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	229,381	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,291	215,755	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,275	209,346	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (51st)by Wilco
2003	4,612	184,236	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,594	205,419	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,792	190,779	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,954	171,563	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,131	242,552	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,187	144,956	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,366	143,732	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	47,556	1,937,721

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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Absence

Dälek

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

235

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992.

Deftones

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

235

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993.

The Moon Is A Dead World

Gospel

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

235

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994.

The Disintegration Loops II

William Basinski

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

234

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995.

Speak For Yourself

Imogen Heap

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

234

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996.

Spinvis

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

234

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997.

Hvarf/Heim
Compilation

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

234

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997

Overall Rank:

5,664

Average Rating:

77 (111 votes)

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998.

Anno Domini High Definition

Riverside (PL)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

234

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999.

Push The Button

The Chemical Brothers

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

233

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1000.

Flyleaf

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

21 charts

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233

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	111	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	96	10%
2008	91	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	556	55%
	217	22%
	52	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	10	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	10	1%

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