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	4,153	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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41.

Late Registration

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

720 charts

Rank Score:

6,413

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

273

Average Rating:

82 (1,171 votes)

Comments:

42.

Black Holes And Revelations

Muse

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

765 charts

Rank Score:

6,404

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

274

Average Rating:

78 (1,433 votes)

Comments:

43.

Hospice

The Antlers

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

630 charts

Rank Score:

6,281

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

283

Average Rating:

81 (830 votes)

Comments:

44.

White Blood Cells

The White Stripes

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

879 charts

Rank Score:

6,169

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

287

Average Rating:

81 (1,344 votes)

Comments:

45.

Toxicity

System Of A Down

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

690 charts

Rank Score:

6,150

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

288

Average Rating:

78 (1,036 votes)

Comments:

46.

The Marshall Mathers LP

Eminem

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

801 charts

Rank Score:

6,146

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

289

Average Rating:

78 (1,308 votes)

Comments:

47.

You Forgot It In People

Broken Social Scene

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

616 charts

Rank Score:

6,144

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

290

Average Rating:

83 (693 votes)

Comments:

48.

Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

722 charts

Rank Score:

5,549

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

49.

MGMT

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

821 charts

Rank Score:

5,530

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

328

Average Rating:

79 (1,226 votes)

Comments:

50.

The Black Parade

My Chemical Romance

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

466 charts

Rank Score:

5,498

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

331

Average Rating:

74 (788 votes)

Comments:

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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%
Opeth	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	549	55%
	218	22%
	57	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
Show all

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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