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	4,161	231,280	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,106	215,823	Is This It (23rd)by The Strokes
2002	4,177	210,872	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,507	184,963	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,482	206,961	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,693	192,052	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,866	172,490	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,034	244,744	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,091	145,261	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,270	144,074	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,387	1,948,520

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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961.

This Is The Life

Amy MacDonald

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

244

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961

Overall Rank:

5,465

Average Rating:

72 (63 votes)

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962.

The Magic Numbers

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

243

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963.

A River Ain't Too Much To Love

Smog

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

243

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964.

The View From This Tower

Faraquet

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

243

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964

Overall Rank:

5,481

Average Rating:

74 (25 votes)

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965.

Black One

Sunn O)))

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

242

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966.

Surprise

Paul Simon

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

242

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966

Overall Rank:

5,492

Average Rating:

71 (49 votes)

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967.

Spinvis

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

242

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968.

The Moon Is A Dead World

Gospel

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

242

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969.

Billy Talent II

Billy Talent

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

241

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969

Overall Rank:

5,510

Average Rating:

72 (86 votes)

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970.

Animals

This Town Needs Guns

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

241

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970

Overall Rank:

5,512

Average Rating:

80 (35 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%
Opeth	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Dream Theater	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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