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	227,388	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,390	213,885	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,390	207,664	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (55th)by Wilco
2003	4,720	183,839	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,707	203,094	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,918	190,138	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,096	170,839	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (70th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,313	240,235	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,373	144,311	Fleet Foxes (132nd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,430	142,151	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,802	1,923,545

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.

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:

5,671

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:

5,705

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:

5,723

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	102	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	112	11%
2006	99	10%
2007	94	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	103	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Decemberists	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	218	22%
	52	5%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	12	1%

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

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Best Albums of the 2000s
1. In Rainbows by Radiohead
2. Kid A by Radiohead
3. Funeral by Arcade Fire
4. Is This It by The Strokes
5. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
6. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
7. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
8. Madvillainy by Madvillain
9. Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol
10. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
11. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
12. A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay
13. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
14. Elephant by The White Stripes
15. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
16. Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age
17. Amnesiac by Radiohead
18. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
19. Demon Days by Gorillaz
20. Discovery by Daft Punk