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	4,442	228,107	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,372	214,146	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,382	208,331	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,704	183,737	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,702	203,377	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,903	190,435	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,082	171,144	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (68th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,297	239,987	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,294	143,731	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,407	142,402	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,585	1,925,394

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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451.

Mass Romantic

The New Pornographers

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

171 charts

Rank Score:

575

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

451

Overall Rank:

2,676

Average Rating:

77 (172 votes)

Comments:

452.

Love Is Here

Starsailor

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

572

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

452

Overall Rank:

2,690

Average Rating:

71 (101 votes)

Comments:

453.

Tell All Your Friends

Taking Back Sunday

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

81 charts

Rank Score:

571

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

453

Overall Rank:

2,693

Average Rating:

72 (103 votes)

Comments:

454.

Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever

Explosions In The Sky

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

103 charts

Rank Score:

570

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

454

Overall Rank:

2,697

Average Rating:

78 (128 votes)

Comments:

455.

Mens Needs, Womens Needs, Whatever

The Cribs

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

568

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

455

Overall Rank:

2,703

Average Rating:

76 (102 votes)

Comments:

456.

Blonde Redhead

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

125 charts

Rank Score:

568

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

456

Overall Rank:

2,704

Average Rating:

78 (143 votes)

Comments:

457.

Seventh Tree

Goldfrapp

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

117 charts

Rank Score:

565

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

457

Overall Rank:

2,717

Average Rating:

76 (151 votes)

Comments:

458.

Dig Out Your Soul

Oasis

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

145 charts

Rank Score:

564

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

458

Overall Rank:

2,721

Average Rating:

69 (406 votes)

Comments:

459.

Armchair Apocrypha

Andrew Bird

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

563

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

459

Overall Rank:

2,728

Average Rating:

79 (140 votes)

Comments:

460.

Let It Die

Feist

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

110 charts

Rank Score:

561

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

460

Overall Rank:

2,734

Average Rating:

75 (144 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	109	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	89	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	220	22%
	52	5%
	34	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	10	1%

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