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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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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Shania Twain

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

233

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992.

Phantoms

Acceptance

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

232

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993.

Spiritual Machines

Our Lady Peace

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

232

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994.

Doomsday Afternoon

Phideaux

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

232

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994

Overall Rank:

5,714

Average Rating:

76 (27 votes)

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995.

New Wave

Against Me!

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

232

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995

Overall Rank:

5,718

Average Rating:

74 (75 votes)

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996.

Deftones

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997.

Live In Gdańsk
Live

David Gilmour

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997

Overall Rank:

5,726

Average Rating:

79 (49 votes)

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998.

Sunset Mission

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

231

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Horses In The Sky

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra And Tra-La-La Band

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

230

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1000.

The Power To Believe

King Crimson

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

230

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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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