:

79 (49 votes)

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994.

Horses In The Sky

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra And Tra-La-La Band

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

232

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995.

...For The Whole World To See

Death (Protopunk)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

232

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996.

The Power To Believe

King Crimson

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997.

The Human Equation

Ayreon

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997

Overall Rank:

5,711

Average Rating:

79 (53 votes)

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998.

Un Día En El Mundo

Vetusta Morla

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

231

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998

Overall Rank:

5,713

Average Rating:

76 (40 votes)

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999.

The Magic Numbers

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

231

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1000.

Gypsy Punks

Gogol Bordello

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

41 charts

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231

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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	108	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	100	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Radiohead	6	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	550	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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