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 45,000 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	3,256	269,241	Kid A (6th)by Radiohead
2001	3,284	242,718	Is This It (22nd)by The Strokes
2002	3,382	238,991	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	3,715	205,066	Elephant (98th)by The White Stripes
2004	3,632	239,223	Funeral (12th)by Arcade Fire
2005	3,870	215,500	Illinois (45th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,030	198,826	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (52nd)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,063	288,678	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	4,214	162,987	Fleet Foxes (129th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,317	166,498	Merriweather Post Pavilion (109th)by Animal Collective
Total	37,763	2,227,727

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

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Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

570 charts

Rank Score:

5,558

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

358

Average Rating:

82 (769 votes)

Comments:

62.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

585 charts

Rank Score:

5,492

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

363

Average Rating:

81 (740 votes)

Comments:

63.

Veckatimest

Grizzly Bear

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

551 charts

Rank Score:

5,446

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

366

Average Rating:

80 (747 votes)

Comments:

64.

Transatlanticism

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

469 charts

Rank Score:

5,426

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

368

Average Rating:

78 (664 votes)

Comments:

65.

Person Pitch

Panda Bear

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

446 charts

Rank Score:

5,305

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

373

Average Rating:

81 (593 votes)

Comments:

66.

Stankonia

OutKast

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

608 charts

Rank Score:

5,217

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

378

Average Rating:

80 (798 votes)

Comments:

67.

I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning

Bright Eyes

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

493 charts

Rank Score:

5,118

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

384

Average Rating:

78 (677 votes)

Comments:

68.

Franz Ferdinand

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

672 charts

Rank Score:

4,941

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

397

Average Rating:

78 (1,065 votes)

Comments:

69.

By The Way

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

525 charts

Rank Score:

4,927

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

400

Average Rating:

76 (957 votes)

Comments:

70.

Deathconsciousness

Have A Nice Life

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

291 charts

Rank Score:

4,900

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

401

Average Rating:

82 (349 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	98	10%
2001	99	10%
2002	103	10%
2003	111	11%
2004	88	9%
2005	106	11%
2006	103	10%
2007	100	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Coldplay	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Radiohead	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	562	56%
	212	21%
	58	6%
	26	3%
	22	2%
	20	2%
	20	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	8	1%

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