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	4,144	232,524	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,067	216,138	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	4,139	211,741	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,453	185,786	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,426	208,356	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,659	193,228	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,834	173,482	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,000	246,816	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,031	145,842	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,217	144,308	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	45,970	1,958,221

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.

Everything That Happens Will Happen Today

Brian Eno & David Byrne

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

233

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991

Overall Rank:

5,670

Average Rating:

74 (66 votes)

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992.

Up!

Shania Twain

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

233

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993.

Mabool: The Story Of The Three Sons Of Seven

Orphaned Land

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

232

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993

Overall Rank:

5,688

Average Rating:

78 (31 votes)

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994.

Live In Gdańsk
Live

David Gilmour

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

232

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994

Overall Rank:

5,692

Average Rating:

79 (49 votes)

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995.

Love Is Hell Pts. 1 & 2
Compilation

Ryan Adams

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

232

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996.

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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997.

The Power To Believe

King Crimson

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

231

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998.

...For The Whole World To See

Death (Protopunk)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

231

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999.

The Magic Numbers

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

231

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1000.

The Human Equation

Ayreon

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

231

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1,000

Overall Rank:

5,720

Average Rating:

79 (53 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%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	549	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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