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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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	4,354	229,293	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,293	215,596	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,282	209,284	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (52nd)by Wilco
2003	4,612	184,126	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,596	205,174	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,793	190,681	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,955	171,381	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,131	242,357	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,189	144,809	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,367	143,738	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	47,572	1,936,439

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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Deftones

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

235

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992.

The Moon Is A Dead World

Gospel

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

235

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993.

The Disintegration Loops II

William Basinski

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

234

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994.

Speak For Yourself

Imogen Heap

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

234

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995.

Spinvis

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

234

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996.

Hvarf/Heim
Compilation

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

234

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996

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5,665

Average Rating:

77 (111 votes)

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997.

Anno Domini High Definition

Riverside (PL)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

234

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998.

Push The Button

The Chemical Brothers

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

233

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999.

Flyleaf

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

21 charts

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233

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1000.

Bowie At The Beeb
Live

David Bowie

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

25 charts

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233

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	107	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	86	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	96	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Opeth	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	218	22%
	52	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	20	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	14	1%

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

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

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