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	232,415	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,091	216,194	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,167	211,397	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,495	185,545	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,473	207,852	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,687	192,768	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,859	173,015	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,027	245,341	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,075	145,670	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,257	144,166	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,287	1,954,362

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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Conditions

The Temper Trap

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

267

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

891

Overall Rank:

5,042

Average Rating:

72 (132 votes)

Comments:

892.

Eye To The Telescope

KT Tunstall

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

267

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

892

Overall Rank:

5,043

Average Rating:

73 (85 votes)

Comments:

893.

The Sunlandic Twins

of Montreal

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

267

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

893

Overall Rank:

5,051

Average Rating:

78 (93 votes)

Comments:

894.

Dongs Of Sevotion

Smog

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

267

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

894

Overall Rank:

5,062

Average Rating:

80 (67 votes)

Comments:

895.

Tanto Tempo

Bebel Gilberto

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

267

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

895

Overall Rank:

5,065

Average Rating:

74 (44 votes)

Comments:

896.

Justified

Justin Timberlake

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

266

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

896

Overall Rank:

5,067

Average Rating:

65 (130 votes)

Comments:

897.

To The 5 Boroughs

Beastie Boys

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

266

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

897

Overall Rank:

5,078

Average Rating:

71 (115 votes)

Comments:

898.

The Young And The Hopeless

Good Charlotte

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

265

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

898

Overall Rank:

5,087

Average Rating:

58 (84 votes)

Comments:

899.

Lost Horizons

Lemon Jelly

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

265

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

899

Overall Rank:

5,095

Average Rating:

73 (48 votes)

Comments:

900.

Prowler In The Yard

Pig Destroyer

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

22 charts

Rank Score:

264

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

900

Overall Rank:

5,105

Average Rating:

73 (25 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	108	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	218	22%
	57	6%
	35	4%
	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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