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	4,161	231,773	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,098	216,029	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	4,175	211,051	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,506	185,227	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,479	207,312	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,692	192,360	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,865	172,740	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,033	245,057	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,090	145,533	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,267	144,183	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,366	1,951,265

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.

Ghost

Radical Face

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

232

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991

Overall Rank:

5,695

Average Rating:

75 (43 votes)

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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.

Deftones

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

231

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995.

Doomsday Afternoon

Phideaux

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

231

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995

Overall Rank:

5,721

Average Rating:

76 (27 votes)

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996.

Live In Gdańsk
Live

David Gilmour

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

231

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996

Overall Rank:

5,727

Average Rating:

79 (49 votes)

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997.

Sunset Mission

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

230

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998.

The Power To Believe

King Crimson

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

230

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999.

London Zoo

The Bug (UK)

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

230

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999

Overall Rank:

5,755

Average Rating:

75 (43 votes)

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1000.

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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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	107	11%
2003	114	11%
2004	86	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	99	10%
2008	92	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	552	55%
	219	22%
	56	6%
	34	3%
	26	3%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	10	1%

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