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 55,000 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	4,465	227,333	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,390	213,827	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,390	207,614	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (55th)by Wilco
2003	4,720	183,792	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,707	203,043	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,918	190,097	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,096	170,844	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (70th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,313	240,179	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,374	144,340	Fleet Foxes (131st)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,430	142,114	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,803	1,923,184

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Muse, Animal Collective, Wilco and The White Stripes.

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Somewhere Along The Highway

Cult Of Luna

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

234

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991

Overall Rank:

5,673

Average Rating:

73 (37 votes)

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992.

Sound-Dust

Stereolab

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

233

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993.

Witching Hour

Ladytron

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

233

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994.

The Moon Is A Dead World

Gospel

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

233

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995.

This Is War

30 Seconds To Mars

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

232

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996.

The Boy With No Name

Travis

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

232

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996

Overall Rank:

5,707

Average Rating:

72 (80 votes)

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997.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

232

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998.

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Live

Kraftwerk

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

232

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999.

This Is The Life

Amy MacDonald

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

231

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999

Overall Rank:

5,725

Average Rating:

72 (63 votes)

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1000.

Anno Domini High Definition

Riverside (PL)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

231

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	99	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	112	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	94	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	103	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	218	22%
	52	5%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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