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 55,000 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	4,469	226,614	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,400	213,341	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,393	206,782	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (55th)by Wilco
2003	4,722	183,596	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,710	202,725	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,920	189,647	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,100	170,315	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (70th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,316	239,942	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,409	144,810	Fleet Foxes (131st)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,434	141,926	Merriweather Post Pavilion (143rd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,873	1,919,698

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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991.

Flyleaf

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

235

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992.

Absence

Dälek

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

234

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993.

Ballad Of The Broken Seas

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

234

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993

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5,693

Average Rating:

72 (47 votes)

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994.

The Ugly Organ

Cursive

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

233

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995.

Sound-Dust

Stereolab

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

233

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996.

Witching Hour

Ladytron

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

233

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997.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

232

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998.

The Boy With No Name

Travis

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

231

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998

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5,739

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72 (80 votes)

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999.

A Day Without Rain

Enya

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

231

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1000.

This Is War

30 Seconds To Mars

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

56 charts

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231

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	110	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	110	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	93	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	217	22%
	52	5%
	34	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

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

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

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