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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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	4,149	232,365	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,068	216,210	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,143	211,616	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,454	185,891	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,450	208,376	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,659	193,175	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,838	173,367	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,000	246,583	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,040	145,877	Fleet Foxes (132nd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,218	144,332	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,019	1,957,792

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

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731.

New Moon
Compilation

Elliott Smith

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

345

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

731

Overall Rank:

4,119

Average Rating:

78 (117 votes)

Comments:

732.

Du & Jag Döden [Du & Jag Doden]

Kent (SE)

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

345

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

732

Overall Rank:

4,122

Average Rating:

74 (40 votes)

Comments:

733.

Monoliths And Dimensions

Sunn O)))

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

345

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

733

Overall Rank:

4,126

Average Rating:

78 (99 votes)

Comments:

734.

Black Cherry

Goldfrapp

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

96 charts

Rank Score:

344

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

734

Overall Rank:

4,131

Average Rating:

74 (118 votes)

Comments:

735.

To Lose My Life

White Lies

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

344

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

735

Overall Rank:

4,135

Average Rating:

73 (174 votes)

Comments:

736.

No Cities Left

The Dears

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

344

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

736

Overall Rank:

4,136

Average Rating:

77 (45 votes)

Comments:

737.

Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water

Limp Bizkit

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

88 charts

Rank Score:

344

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

737

Overall Rank:

4,138

Average Rating:

49 (230 votes)

Comments:

738.

Shades Of Blue

Madlib

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

343

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

738

Overall Rank:

4,141

Average Rating:

80 (92 votes)

Comments:

739.

Somewhere In The Between

Streetlight Manifesto

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

343

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

739

Overall Rank:

4,151

Average Rating:

76 (46 votes)

Comments:

740.

Fabulous Muscles

Xiu Xiu

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

341

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

740

Overall Rank:

4,160

Average Rating:

79 (84 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	105	11%
2003	114	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	98	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Dream Theater	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	551	55%
	217	22%
	57	6%
	36	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	14	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	10	1%

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