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	232,698	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,090	216,247	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,167	211,686	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,497	185,779	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,471	208,122	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,683	193,040	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,857	173,197	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,020	245,718	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,074	145,855	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,239	144,121	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,254	1,956,462

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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21.

Discovery

Daft Punk

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

1,003 charts

Rank Score:

10,617

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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:

10,609

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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:

10,250

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Overall Rank:

149

Average Rating:

84 (1,242 votes)

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American Idiot

Green Day

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

986 charts

Rank Score:

10,031

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25.

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,149 charts

Rank Score:

10,012

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Björk

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

790 charts

Rank Score:

9,643

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Overall Rank:

164

Average Rating:

83 (974 votes)

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Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

749 charts

Rank Score:

9,340

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Overall Rank:

170

Average Rating:

82 (829 votes)

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28.

The College Dropout

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

868 charts

Rank Score:

9,275

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Overall Rank:

171

Average Rating:

83 (1,398 votes)

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Hail To The Thief

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,164 charts

Rank Score:

9,232

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Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

807 charts

Rank Score:

8,835

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184

Average Rating:

82 (924 votes)

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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	108	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	550	55%
	218	22%
	57	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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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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