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	4,464	227,446	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,387	213,717	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,389	207,811	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (56th)by Wilco
2003	4,719	183,697	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,704	202,875	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,918	190,109	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,092	170,888	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (69th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,311	240,162	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,351	144,364	Fleet Foxes (132nd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,428	142,131	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,763	1,923,198

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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No Balance Palace

Kashmir

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

232

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992.

The Boy With No Name

Travis

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

232

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992

Overall Rank:

5,694

Average Rating:

72 (80 votes)

Comments:

993.

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Live

Kraftwerk

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

232

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994.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

232

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995.

This Is The Life

Amy MacDonald

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

232

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995

Overall Rank:

5,705

Average Rating:

72 (63 votes)

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996.

Anno Domini High Definition

Riverside (PL)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997.

Sound-Dust

Stereolab

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

231

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998.

The Richest Man In Babylon

Thievery Corporation

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

231

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999.

Pet Grief

The Radio Dept.

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

230

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999

Overall Rank:

5,729

Average Rating:

76 (50 votes)

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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:

5,734

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	110	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	94	9%
2008	90	9%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	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	988	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	11	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	10	1%

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