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	4,156	232,366	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,091	216,254	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,167	211,451	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,495	185,592	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,473	207,906	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,687	192,808	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,859	173,062	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,027	245,435	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,075	145,707	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,252	144,201	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,282	1,954,784

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.

Have You Fed The Fish?

Badly Drawn Boy

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

243

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962.

The Magic Numbers

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

243

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963.

Spinvis

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

243

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964.

Hvarf/Heim
Compilation

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

243

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964

Overall Rank:

5,484

Average Rating:

77 (111 votes)

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965.

Black One

Sunn O)))

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

243

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966.

Surprise

Paul Simon

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

243

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966

Overall Rank:

5,490

Average Rating:

71 (49 votes)

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967.

The View From This Tower

Faraquet

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

243

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967

Overall Rank:

5,493

Average Rating:

74 (25 votes)

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968.

Billy Talent II

Billy Talent

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

242

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968

Overall Rank:

5,499

Average Rating:

72 (86 votes)

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969.

The Moon Is A Dead World

Gospel

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

242

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970.

No Name Face

Lifehouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

242

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970

Overall Rank:

5,508

Average Rating:

66 (49 votes)

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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	109	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	92	9%
2009	110	11%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	222	22%
	58	6%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	999	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,000	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,002	99%
Yes	10	1%

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