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	4,506	224,128	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,430	212,464	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,432	206,013	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (56th)by Wilco
2003	4,771	182,601	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,751	201,198	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,959	188,692	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,155	169,728	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (69th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,369	237,349	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,468	144,267	Fleet Foxes (129th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,663	142,201	Merriweather Post Pavilion (145th)by Animal Collective
Total	49,504	1,908,639

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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Live In London
Live

Leonard Cohen

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

235

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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.

Blackfield II

Blackfield

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

235

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993

Overall Rank:

5,680

Average Rating:

74 (37 votes)

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994.

Ballad Of The Broken Seas

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

234

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994

Overall Rank:

5,697

Average Rating:

72 (47 votes)

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995.

The Process Of Belief

Bad Religion

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

234

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996.

A Day Without Rain

Enya

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

233

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997.

Love Is Overtaking Me

Arthur Russell

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

232

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997

Overall Rank:

5,725

Average Rating:

74 (20 votes)

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998.

The Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings
Compilation

Louis Armstrong

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

232

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999.

Live In Paris
Live

Diana Krall

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

232

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1000.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

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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	84	8%
2005	109	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	93	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	105	11%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	555	56%
	216	22%
	54	5%
	32	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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