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	4,141	232,790	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,065	216,398	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,137	212,060	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,451	185,958	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,424	208,583	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,657	193,203	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,829	173,631	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	4,994	247,086	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,031	145,919	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,217	144,460	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	45,946	1,960,089

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:

4,046

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:

4,051

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:

4,053

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:

4,058

Average Rating:

75 (188 votes)

Comments:

715.

Like Drawing Blood

Gotye

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

352

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

715

Overall Rank:

4,065

Average Rating:

72 (79 votes)

Comments:

716.

Somewhere In The Between

Streetlight Manifesto

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

351

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

716

Overall Rank:

4,068

Average Rating:

76 (46 votes)

Comments:

717.

City Of Evil

Avenged Sevenfold

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

351

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

717

Overall Rank:

4,069

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:

4,074

Average Rating:

72 (51 votes)

Comments:

719.

Un Dia

Juana Molina

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

350

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

719

Overall Rank:

4,075

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:

4,078

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	92	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Radiohead	6	1%
Opeth	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	551	55%
	217	22%
	56	6%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	13	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	10	1%

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