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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331.

Endless Summer

Fennesz

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

141 charts

Rank Score:

835

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

331

Overall Rank:

1,992

Average Rating:

76 (154 votes)

Comments:

332.

Bows + Arrows

The Walkmen

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

125 charts

Rank Score:

831

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

332

Overall Rank:

1,997

Average Rating:

76 (178 votes)

Comments:

333.

Soviet Kitsch

Regina Spektor

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

831

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

333

Overall Rank:

1,999

Average Rating:

76 (178 votes)

Comments:

334.

Cage The Elephant

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

828

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

334

Overall Rank:

2,002

Average Rating:

74 (253 votes)

Comments:

335.

You Could Have It So Much Better

Franz Ferdinand

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

227 charts

Rank Score:

823

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

335

Overall Rank:

2,014

Average Rating:

75 (420 votes)

Comments:

336.

Panopticon

Isis

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

126 charts

Rank Score:

821

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

336

Overall Rank:

2,019

Average Rating:

79 (146 votes)

Comments:

337.

Everything Goes Numb

Streetlight Manifesto

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

91 charts

Rank Score:

820

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

337

Overall Rank:

2,025

Average Rating:

74 (99 votes)

Comments:

338.

Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle

Bill Callahan

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

156 charts

Rank Score:

819

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

338

Overall Rank:

2,027

Average Rating:

79 (137 votes)

Comments:

339.

Rings Around The World

Super Furry Animals

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

157 charts

Rank Score:

817

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

339

Overall Rank:

2,030

Average Rating:

77 (205 votes)

Comments:

340.

Extraordinary Machine

Fiona Apple

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

187 charts

Rank Score:

815

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

340

Overall Rank:

2,034

Average Rating:

77 (310 votes)

Comments:

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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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