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	229,381	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,291	215,755	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,275	209,346	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (51st)by Wilco
2003	4,612	184,236	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,594	205,419	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,792	190,779	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,954	171,563	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,131	242,552	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,187	144,956	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,366	143,732	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	47,556	1,937,721

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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Deathconsciousness

Have A Nice Life

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

360 charts

Rank Score:

4,735

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

377

Average Rating:

81 (430 votes)

Comments:

62.

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Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

644 charts

Rank Score:

4,734

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

378

Average Rating:

82 (852 votes)

Comments:

63.

The Devil And God Are Raging Inside Me

Brand New

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

450 charts

Rank Score:

4,546

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

390

Average Rating:

81 (569 votes)

Comments:

64.

Strawberry Jam

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

523 charts

Rank Score:

4,434

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

396

Average Rating:

81 (772 votes)

Comments:

65.

Donuts

J Dilla

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

439 charts

Rank Score:

4,434

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

397

Average Rating:

81 (510 votes)

Comments:

66.

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

Bright Eyes

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

549 charts

Rank Score:

4,312

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

412

Average Rating:

78 (745 votes)

Comments:

67.

Transatlanticism

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

527 charts

Rank Score:

4,278

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

417

Average Rating:

79 (745 votes)

Comments:

68.

Graduation

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

545 charts

Rank Score:

4,271

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

418

Average Rating:

78 (1,109 votes)

Comments:

69.

Fear Of A Blank Planet

Porcupine Tree

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

420 charts

Rank Score:

4,244

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

419

Average Rating:

81 (586 votes)

Comments:

70.

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

615 charts

Rank Score:

4,216

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

423

Average Rating:

79 (812 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	111	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	96	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	556	55%
	217	22%
	52	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	10	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	10	1%

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