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	4,503	224,325	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,423	212,546	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,429	206,047	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (56th)by Wilco
2003	4,764	182,805	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,748	201,422	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,953	188,870	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,153	170,014	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (69th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,366	237,706	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,457	144,450	Fleet Foxes (129th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,656	142,450	Merriweather Post Pavilion (145th)by Animal Collective
Total	49,452	1,910,633

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:

236

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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:

5,675

Average Rating:

74 (37 votes)

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994.

The Process Of Belief

Bad Religion

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

234

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995.

A Day Without Rain

Enya

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

233

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996.

Love Is Overtaking Me

Arthur Russell

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

233

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996

Overall Rank:

5,713

Average Rating:

74 (20 votes)

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997.

The Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings
Compilation

Louis Armstrong

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

233

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998.

Live In Paris
Live

Diana Krall

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

232

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999.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

232

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1000.

Ballad Of The Broken Seas

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

232

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1,000

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5,732

Average Rating:

72 (47 votes)

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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%
Opeth	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	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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