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	232,245	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,092	216,074	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,169	211,242	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,498	185,435	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,471	207,666	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,688	192,672	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,859	172,846	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,026	245,238	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,081	145,653	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,262	144,119	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,302	1,953,190

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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Second Life Syndrome

Riverside (PL)

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

562

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

461

Overall Rank:

2,755

Average Rating:

80 (84 votes)

Comments:

462.

Castaways And Cutouts

The Decemberists

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

121 charts

Rank Score:

561

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

462

Overall Rank:

2,759

Average Rating:

77 (156 votes)

Comments:

463.

Mass Romantic

The New Pornographers

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

164 charts

Rank Score:

560

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

463

Overall Rank:

2,764

Average Rating:

78 (171 votes)

Comments:

464.

Octavarium

Dream Theater

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

560

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

464

Overall Rank:

2,765

Average Rating:

76 (194 votes)

Comments:

465.

Love

The Beatles

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

559

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

465

Overall Rank:

2,766

Average Rating:

79 (367 votes)

Comments:

466.

Coles Corner

Richard Hawley

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

111 charts

Rank Score:

554

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

466

Overall Rank:

2,788

Average Rating:

75 (109 votes)

Comments:

467.

The Information

Beck

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

132 charts

Rank Score:

553

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

467

Overall Rank:

2,790

Average Rating:

74 (231 votes)

Comments:

468.

Let It Die

Feist

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

108 charts

Rank Score:

553

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

468

Overall Rank:

2,791

Average Rating:

75 (142 votes)

Comments:

469.

Rainy Day Music

The Jayhawks

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

553

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

469

Overall Rank:

2,794

Average Rating:

74 (80 votes)

Comments:

470.

Comfort Eagle

Cake

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

112 charts

Rank Score:

552

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

470

Overall Rank:

2,800

Average Rating:

75 (160 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	108	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	550	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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