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	4,137	232,993	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,064	216,491	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,137	212,261	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,449	186,037	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,423	208,785	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,654	193,303	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,821	173,791	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,992	247,274	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,027	145,975	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,212	144,575	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	45,916	1,961,485

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

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711.

Wonder What's Next

Chevelle

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

354

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

711

Overall Rank:

4,042

Average Rating:

74 (81 votes)

Comments:

712.

Horehound

The Dead Weather

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

110 charts

Rank Score:

353

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

712

Overall Rank:

4,049

Average Rating:

75 (171 votes)

Comments:

713.

Rockferry

Duffy

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

92 charts

Rank Score:

353

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

713

Overall Rank:

4,050

Average Rating:

73 (126 votes)

Comments:

714.

Beach House

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

103 charts

Rank Score:

352

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

714

Overall Rank:

4,056

Average Rating:

75 (188 votes)

Comments:

715.

Somewhere In The Between

Streetlight Manifesto

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

352

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

715

Overall Rank:

4,061

Average Rating:

76 (46 votes)

Comments:

716.

Like Drawing Blood

Gotye

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

352

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

716

Overall Rank:

4,065

Average Rating:

72 (79 votes)

Comments:

717.

City Of Evil

Avenged Sevenfold

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

352

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

717

Overall Rank:

4,067

Average Rating:

68 (148 votes)

Comments:

718.

Title TK

The Breeders

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

351

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

718

Overall Rank:

4,072

Average Rating:

72 (51 votes)

Comments:

719.

Un Dia

Juana Molina

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

351

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

719

Overall Rank:

4,073

Average Rating:

79 (60 votes)

Comments:

720.

Her Majesty The Decemberists

The Decemberists

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

350

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

720

Overall Rank:

4,077

Average Rating:

75 (99 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	105	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	108	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	100	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	217	22%
	56	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

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

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Best Albums of the 2010s
1. To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
3. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar
4. The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
5. Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
6. A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead
7. Lonerism by Tame Impala
8. Blond by Frank Ocean
9. ★ (Blackstar) by David Bowie
10. Modern Vampires Of The City by Vampire Weekend
11. High Violet by The National
12. Teen Dream by Beach House
13. Currents by Tame Impala
14. Channel Orange by Frank Ocean
15. Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs
16. Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
17. Bon Iver, Bon Iver by Bon Iver
18. AM by Arctic Monkeys
19. This Is Happening by LCD Soundsystem
20. Random Access Memories by Daft Punk