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	232,726	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,087	216,571	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,164	211,882	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,495	185,945	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,465	208,294	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,668	192,896	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,853	173,177	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (66th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,012	246,025	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,067	145,784	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,231	144,255	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,198	1,957,556

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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991.

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:

233

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994

Overall Rank:

5,694

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:

5,702

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

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231

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	104	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	107	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	98	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	218	22%
	57	6%
	35	3%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	10	1%

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