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 54,000 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	4,434	228,550	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,336	214,899	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,370	208,932	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,699	184,142	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,696	204,051	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,889	190,859	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,062	171,126	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,193	240,309	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,211	143,844	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,394	143,081	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,284	1,929,794

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

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In Rainbows

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

2,863 charts

Rank Score:

48,851

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Average Rating:

90 (3,875 votes)

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Kid A

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,182 charts

Rank Score:

48,655

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Average Rating:

89 (4,397 votes)

Comments:

556

Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,852 charts

Rank Score:

39,002

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

2,429 charts

Rank Score:

31,575

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2005

Appears in:

1,623 charts

Rank Score:

22,417

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Average Rating:

86 (1,873 votes)

Comments:

167

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,649 charts

Rank Score:

19,297

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Average Rating:

85 (1,926 votes)

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172

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

1,589 charts

Rank Score:

17,493

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

1,040 charts

Rank Score:

15,736

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86 (1,179 votes)

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Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,265 charts

Rank Score:

14,335

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84 (1,594 votes)

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128

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Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,084 charts

Rank Score:

14,203

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86 (1,307 votes)

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107

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	99	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	111	11%
2003	109	11%
2004	87	9%
2005	111	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	103	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	218	22%
	53	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

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

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