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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Massive Attack

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

121 charts

Rank Score:

544

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

481

Overall Rank:

2,828

Average Rating:

74 (198 votes)

Comments:

482.

Tonight: Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdinand

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

147 charts

Rank Score:

543

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

482

Overall Rank:

2,831

Average Rating:

73 (329 votes)

Comments:

483.

Boris At Last: -Feedbacker-

ボリス [Boris]

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

543

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

483

Overall Rank:

2,833

Average Rating:

78 (121 votes)

Comments:

484.

Feast Of Wire

Calexico

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

109 charts

Rank Score:

541

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

484

Overall Rank:

2,842

Average Rating:

77 (123 votes)

Comments:

485.

The Silent Force

Within Temptation

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

540

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

485

Overall Rank:

2,847

Average Rating:

76 (81 votes)

Comments:

486.

The Ecstatic

Mos Def

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

117 charts

Rank Score:

539

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

486

Overall Rank:

2,849

Average Rating:

77 (133 votes)

Comments:

487.

Highly Evolved

The Vines

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

146 charts

Rank Score:

537

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

487

Overall Rank:

2,856

Average Rating:

70 (212 votes)

Comments:

488.

Blonde Redhead

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

112 charts

Rank Score:

535

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

488

Overall Rank:

2,863

Average Rating:

78 (141 votes)

Comments:

489.

Shadows Collide With People

John Frusciante

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

532

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

489

Overall Rank:

2,872

Average Rating:

78 (115 votes)

Comments:

490.

1
Compilation

The Beatles

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

124 charts

Rank Score:

531

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

490

Overall Rank:

2,874

Average Rating:

85 (621 votes)

Comments:

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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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