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	4,440	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 (5th)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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991.

This Is The Life

Amy MacDonald

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

233

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991

Overall Rank:

5,667

Average Rating:

72 (63 votes)

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992.

The Boy With No Name

Travis

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

233

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992

Overall Rank:

5,669

Average Rating:

72 (80 votes)

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993.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

233

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994.

The Richest Man In Babylon

Thievery Corporation

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

232

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995.

Anno Domini High Definition

Riverside (PL)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

232

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996.

Sound-Dust

Stereolab

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997.

Get Lifted

John Legend

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997

Overall Rank:

5,703

Average Rating:

74 (68 votes)

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998.

No Name Face

Lifehouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

231

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999.

My Maudlin Career

Camera Obscura (UK)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

231

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1000.

Pet Grief

The Radio Dept.

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

231

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1,000

Overall Rank:

5,714

Average Rating:

76 (50 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%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	219	22%
	53	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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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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Best Albums of the 1990s
1. OK Computer by Radiohead
2. Nevermind by Nirvana
3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
4. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
5. The Bends by Radiohead
6. Automatic For The People by R.E.M.
7. Ten by Pearl Jam
8. Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
9. In Utero by Nirvana
10. Grace by Jeff Buckley
11. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
12. Illmatic by Nas
13. Dummy by Portishead
14. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
15. Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer
16. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
17. Homogenic by Björk
18. Spiderland by Slint
19. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
20. Achtung Baby by U2