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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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	4,480	226,650	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,405	213,382	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,396	206,854	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (56th)by Wilco
2003	4,726	183,337	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,711	202,576	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,922	189,638	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,103	170,196	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (70th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,318	239,803	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,415	144,755	Fleet Foxes (131st)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,436	141,844	Merriweather Post Pavilion (143rd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,912	1,919,037

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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Musicology

Prince

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

234

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991

Overall Rank:

5,687

Average Rating:

72 (120 votes)

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992.

Ballad Of The Broken Seas

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

234

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992

Overall Rank:

5,693

Average Rating:

72 (47 votes)

Comments:

993.

Absence

Dälek

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

234

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994.

Flyleaf

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

234

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995.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

234

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996.

The Ugly Organ

Cursive

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

233

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997.

Sound-Dust

Stereolab

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

233

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998.

Witching Hour

Ladytron

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

233

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999.

The Boy With No Name

Travis

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

231

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999

Overall Rank:

5,746

Average Rating:

72 (80 votes)

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1000.

A Day Without Rain

Enya

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

231

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	110	11%
2006	99	10%
2007	93	9%
2008	90	9%
2009	103	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	217	22%
	52	5%
	35	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	15	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	10	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	10	1%

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