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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 40,000 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	2,952	270,764	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	3,023	241,665	Is This It (22nd)by The Strokes
2002	3,091	239,850	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (46th)by Wilco
2003	3,452	205,629	Elephant (91st)by The White Stripes
2004	3,346	242,308	Funeral (10th)by Arcade Fire
2005	3,579	216,617	Illinois (45th)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	3,748	200,075	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (50th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	3,772	293,846	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	3,963	166,517	Fleet Foxes (119th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	4,066	171,836	Merriweather Post Pavilion (104th)by Animal Collective
Total	34,992	2,249,108

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

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61.

Transatlanticism

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

429 charts

Rank Score:

5,490

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

354

Average Rating:

78 (620 votes)

Comments:

62.

Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea

PJ Harvey

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

533 charts

Rank Score:

5,454

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

355

Average Rating:

81 (685 votes)

Comments:

63.

Third

Portishead

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

490 charts

Rank Score:

5,424

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

357

Average Rating:

81 (689 votes)

Comments:

64.

Untrue

Burial

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

380 charts

Rank Score:

5,318

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

361

Average Rating:

82 (496 votes)

Comments:

65.

The Black Parade

My Chemical Romance

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

322 charts

Rank Score:

5,303

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

362

Average Rating:

71 (623 votes)

Comments:

66.

Person Pitch

Panda Bear

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

408 charts

Rank Score:

5,277

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

366

Average Rating:

81 (562 votes)

Comments:

67.

Franz Ferdinand

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

641 charts

Rank Score:

5,173

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

373

Average Rating:

78 (1,020 votes)

Comments:

68.

Alligator

The National

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

424 charts

Rank Score:

5,070

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

379

Average Rating:

80 (627 votes)

Comments:

69.

By The Way

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

475 charts

Rank Score:

5,054

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

380

Average Rating:

76 (902 votes)

Comments:

70.

Stankonia

OutKast

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

519 charts

Rank Score:

4,991

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

383

Average Rating:

80 (737 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	99	10%
2001	98	10%
2002	101	10%
2003	110	11%
2004	82	8%
2005	109	11%
2006	104	10%
2007	101	10%
2008	94	9%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	561	56%
	220	22%
	61	6%
	21	2%
	20	2%
	20	2%
	20	2%
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