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	4,156	232,662	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,088	216,545	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,165	211,857	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,495	185,904	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,469	208,283	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,668	192,857	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,854	173,155	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,015	245,945	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,067	145,795	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,232	144,218	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,209	1,957,221

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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11.

Sound Of Silver

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,131 charts

Rank Score:

13,625

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Average Rating:

84 (1,357 votes)

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12.

A Rush Of Blood To The Head

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,312 charts

Rank Score:

13,325

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Overall Rank:

103

Average Rating:

79 (2,156 votes)

Comments:

182

13.

For Emma, Forever Ago

Bon Iver

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,181 charts

Rank Score:

12,874

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14.

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,465 charts

Rank Score:

12,826

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Overall Rank:

113

Average Rating:

83 (2,105 votes)

Comments:

128

15.

Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots

The Flaming Lips

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,270 charts

Rank Score:

12,043

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16.

Queens Of The Stone Age

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,105 charts

Rank Score:

11,666

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Overall Rank:

128

Average Rating:

83 (1,488 votes)

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17.

Amnesiac

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

1,311 charts

Rank Score:

11,547

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18.

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

1,072 charts

Rank Score:

11,385

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Overall Rank:

132

Average Rating:

82 (1,627 votes)

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19.

Fleet Foxes

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

1,208 charts

Rank Score:

11,333

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Overall Rank:

133

Average Rating:

83 (1,576 votes)

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20.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

1,096 charts

Rank Score:

10,783

Rank in 2009:

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Overall Rank:

139

Average Rating:

82 (1,563 votes)

Comments:

157

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	84	8%
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	1%
Opeth	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	549	55%
	218	22%
	57	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

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

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