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 53,000 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	4,156	232,192	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,091	216,041	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,169	211,173	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,498	185,412	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,472	207,619	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,688	192,648	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,860	172,829	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,026	245,098	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,083	145,618	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,262	144,086	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,305	1,952,716

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, Animal Collective, Muse and The White Stripes.

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31.

Lateralus

Tool

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

771 charts

Rank Score:

8,779

Rank in 2001:

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Overall Rank:

185

Average Rating:

82 (1,058 votes)

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32.

The Glow Pt. 2

The Microphones

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

640 charts

Rank Score:

8,443

Rank in 2001:

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Overall Rank:

194

Average Rating:

84 (778 votes)

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33.

Back To Black

Amy Winehouse

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

857 charts

Rank Score:

8,288

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Overall Rank:

199

Average Rating:

80 (1,087 votes)

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34.

Absolution

Muse

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

930 charts

Rank Score:

8,199

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35.

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

999 charts

Rank Score:

8,131

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36.

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

966 charts

Rank Score:

7,944

Rank in 2000:

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Overall Rank:

207

Average Rating:

78 (1,687 votes)

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37.

Origin Of Symmetry

Muse

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

805 charts

Rank Score:

7,762

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Overall Rank:

217

Average Rating:

80 (1,415 votes)

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38.

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

896 charts

Rank Score:

7,169

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Overall Rank:

241

Average Rating:

81 (1,285 votes)

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39.

Room On Fire

The Strokes

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

714 charts

Rank Score:

6,492

Rank in 2003:

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Overall Rank:

269

Average Rating:

80 (1,197 votes)

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40.

Favourite Worst Nightmare

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

725 charts

Rank Score:

6,423

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Overall Rank:

271

Average Rating:

80 (1,323 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	108	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	218	22%
	57	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

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

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