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	4,469	226,879	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,399	213,364	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,391	206,928	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (55th)by Wilco
2003	4,721	183,690	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,710	202,568	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,919	189,879	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,101	170,423	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (70th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,316	239,946	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,406	144,679	Fleet Foxes (130th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,433	141,717	Merriweather Post Pavilion (143rd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,865	1,920,072

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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Somewhere Along The Highway

Cult Of Luna

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

233

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991

Overall Rank:

5,674

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.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

37 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:

5,704

Average Rating:

72 (80 votes)

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997.

This Is War

30 Seconds To Mars

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

56 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:

231

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999.

London Zoo

The Bug (UK)

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

231

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999

Overall Rank:

5,722

Average Rating:

75 (43 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	101	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	111	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	93	9%
2008	90	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	553	55%
	218	22%
	52	5%
	34	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

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

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