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 54,000 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	4,359	229,251	Kid A (6th)by Radiohead
2001	4,299	215,525	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,342	209,807	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (52nd)by Wilco
2003	4,613	184,078	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,597	204,988	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,795	190,516	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,955	171,239	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,131	242,143	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,191	144,744	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,368	143,623	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	47,650	1,935,915

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Animal Collective, Wilco and The White Stripes.

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No Name Face

Lifehouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

235

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992.

Absence

Dälek

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

235

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993.

The Moon Is A Dead World

Gospel

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

234

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994.

The Disintegration Loops II

William Basinski

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

234

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995.

Speak For Yourself

Imogen Heap

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

234

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996.

Hvarf/Heim
Compilation

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

234

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996

Overall Rank:

5,666

Average Rating:

77 (111 votes)

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997.

Anno Domini High Definition

Riverside (PL)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

233

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998.

Spinvis

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

28 charts

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233

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999.

Push The Button

The Chemical Brothers

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

62 charts

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233

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1000.

Flyleaf

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

21 charts

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233

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	109	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	96	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The White Stripes	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	557	56%
	217	22%
	52	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	14	1%

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

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

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