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	4,440	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 (6th)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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501.

Employment

Kaiser Chiefs

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

180 charts

Rank Score:

516

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

501

Overall Rank:

2,937

Average Rating:

74 (225 votes)

Comments:

502.

People Who Can Eat People Are The Luckiest People In The World

Andrew Jackson Jihad

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

511

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

502

Overall Rank:

2,950

Average Rating:

78 (143 votes)

Comments:

503.

Black Sheep Boy

Okkervil River

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

134 charts

Rank Score:

510

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

503

Overall Rank:

2,953

Average Rating:

78 (139 votes)

Comments:

504.

Peter Gabriel

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

108 charts

Rank Score:

508

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

504

Overall Rank:

2,963

Average Rating:

74 (173 votes)

Comments:

505.

The Texas - Jerusalem Crossroads

Lift To Experience

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

506

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

505

Overall Rank:

2,969

Average Rating:

78 (61 votes)

Comments:

506.

Rather Ripped

Sonic Youth

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

146 charts

Rank Score:

505

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

506

Overall Rank:

2,976

Average Rating:

75 (191 votes)

Comments:

507.

And The Glass Handed Kites

Mew

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

505

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

507

Overall Rank:

2,978

Average Rating:

78 (110 votes)

Comments:

508.

Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes

TV On The Radio

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

134 charts

Rank Score:

505

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

508

Overall Rank:

2,980

Average Rating:

75 (173 votes)

Comments:

509.

Shadows Collide With People

John Frusciante

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

499

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

509

Overall Rank:

3,003

Average Rating:

78 (118 votes)

Comments:

510.

Ta Det Lugnt

Dungen

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

498

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

510

Overall Rank:

3,010

Average Rating:

78 (88 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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