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	232,652	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,090	216,445	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,165	211,848	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,495	185,871	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,469	208,207	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,668	192,804	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,854	173,084	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,017	246,015	In Rainbows (7th)by Radiohead
2008	5,069	145,772	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,237	144,184	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,220	1,956,882

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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The Wind

Warren Zevon

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

234

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992.

Spiritual Machines

Our Lady Peace

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

233

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993.

Phantoms

Acceptance

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

233

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994.

Doomsday Afternoon

Phideaux

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

232

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994

Overall Rank:

5,697

Average Rating:

76 (27 votes)

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995.

Live In Gdańsk
Live

David Gilmour

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

232

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995

Overall Rank:

5,705

Average Rating:

79 (49 votes)

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996.

Deftones

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

232

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997.

Sunset Mission

Bohren & Der Club Of Gore

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

231

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998.

Tales Of The Inexpressible

Shpongle

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

14 charts

Rank Score:

231

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999.

Echo Park

Feeder

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

231

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1000.

Horses In The Sky

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra And Tra-La-La Band

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

231

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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	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Radiohead	6	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
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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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