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	4,440	228,324	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,355	214,486	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,378	208,562	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,704	183,950	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,701	203,550	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,902	190,619	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,079	171,165	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (68th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,281	240,285	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,234	143,868	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,405	143,063	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,479	1,927,873

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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21.

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

1,104 charts

Rank Score:

10,316

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

142

Average Rating:

82 (1,569 votes)

Comments:

157

22.

Boxer

The National

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

980 charts

Rank Score:

10,230

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

143

Average Rating:

82 (1,194 votes)

Comments:

23.

American Idiot

Green Day

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

995 charts

Rank Score:

9,914

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24.

Björk

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

814 charts

Rank Score:

9,658

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

159

Average Rating:

83 (984 votes)

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25.

Neon Bible

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

1,162 charts

Rank Score:

9,643

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

160

Average Rating:

82 (1,987 votes)

Comments:

147

26.

The Moon & Antarctica

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

1,009 charts

Rank Score:

9,586

Rank in 2000:

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Overall Rank:

162

Average Rating:

84 (1,250 votes)

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27.

Lateralus

Tool

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

790 charts

Rank Score:

8,992

Rank in 2001:

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Overall Rank:

174

Average Rating:

82 (1,071 votes)

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28.

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

763 charts

Rank Score:

8,945

Rank in 2006:

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Overall Rank:

176

Average Rating:

82 (838 votes)

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29.

Hail To The Thief

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

1,179 charts

Rank Score:

8,830

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30.

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

873 charts

Rank Score:

8,820

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

178

Average Rating:

83 (1,412 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	111	11%
2003	109	11%
2004	86	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	103	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
The Decemberists	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	219	22%
	53	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
Show all

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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