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	4,159	232,043	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,095	216,012	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,173	211,054	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,501	185,289	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,474	207,444	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,690	192,450	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,862	172,766	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,029	245,154	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,086	145,651	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,267	144,209	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,336	1,952,073

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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Minutes To Midnight

Linkin Park

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

125 charts

Rank Score:

721

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

371

Overall Rank:

2,252

Average Rating:

61 (321 votes)

Comments:

372.

Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers & Bastards

Tom Waits

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

137 charts

Rank Score:

721

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

372

Overall Rank:

2,253

Average Rating:

78 (144 votes)

Comments:

373.

All Is Dream

Mercury Rev

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

143 charts

Rank Score:

720

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

373

Overall Rank:

2,259

Average Rating:

77 (145 votes)

Comments:

374.

A Weekend In The City

Bloc Party

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

149 charts

Rank Score:

719

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

374

Overall Rank:

2,261

Average Rating:

71 (281 votes)

Comments:

375.

Magic

Bruce Springsteen

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

149 charts

Rank Score:

714

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

375

Overall Rank:

2,271

Average Rating:

74 (250 votes)

Comments:

376.

Finally We Are No One

Múm

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

113 charts

Rank Score:

714

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

376

Overall Rank:

2,273

Average Rating:

79 (149 votes)

Comments:

377.

Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts

M83

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

174 charts

Rank Score:

710

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

377

Overall Rank:

2,274

Average Rating:

78 (237 votes)

Comments:

378.

Music

Madonna

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

141 charts

Rank Score:

709

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

378

Overall Rank:

2,276

Average Rating:

73 (251 votes)

Comments:

379.

Labor Days

Aesop Rock

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

709

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

379

Overall Rank:

2,280

Average Rating:

80 (128 votes)

Comments:

380.

Show Your Bones

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

166 charts

Rank Score:

705

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

380

Overall Rank:

2,286

Average Rating:

75 (256 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	108	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	219	22%
	57	6%
	34	3%
	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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