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 54,000 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	4,354	229,331	Kid A (8th)by Radiohead
2001	4,287	215,849	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,270	209,228	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (51st)by Wilco
2003	4,610	184,128	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,593	205,171	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,790	190,796	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,952	171,491	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,129	242,367	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,187	144,816	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,365	143,618	Merriweather Post Pavilion (141st)by Animal Collective
Total	47,537	1,936,796

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

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51.

Sea Change

Beck

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

707 charts

Rank Score:

5,331

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

337

Average Rating:

80 (957 votes)

Comments:

52.

Oracular Spectacular

MGMT

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

828 charts

Rank Score:

5,313

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

338

Average Rating:

79 (1,227 votes)

Comments:

53.

The xx

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

751 charts

Rank Score:

5,145

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

345

Average Rating:

78 (1,110 votes)

Comments:

54.

Stankonia

OutKast

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

688 charts

Rank Score:

5,079

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

347

Average Rating:

80 (873 votes)

Comments:

55.

Untrue

Burial

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

504 charts

Rank Score:

5,067

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

350

Average Rating:

81 (607 votes)

Comments:

56.

Chutes Too Narrow

The Shins

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

608 charts

Rank Score:

5,008

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

352

Average Rating:

80 (761 votes)

Comments:

57.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

699 charts

Rank Score:

4,986

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

356

Average Rating:

81 (825 votes)

Comments:

58.

Silent Alarm

Bloc Party

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

655 charts

Rank Score:

4,854

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

368

Average Rating:

77 (841 votes)

Comments:

59.

Franz Ferdinand

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

772 charts

Rank Score:

4,781

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

372

Average Rating:

78 (1,160 votes)

Comments:

60.

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Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

644 charts

Rank Score:

4,760

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

374

Average Rating:

82 (850 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	107	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	111	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	105	11%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	556	56%
	218	22%
	52	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
Show all

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

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

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

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