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	4,466	226,854	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,391	213,444	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,390	207,085	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (55th)by Wilco
2003	4,720	183,777	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,708	202,687	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,918	189,805	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,100	170,512	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (70th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,314	239,812	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,406	144,691	Fleet Foxes (131st)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,433	141,644	Merriweather Post Pavilion (143rd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,846	1,920,311

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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Witching Hour

Ladytron

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

233

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992.

The Moon Is A Dead World

Gospel

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

233

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993.

The Boy With No Name

Travis

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

232

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993

Overall Rank:

5,698

Average Rating:

72 (80 votes)

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994.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

232

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995.

This Is War

30 Seconds To Mars

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

232

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996.

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Live

Kraftwerk

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997.

London Zoo

The Bug (UK)

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997

Overall Rank:

5,715

Average Rating:

75 (43 votes)

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998.

This Is The Life

Amy MacDonald

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

231

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998

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5,717

Average Rating:

72 (63 votes)

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999.

Anno Domini High Definition

Riverside (PL)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

231

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1000.

A Day Without Rain

Enya

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

231

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	111	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	94	9%
2008	90	9%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	552	55%
	219	22%
	52	5%
	34	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	18	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

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

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