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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681.

Alopecia

Why?

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

370

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

681

Overall Rank:

3,898

Average Rating:

75 (72 votes)

Comments:

682.

The Execution Of All Things

Rilo Kiley

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

368

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

682

Overall Rank:

3,912

Average Rating:

75 (90 votes)

Comments:

683.

Future Perfect

Autolux

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

367

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

683

Overall Rank:

3,918

Average Rating:

76 (45 votes)

Comments:

684.

Does This Look Infected?

Sum 41

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

367

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

684

Overall Rank:

3,921

Average Rating:

68 (84 votes)

Comments:

685.

La Roux

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

366

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

685

Overall Rank:

3,923

Average Rating:

71 (122 votes)

Comments:

686.

Two Against Nature

Steely Dan

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

366

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

686

Overall Rank:

3,925

Average Rating:

73 (132 votes)

Comments:

687.

Andorra

Caribou

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

366

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

687

Overall Rank:

3,927

Average Rating:

77 (82 votes)

Comments:

688.

This Empty Northern Hemisphere

Gregory Alan Isakov

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

366

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

688

Overall Rank:

3,933

Average Rating:

79 (44 votes)

Comments:

689.

I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love

My Chemical Romance

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

365

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

689

Overall Rank:

3,939

Average Rating:

68 (152 votes)

Comments:

690.

Swoon

Silversun Pickups

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

365

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

690

Overall Rank:

3,941

Average Rating:

74 (128 votes)

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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%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	219	22%
	57	6%
	34	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
Show all

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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