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 (134th)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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801.

The Lost Tapes

Nas

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

303

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

801

Overall Rank:

4,595

Average Rating:

77 (79 votes)

Comments:

802.

Saturday Night Wrist

Deftones

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

303

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

802

Overall Rank:

4,596

Average Rating:

73 (145 votes)

Comments:

803.

The Grey Album

Danger Mouse

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

81 charts

Rank Score:

302

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

803

Overall Rank:

4,602

Average Rating:

73 (115 votes)

Comments:

804.

Writer's Block

Peter Bjorn And John

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

88 charts

Rank Score:

302

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

804

Overall Rank:

4,605

Average Rating:

76 (116 votes)

Comments:

805.

Summer In Abaddon

Pinback

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

40 charts

Rank Score:

302

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

805

Overall Rank:

4,607

Average Rating:

76 (46 votes)

Comments:

806.

Streetcore

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

301

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

806

Overall Rank:

4,613

Average Rating:

74 (51 votes)

Comments:

807.

The Dresden Dolls

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

301

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

807

Overall Rank:

4,618

Average Rating:

77 (57 votes)

Comments:

808.

Sound Awake

Karnivool

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

301

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

808

Overall Rank:

4,622

Average Rating:

77 (63 votes)

Comments:

809.

The For Carnation

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

300

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

809

Overall Rank:

4,629

Average Rating:

75 (36 votes)

Comments:

810.

3 Rounds And A Sound

Blind Pilot

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

299

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

810

Overall Rank:

4,640

Average Rating:

77 (39 votes)

Comments:

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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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