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	4,479	226,424	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,406	213,175	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,397	206,866	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (56th)by Wilco
2003	4,727	183,395	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,711	202,512	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,923	189,342	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,107	170,310	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (70th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,319	239,483	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,415	144,899	Fleet Foxes (131st)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,440	142,007	Merriweather Post Pavilion (146th)by Animal Collective
Total	48,924	1,918,413

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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991.

The Music

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

234

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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:

5,695

Average Rating:

72 (47 votes)

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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.

Sound-Dust

Stereolab

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

233

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997.

The Ugly Organ

Cursive

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

233

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998.

Witching Hour

Ladytron

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

232

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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:

5,752

Average Rating:

72 (80 votes)

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1000.

London Zoo

The Bug (UK)

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

231

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1,000

Overall Rank:

5,759

Average Rating:

75 (43 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	110	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	93	9%
2008	90	9%
2009	103	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	218	22%
	52	5%
	34	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

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

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

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3. The Smashing Pumpkins
4. Neutral Milk Hotel
5. Oasis
6. My Bloody Valentine
7. Pearl Jam
8. R.E.M.
9. Nick Cave
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16. Jeff Buckley
17. Elliott Smith
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