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	4,359	229,166	Kid A (8th)by Radiohead
2001	4,298	215,520	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,322	209,851	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (52nd)by Wilco
2003	4,613	184,032	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,597	205,017	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,794	190,590	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,956	171,302	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,131	242,225	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,190	144,752	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,366	143,669	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	47,626	1,936,125

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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Deftones

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

235

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992.

Absence

Dälek

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

60 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.

Hvarf/Heim
Compilation

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

234

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996

Overall Rank:

5,666

Average Rating:

77 (111 votes)

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997.

Spinvis

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

234

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998.

Anno Domini High Definition

Riverside (PL)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

233

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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	101	10%
2001	100	10%
2002	108	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	96	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Opeth	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	557	56%
	217	22%
	52	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	10	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	10	1%

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