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	4,502	224,796	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,421	212,912	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,423	206,293	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (56th)by Wilco
2003	4,763	183,069	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,744	201,833	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,950	189,124	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,145	170,316	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (69th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,360	238,092	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,456	144,616	Fleet Foxes (129th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,648	142,540	Merriweather Post Pavilion (145th)by Animal Collective
Total	49,412	1,913,591

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.

Blackfield II

Blackfield

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

235

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991

Overall Rank:

5,669

Average Rating:

74 (37 votes)

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992.

My Maudlin Career

Camera Obscura (UK)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

235

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993.

The Moon Is A Dead World

Gospel

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

235

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994.

The Process Of Belief

Bad Religion

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

234

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995.

A Day Without Rain

Enya

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

234

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996.

The Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings
Compilation

Louis Armstrong

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

234

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997.

Love Is Overtaking Me

Arthur Russell

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

234

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997

Overall Rank:

5,704

Average Rating:

74 (20 votes)

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998.

Live In Paris
Live

Diana Krall

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

233

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999.

Musicology

Prince

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

232

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999

Overall Rank:

5,723

Average Rating:

73 (122 votes)

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1000.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

232

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	112	11%
2003	108	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	109	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	93	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	105	11%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	556	56%
	216	22%
	54	5%
	31	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

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

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