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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411.

Journal For Plague Lovers

Manic Street Preachers

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

643

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

411

Overall Rank:

2,468

Average Rating:

75 (189 votes)

Comments:

412.

From Mars To Sirius

Gojira

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

640

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

412

Overall Rank:

2,474

Average Rating:

81 (120 votes)

Comments:

413.

Frengers

Mew

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

114 charts

Rank Score:

638

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

413

Overall Rank:

2,478

Average Rating:

78 (152 votes)

Comments:

414.

Death Magnetic

Metallica

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

188 charts

Rank Score:

637

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

414

Overall Rank:

2,484

Average Rating:

68 (534 votes)

Comments:

415.

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

150 charts

Rank Score:

633

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

415

Overall Rank:

2,494

Average Rating:

77 (175 votes)

Comments:

416.

Silent Hill 2
Soundtrack

山岡晃 [Akira Yamaoka]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

40 charts

Rank Score:

627

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

416

Overall Rank:

2,512

Average Rating:

78 (63 votes)

Comments:

417.

The Lioness

Songs: Ohia

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

627

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

417

Overall Rank:

2,513

Average Rating:

76 (93 votes)

Comments:

418.

Moby

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

625

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

418

Overall Rank:

2,514

Average Rating:

72 (166 votes)

Comments:

419.

Inside In/Inside Out

The Kooks

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

624

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

419

Overall Rank:

2,521

Average Rating:

72 (207 votes)

Comments:

420.

Murray Street

Sonic Youth

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

149 charts

Rank Score:

623

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

420

Overall Rank:

2,526

Average Rating:

77 (238 votes)

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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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