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 46,000 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	3,511	254,556	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,527	229,791	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	3,616	226,844	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	3,965	196,483	Elephant (109th)by The White Stripes
2004	3,862	226,620	Funeral (13th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,113	205,882	Illinois (45th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,270	186,935	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (55th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,325	271,206	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,460	155,008	Fleet Foxes (132nd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,544	156,978	Merriweather Post Pavilion (124th)by Animal Collective
Total	40,193	2,110,302

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

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Kid A

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,024 charts

Rank Score:

62,665

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Average Rating:

89 (4,143 votes)

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537

In Rainbows

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

2,697 charts

Rank Score:

59,978

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89 (3,641 votes)

Comments:

370

Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,724 charts

Rank Score:

51,653

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

2,249 charts

Rank Score:

37,919

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2005

Appears in:

1,504 charts

Rank Score:

25,786

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Average Rating:

86 (1,761 votes)

Comments:

163

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,561 charts

Rank Score:

24,559

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Average Rating:

85 (1,832 votes)

Comments:

167

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

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

1,479 charts

Rank Score:

22,023

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

948 charts

Rank Score:

17,689

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Average Rating:

86 (1,075 votes)

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Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,011 charts

Rank Score:

17,505

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86 (1,217 votes)

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104

10.

Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,183 charts

Rank Score:

17,238

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Average Rating:

84 (1,501 votes)

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122

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	103	10%
2003	114	11%
2004	88	9%
2005	106	11%
2006	100	10%
2007	99	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	97	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Bruce Springsteen	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	564	56%
	215	22%
	56	6%
	31	3%
	20	2%
	19	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	981	98%
Yes	19	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

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