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	227,931	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,355	214,112	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,379	208,243	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,704	183,662	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,702	203,436	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,902	190,365	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,081	171,096	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (68th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,282	240,003	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,248	143,507	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,405	142,387	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,498	1,924,742

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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331.

Bloodflowers

The Cure

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

163 charts

Rank Score:

824

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

331

Overall Rank:

2,008

Average Rating:

74 (280 votes)

Comments:

332.

Eyes Open

Snow Patrol

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

191 charts

Rank Score:

819

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

332

Overall Rank:

2,017

Average Rating:

69 (312 votes)

Comments:

333.

Bows + Arrows

The Walkmen

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

817

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

333

Overall Rank:

2,022

Average Rating:

76 (182 votes)

Comments:

334.

An End Has A Start

Editors

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

146 charts

Rank Score:

816

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

334

Overall Rank:

2,025

Average Rating:

74 (206 votes)

Comments:

335.

Extraordinary Machine

Fiona Apple

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

194 charts

Rank Score:

816

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

335

Overall Rank:

2,026

Average Rating:

77 (312 votes)

Comments:

336.

One By One

Foo Fighters

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

208 charts

Rank Score:

806

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

336

Overall Rank:

2,041

Average Rating:

72 (366 votes)

Comments:

337.

Blood Mountain

Mastodon

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

152 charts

Rank Score:

805

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

337

Overall Rank:

2,042

Average Rating:

78 (223 votes)

Comments:

338.

Fishscale

Ghostface Killah

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

173 charts

Rank Score:

797

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

338

Overall Rank:

2,061

Average Rating:

77 (166 votes)

Comments:

339.

Everything Goes Numb

Streetlight Manifesto

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

795

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

339

Overall Rank:

2,064

Average Rating:

74 (102 votes)

Comments:

340.

Cage The Elephant

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

131 charts

Rank Score:

795

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

340

Overall Rank:

2,066

Average Rating:

74 (256 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	109	11%
2004	86	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	94	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Wilco	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	219	22%
	53	5%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	11	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	10	1%

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