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 54,000 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	4,465	227,518	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,388	213,695	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,389	207,742	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (56th)by Wilco
2003	4,720	183,666	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,705	203,052	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,918	190,070	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,094	170,808	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (69th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,311	240,139	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,351	144,311	Fleet Foxes (132nd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,429	142,119	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,770	1,923,121

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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The Moon Is A Dead World

Gospel

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

233

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992.

No Balance Palace

Kashmir

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

232

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993.

The Boy With No Name

Travis

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

232

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993

Overall Rank:

5,697

Average Rating:

72 (80 votes)

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994.

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Live

Kraftwerk

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

232

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995.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

232

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996.

This Is The Life

Amy MacDonald

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

232

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996

Overall Rank:

5,711

Average Rating:

72 (63 votes)

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997.

Anno Domini High Definition

Riverside (PL)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

231

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998.

Sound-Dust

Stereolab

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

231

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999.

The Richest Man In Babylon

Thievery Corporation

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

230

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1000.

Get Lifted

John Legend

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

230

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1,000

Overall Rank:

5,735

Average Rating:

74 (69 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	99	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	111	11%
2003	111	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	99	10%
2007	94	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Radiohead	6	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	219	22%
	52	5%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	11	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	10	1%

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