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	4,153	232,905	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,085	216,782	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,152	211,743	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,464	186,032	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,458	208,430	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,665	193,083	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,846	173,402	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,007	246,433	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,053	145,564	Fleet Foxes (132nd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,226	144,371	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,109	1,958,746

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

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521.

Binaural

Pearl Jam

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

133 charts

Rank Score:

504

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

521

Overall Rank:

3,007

Average Rating:

72 (276 votes)

Comments:

522.

Scissor Sisters

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

504

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

522

Overall Rank:

3,009

Average Rating:

75 (170 votes)

Comments:

523.

Life In Cartoon Motion

Mika

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

93 charts

Rank Score:

502

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

523

Overall Rank:

3,014

Average Rating:

64 (156 votes)

Comments:

524.

Iowa

Slipknot

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

502

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

524

Overall Rank:

3,016

Average Rating:

73 (166 votes)

Comments:

525.

A Matter Of Life And Death

Iron Maiden

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

498

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

525

Overall Rank:

3,033

Average Rating:

72 (186 votes)

Comments:

526.

Tha Carter III

Lil Wayne

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

147 charts

Rank Score:

496

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

526

Overall Rank:

3,040

Average Rating:

61 (281 votes)

Comments:

527.

Girls Can Tell

Spoon

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

121 charts

Rank Score:

495

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

527

Overall Rank:

3,042

Average Rating:

79 (186 votes)

Comments:

528.

Some Cities

Doves (UK)

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

494

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

528

Overall Rank:

3,047

Average Rating:

74 (137 votes)

Comments:

529.

Like Water For Chocolate

Common

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

116 charts

Rank Score:

493

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

529

Overall Rank:

3,052

Average Rating:

77 (114 votes)

Comments:

530.

Reality

David Bowie

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

490

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

530

Overall Rank:

3,067

Average Rating:

73 (263 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	83	8%
2005	107	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	98	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	551	55%
	216	22%
	57	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

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

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