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 41,000 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	3,024	271,641	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,085	243,166	Is This It (21st)by The Strokes
2002	3,168	242,036	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (45th)by Wilco
2003	3,512	204,989	Elephant (92nd)by The White Stripes
2004	3,410	242,235	Funeral (11th)by Arcade Fire
2005	3,640	217,116	Illinois (46th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	3,824	200,080	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (50th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	3,846	294,818	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,009	165,865	Fleet Foxes (118th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,121	170,870	Merriweather Post Pavilion (103rd)by Animal Collective
Total	35,639	2,252,815

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

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Kid A

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

2,828 charts

Rank Score:

72,853

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Average Rating:

89 (3,815 votes)

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502

In Rainbows

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

2,487 charts

Rank Score:

67,163

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2004

Appears in:

2,541 charts

Rank Score:

61,430

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2001

Appears in:

2,082 charts

Rank Score:

43,249

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86 (2,636 votes)

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245

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,445 charts

Rank Score:

28,260

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2005

Appears in:

1,377 charts

Rank Score:

27,939

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86 (1,625 votes)

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141

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

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

1,362 charts

Rank Score:

25,620

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Average Rating:

83 (2,055 votes)

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174

Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,085 charts

Rank Score:

19,061

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84 (1,388 votes)

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109

Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

903 charts

Rank Score:

18,336

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86 (1,090 votes)

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10.

For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,042 charts

Rank Score:

17,517

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83 (1,340 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	99	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	101	10%
2003	112	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	108	11%
2006	102	10%
2007	98	10%
2008	94	9%
2009	99	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	566	57%
	212	21%
	61	6%
	22	2%
	20	2%
	20	2%
	20	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

Live?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

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