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	4,454	227,896	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,379	213,864	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,383	208,149	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,709	183,721	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,698	203,242	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,906	190,238	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,084	170,979	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (68th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,304	240,208	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,343	144,429	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,411	142,148	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,671	1,924,874

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.

The Boy With No Name

Travis

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

233

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991

Overall Rank:

5,687

Average Rating:

72 (80 votes)

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992.

Deftones

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

232

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993.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

232

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994.

The Richest Man In Babylon

Thievery Corporation

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

232

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995.

Anno Domini High Definition

Riverside (PL)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

232

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996.

Sound-Dust

Stereolab

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997.

Get Lifted

John Legend

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997

Overall Rank:

5,715

Average Rating:

74 (68 votes)

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998.

No Name Face

Lifehouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

231

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999.

Pet Grief

The Radio Dept.

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

230

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999

Overall Rank:

5,727

Average Rating:

76 (50 votes)

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1000.

So Much For The City

The Thrills

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

230

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	111	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	94	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	102	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Porcupine Tree	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	56%
	218	22%
	52	5%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	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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