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	4,152	232,098	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,084	216,126	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,150	211,351	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,462	185,652	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,457	208,107	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,663	192,880	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,843	173,124	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,005	246,230	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,049	145,531	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,223	144,110	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,088	1,955,209

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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Kid A

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

3,156 charts

Rank Score:

51,177

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Average Rating:

89 (4,357 votes)

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551

In Rainbows

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

2,834 charts

Rank Score:

50,979

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Average Rating:

90 (3,836 votes)

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386

Funeral

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

2,827 charts

Rank Score:

41,618

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Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

2,405 charts

Rank Score:

33,019

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2005

Appears in:

1,599 charts

Rank Score:

23,017

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Average Rating:

86 (1,853 votes)

Comments:

166

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,637 charts

Rank Score:

20,464

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Average Rating:

85 (1,914 votes)

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172

Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

1,579 charts

Rank Score:

18,355

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Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

1,019 charts

Rank Score:

16,195

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Average Rating:

86 (1,167 votes)

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Turn On The Bright Lights

Interpol

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

1,254 charts

Rank Score:

14,920

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84 (1,580 votes)

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127

10.

Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,065 charts

Rank Score:

14,747

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Average Rating:

86 (1,293 votes)

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106

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	103	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	114	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	107	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	98	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	100	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	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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