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	232,362	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,092	216,167	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,168	211,360	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,496	185,527	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,473	207,804	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,688	192,738	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,859	172,969	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,027	245,300	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,080	145,650	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,257	144,142	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,296	1,954,019

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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941.

Blackfield II

Blackfield

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

250

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

941

Overall Rank:

5,345

Average Rating:

74 (36 votes)

Comments:

942.

Love Is Overtaking Me

Arthur Russell

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

250

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

942

Overall Rank:

5,346

Average Rating:

74 (19 votes)

Comments:

943.

Close To Paradise

Patrick Watson

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

249

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

943

Overall Rank:

5,368

Average Rating:

75 (62 votes)

Comments:

944.

Melody Of Certain Damaged Lemons

Blonde Redhead

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

249

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

944

Overall Rank:

5,377

Average Rating:

76 (72 votes)

Comments:

945.

O My Heart

Mother Mother

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

248

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

945

Overall Rank:

5,392

Average Rating:

76 (30 votes)

Comments:

946.

Oops!... I Did It Again

Britney Spears

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

247

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

946

Overall Rank:

5,407

Average Rating:

54 (105 votes)

Comments:

947.

Minimum-Maximum
Live

Kraftwerk

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

247

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

947

Overall Rank:

5,413

Average Rating:

78 (70 votes)

Comments:

948.

Black Ice

AC/DC

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

103 charts

Rank Score:

247

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

948

Overall Rank:

5,414

Average Rating:

67 (220 votes)

Comments:

949.

No Balance Palace

Kashmir

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

246

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

949

Overall Rank:

5,418

Average Rating:

77 (27 votes)

Comments:

950.

Keep On Your Mean Side

The Kills

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

246

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	114	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%
The White Stripes	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	551	55%
	218	22%
	57	6%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	10	1%

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