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	4,153	232,784	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,085	216,751	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,162	211,892	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,494	186,103	Elephant (111th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,462	208,441	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,668	192,965	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,849	173,272	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,010	246,178	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,056	145,706	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,227	144,229	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,166	1,958,320

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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161.

The Rising

Bruce Springsteen

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

297 charts

Rank Score:

1,726

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

161

Overall Rank:

1,029

Average Rating:

75 (481 votes)

Comments:

162.

Heartbreaker

Ryan Adams

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

317 charts

Rank Score:

1,718

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

162

Overall Rank:

1,038

Average Rating:

77 (390 votes)

Comments:

163.

Crack The Skye

Mastodon

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

258 charts

Rank Score:

1,687

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

163

Overall Rank:

1,052

Average Rating:

80 (358 votes)

Comments:

164.

Crystal Castles

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

240 charts

Rank Score:

1,673

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

164

Overall Rank:

1,058

Average Rating:

76 (352 votes)

Comments:

165.

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Með Suð Í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

310 charts

Rank Score:

1,670

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

165

Overall Rank:

1,061

Average Rating:

77 (507 votes)

Comments:

166.

Come Away With Me

Norah Jones

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

293 charts

Rank Score:

1,667

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

166

Overall Rank:

1,063

Average Rating:

75 (417 votes)

Comments:

167.

The Woods

Sleater-Kinney

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

236 charts

Rank Score:

1,636

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

167

Overall Rank:

1,080

Average Rating:

79 (280 votes)

Comments:

168.

Into The Wild
Soundtrack

Eddie Vedder

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

232 charts

Rank Score:

1,628

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

168

Overall Rank:

1,085

Average Rating:

78 (333 votes)

Comments:

169.

First Impressions Of Earth

The Strokes

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

312 charts

Rank Score:

1,625

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

169

Overall Rank:

1,087

Average Rating:

73 (695 votes)

Comments:

170.

Picaresque

The Decemberists

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

250 charts

Rank Score:

1,620

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

170

Overall Rank:

1,089

Average Rating:

78 (289 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	107	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	98	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	549	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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