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	232,807	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,086	216,671	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,164	211,939	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,495	186,094	Elephant (111th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,463	208,351	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,668	192,948	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,851	173,277	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,010	246,093	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,064	145,814	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,231	144,298	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,188	1,958,292

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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Discovery

Daft Punk

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

1,007 charts

Rank Score:

10,748

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Overall Rank:

140

Average Rating:

83 (1,391 votes)

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Boxer

The National

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

972 charts

Rank Score:

10,630

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Overall Rank:

141

Average Rating:

82 (1,186 votes)

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The Moon & Antarctica

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,008 charts

Rank Score:

10,271

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Overall Rank:

148

Average Rating:

84 (1,242 votes)

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American Idiot

Green Day

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

986 charts

Rank Score:

10,056

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Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,150 charts

Rank Score:

10,034

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Björk

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

790 charts

Rank Score:

9,641

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Overall Rank:

164

Average Rating:

83 (973 votes)

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Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

749 charts

Rank Score:

9,312

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Overall Rank:

170

Average Rating:

82 (828 votes)

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The College Dropout

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

869 charts

Rank Score:

9,294

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Overall Rank:

172

Average Rating:

83 (1,396 votes)

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Hail To The Thief

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,163 charts

Rank Score:

9,203

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Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

809 charts

Rank Score:

8,873

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Overall Rank:

184

Average Rating:

82 (923 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%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
The White Stripes	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%
Show all

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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