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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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	4,156	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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Kid A

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,158 charts

Rank Score:

51,121

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Average Rating:

89 (4,362 votes)

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552

In Rainbows

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

2,836 charts

Rank Score:

50,936

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90 (3,839 votes)

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386

Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,828 charts

Rank Score:

41,557

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

2,409 charts

Rank Score:

33,030

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2005

Appears in:

1,602 charts

Rank Score:

23,002

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Average Rating:

86 (1,856 votes)

Comments:

167

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,639 charts

Rank Score:

20,573

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Average Rating:

85 (1,914 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:

1,579 charts

Rank Score:

18,366

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

1,020 charts

Rank Score:

16,187

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Average Rating:

86 (1,167 votes)

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Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,068 charts

Rank Score:

14,935

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86 (1,295 votes)

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106

10.

Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,254 charts

Rank Score:

14,927

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Average Rating:

84 (1,582 votes)

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127

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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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