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	4,368	229,020	Kid A (6th)by Radiohead
2001	4,306	215,281	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,351	209,492	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (53rd)by Wilco
2003	4,664	184,447	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,604	204,591	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,797	190,243	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,961	170,995	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,138	241,599	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,194	144,408	Fleet Foxes (132nd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,377	143,245	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	47,760	1,933,322

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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John Legend

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

235

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991

Overall Rank:

5,642

Average Rating:

74 (67 votes)

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992.

No Name Face

Lifehouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

234

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993.

The Moon Is A Dead World

Gospel

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

234

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994.

Absence

Dälek

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

234

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995.

The Disintegration Loops II

William Basinski

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

234

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996.

Speak For Yourself

Imogen Heap

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

234

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997.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

234

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998.

Hvarf/Heim
Compilation

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

233

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998

Overall Rank:

5,670

Average Rating:

77 (111 votes)

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999.

Anno Domini High Definition

Riverside (PL)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

233

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1000.

Spinvis

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

28 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	108	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	111	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	96	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	105	11%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	556	56%
	217	22%
	52	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

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

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

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