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	4,156	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 (111th)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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91.

Geogaddi

Boards Of Canada

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

376 charts

Rank Score:

3,219

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

559

Average Rating:

80 (442 votes)

Comments:

92.

Voodoo

D'Angelo

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

359 charts

Rank Score:

3,206

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

560

Average Rating:

79 (417 votes)

Comments:

93.

Stadium Arcadium

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

456 charts

Rank Score:

3,169

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

564

Average Rating:

73 (922 votes)

Comments:

94.

808s & Heartbreak

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

388 charts

Rank Score:

3,046

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

581

Average Rating:

76 (902 votes)

Comments:

95.

10,000 Days

Tool

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

359 charts

Rank Score:

3,014

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

585

Average Rating:

78 (652 votes)

Comments:

96.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

489 charts

Rank Score:

3,006

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

587

Average Rating:

78 (632 votes)

Comments:

97.

Rated R

Queens Of The Stone Age

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

522 charts

Rank Score:

3,004

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

588

Average Rating:

80 (825 votes)

Comments:

98.

Hopes And Fears

Keane

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

364 charts

Rank Score:

2,877

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

619

Average Rating:

74 (508 votes)

Comments:

99.

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

477 charts

Rank Score:

2,823

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

631

Average Rating:

77 (855 votes)

Comments:

100.

Fever To Tell

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

448 charts

Rank Score:

2,815

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

100

Overall Rank:

632

Average Rating:

77 (643 votes)

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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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