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	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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431.

Frengers

Mew

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

616

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

431

Overall Rank:

2,555

Average Rating:

78 (153 votes)

Comments:

432.

The Dance Of The Moon And The Sun

Natural Snow Buildings

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

91 charts

Rank Score:

611

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

432

Overall Rank:

2,566

Average Rating:

78 (94 votes)

Comments:

433.

Journal For Plague Lovers

Manic Street Preachers

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

610

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

433

Overall Rank:

2,567

Average Rating:

75 (189 votes)

Comments:

434.

Nixon

Lambchop

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

126 charts

Rank Score:

610

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

434

Overall Rank:

2,568

Average Rating:

78 (115 votes)

Comments:

435.

Pink

Boris

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

120 charts

Rank Score:

608

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

435

Overall Rank:

2,570

Average Rating:

79 (135 votes)

Comments:

436.

Metaphorical Music

瀬葉淳 [Nujabes]

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

93 charts

Rank Score:

601

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

436

Overall Rank:

2,585

Average Rating:

82 (118 votes)

Comments:

437.

Fever

Kylie Minogue

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

114 charts

Rank Score:

601

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

437

Overall Rank:

2,586

Average Rating:

72 (167 votes)

Comments:

438.

Adele

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

135 charts

Rank Score:

594

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

438

Overall Rank:

2,615

Average Rating:

69 (290 votes)

Comments:

439.

Iowa

Slipknot

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

96 charts

Rank Score:

594

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

439

Overall Rank:

2,617

Average Rating:

74 (171 votes)

Comments:

440.

Dark Passion Play

Nightwish

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

593

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

440

Overall Rank:

2,618

Average Rating:

75 (67 votes)

Comments:

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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%
Show all

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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