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	4,137	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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871.

The Way Of All Flesh

Gojira

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

272

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

871

Overall Rank:

4,946

Average Rating:

81 (77 votes)

Comments:

872.

Let's Get Free

Dead Prez

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

272

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

872

Overall Rank:

4,952

Average Rating:

76 (42 votes)

Comments:

873.

Fevers And Mirrors

Bright Eyes

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

271

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

873

Overall Rank:

4,967

Average Rating:

75 (163 votes)

Comments:

874.

Comicopera

Robert Wyatt

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

271

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

874

Overall Rank:

4,968

Average Rating:

75 (37 votes)

Comments:

875.

Conditions

The Temper Trap

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

270

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

875

Overall Rank:

4,970

Average Rating:

72 (132 votes)

Comments:

876.

Lemonjelly.ky
Compilation

Lemon Jelly

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

270

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

876

Overall Rank:

4,976

Average Rating:

72 (31 votes)

Comments:

877.

Eye To The Telescope

KT Tunstall

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

269

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

877

Overall Rank:

4,986

Average Rating:

73 (85 votes)

Comments:

878.

Justified

Justin Timberlake

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

269

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

878

Overall Rank:

4,989

Average Rating:

66 (129 votes)

Comments:

879.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

269

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

879

Overall Rank:

4,991

Average Rating:

74 (43 votes)

Comments:

880.

To The 5 Boroughs

Beastie Boys

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

268

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

880

Overall Rank:

5,003

Average Rating:

71 (115 votes)

Comments:

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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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