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	4,157	232,318	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,091	216,166	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,167	211,577	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,497	185,771	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,473	207,865	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,685	192,966	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,858	173,046	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,023	245,550	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,073	145,786	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,240	144,016	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,264	1,955,064

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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Primary Colours

The Horrors (UK)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

228 charts

Rank Score:

1,190

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

231

Overall Rank:

1,454

Average Rating:

77 (294 votes)

Comments:

232.

Night Falls Over Kortedala

Jens Lekman

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

168 charts

Rank Score:

1,188

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

232

Overall Rank:

1,457

Average Rating:

79 (179 votes)

Comments:

233.

You Are Free

Cat Power

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

204 charts

Rank Score:

1,185

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

233

Overall Rank:

1,461

Average Rating:

79 (231 votes)

Comments:

234.

Modal Soul

瀬葉淳 [Nujabes]

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

128 charts

Rank Score:

1,181

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

234

Overall Rank:

1,468

Average Rating:

82 (177 votes)

Comments:

235.

Embryonic

The Flaming Lips

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

241 charts

Rank Score:

1,180

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

235

Overall Rank:

1,470

Average Rating:

78 (355 votes)

Comments:

236.

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Foo Fighters

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

224 charts

Rank Score:

1,178

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

236

Overall Rank:

1,471

Average Rating:

73 (428 votes)

Comments:

237.

Devotion

Beach House

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

200 charts

Rank Score:

1,176

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

237

Overall Rank:

1,474

Average Rating:

78 (302 votes)

Comments:

238.

Lost Souls

Doves (UK)

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

207 charts

Rank Score:

1,174

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

238

Overall Rank:

1,477

Average Rating:

77 (249 votes)

Comments:

239.

Yanqui U.X.O.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

207 charts

Rank Score:

1,173

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

239

Overall Rank:

1,479

Average Rating:

80 (292 votes)

Comments:

240.

Cease To Begin

Band Of Horses

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

205 charts

Rank Score:

1,165

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

240

Overall Rank:

1,493

Average Rating:

76 (240 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	98	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Black Keys	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	218	22%
	57	6%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	10	1%

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