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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441.

Echoes

The Rapture

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

133 charts

Rank Score:

592

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

441

Overall Rank:

2,623

Average Rating:

76 (149 votes)

Comments:

442.

Don't Believe The Truth

Oasis

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

133 charts

Rank Score:

591

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

442

Overall Rank:

2,626

Average Rating:

69 (382 votes)

Comments:

443.

Veni Vidi Vicious

The Hives

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

160 charts

Rank Score:

590

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

443

Overall Rank:

2,628

Average Rating:

74 (226 votes)

Comments:

444.

Backspacer

Pearl Jam

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

160 charts

Rank Score:

589

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

444

Overall Rank:

2,631

Average Rating:

74 (350 votes)

Comments:

445.

Get Born

Jet

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

153 charts

Rank Score:

589

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

445

Overall Rank:

2,632

Average Rating:

69 (217 votes)

Comments:

446.

Maladroit

Weezer

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

133 charts

Rank Score:

588

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

446

Overall Rank:

2,635

Average Rating:

70 (312 votes)

Comments:

447.

Deliverance

Opeth

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

588

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

447

Overall Rank:

2,637

Average Rating:

79 (129 votes)

Comments:

448.

10,000 Hz Legend

Air

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

122 charts

Rank Score:

586

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

448

Overall Rank:

2,646

Average Rating:

73 (162 votes)

Comments:

449.

Silent Hill 2 Original Soundtracks
Soundtrack

山岡晃 [Akira Yamaoka]

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

584

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

449

Overall Rank:

2,653

Average Rating:

78 (64 votes)

Comments:

450.

Electric Version

The New Pornographers

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

580

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

450

Overall Rank:

2,663

Average Rating:

77 (154 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%
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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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