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	232,366	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,091	216,254	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,167	211,451	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,495	185,592	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,473	207,906	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,687	192,808	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,859	173,062	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,027	245,435	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,075	145,707	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,252	144,201	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,282	1,954,784

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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991.

Supermodified

Amon Tobin

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

234

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992.

Phantoms

Acceptance

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

233

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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

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5,710

Average Rating:

76 (27 votes)

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995.

Live In Gdańsk
Live

David Gilmour

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

232

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995

Overall Rank:

5,711

Average Rating:

79 (49 votes)

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996.

New Wave

Against Me!

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

232

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996

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5,716

Average Rating:

74 (75 votes)

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997.

Deftones

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

232

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998.

Sunset Mission

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

231

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999.

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

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230

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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	109	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	92	9%
2009	110	11%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	555	55%
	222	22%
	58	6%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	999	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,000	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,002	99%
Yes	10	1%

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