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 51,000 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	3,986	237,463	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,918	219,603	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,004	214,362	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,346	188,648	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,276	211,700	Funeral (14th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,556	196,249	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,706	176,615	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (63rd)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,874	252,801	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,890	147,989	Fleet Foxes (131st)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,074	146,719	Merriweather Post Pavilion (137th)by Animal Collective
Total	44,630	1,992,150

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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41.

Late Registration

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

719 charts

Rank Score:

6,749

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

266

Average Rating:

82 (1,161 votes)

Comments:

42.

Black Holes And Revelations

Muse

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

763 charts

Rank Score:

6,591

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

272

Average Rating:

78 (1,424 votes)

Comments:

43.

Hospice

The Antlers

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

625 charts

Rank Score:

6,489

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

276

Average Rating:

82 (824 votes)

Comments:

44.

You Forgot It In People

Broken Social Scene

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

608 charts

Rank Score:

6,355

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

286

Average Rating:

83 (686 votes)

Comments:

45.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

792 charts

Rank Score:

6,296

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

290

Average Rating:

78 (1,299 votes)

Comments:

46.

Toxicity

System Of A Down

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

671 charts

Rank Score:

6,234

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

291

Average Rating:

78 (1,017 votes)

Comments:

47.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

855 charts

Rank Score:

6,086

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

299

Average Rating:

81 (1,332 votes)

Comments:

48.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

800 charts

Rank Score:

5,690

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

321

Average Rating:

79 (1,212 votes)

Comments:

49.

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

711 charts

Rank Score:

5,673

Rank in 2008:

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Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

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50.

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

462 charts

Rank Score:

5,570

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

327

Average Rating:

74 (774 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	107	11%
2003	112	11%
2004	87	9%
2005	109	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	89	9%
2009	100	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	558	56%
	216	22%
	55	6%
	33	3%
	22	2%
	22	2%
	21	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

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

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