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	4,155	232,851	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,086	216,729	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,162	211,968	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,495	186,103	Elephant (111th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,463	208,411	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,668	192,999	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,851	173,323	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,010	246,164	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,064	145,847	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,229	144,209	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,183	1,958,604

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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531.

The Sufferer & The Witness

Rise Against

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

491

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

531

Overall Rank:

3,068

Average Rating:

72 (121 votes)

Comments:

532.

Mr Beast

Mogwai

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

489

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

532

Overall Rank:

3,076

Average Rating:

77 (174 votes)

Comments:

533.

Marbles

Marillion

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

489

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

533

Overall Rank:

3,080

Average Rating:

77 (78 votes)

Comments:

534.

Love. Angel. Music. Baby.

Gwen Stefani

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

485

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

534

Overall Rank:

3,099

Average Rating:

64 (125 votes)

Comments:

535.

Mean Everything To Nothing

Manchester Orchestra

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

81 charts

Rank Score:

484

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

535

Overall Rank:

3,103

Average Rating:

75 (92 votes)

Comments:

536.

Set Yourself On Fire

Stars (CA)

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

483

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

536

Overall Rank:

3,109

Average Rating:

77 (102 votes)

Comments:

537.

Room For Squares

John Mayer

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

483

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

537

Overall Rank:

3,110

Average Rating:

70 (181 votes)

Comments:

538.

Watershed

Opeth

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

483

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

538

Overall Rank:

3,113

Average Rating:

78 (168 votes)

Comments:

539.

Lupe Fiasco's The Cool

Lupe Fiasco

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

482

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

539

Overall Rank:

3,117

Average Rating:

76 (136 votes)

Comments:

540.

Odyssey Number Five

Powderfinger

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

480

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

540

Overall Rank:

3,124

Average Rating:

77 (72 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%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Dream Theater	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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