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.
Year 2000	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 4,504	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 224,265	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
Year 2001	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 4,427	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 212,550	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
Year 2002	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 4,430	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 206,018	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (56th)by Wilco
Year 2003	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 4,767	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 182,727	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
Year 2004	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 4,750	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 201,274	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
Year 2005	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 4,956	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 188,749	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
Year 2006	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 5,154	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 169,894	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (69th)by Arctic Monkeys
Year 2007	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 5,367	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 237,512	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
Year 2008	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 5,462	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 144,361	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Fleet Foxes (129th)by Fleet Foxes
Year 2009	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 5,658	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 142,336	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Merriweather Post Pavilion (145th)by Animal Collective
Year Total	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 49,475	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 1,909,687	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.

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.

Live In London
Live

Leonard Cohen

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

235

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My Maudlin Career

Camera Obscura (UK)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

235

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993.

Blackfield II

Blackfield

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

235

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993

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5,678

Average Rating:

74 (37 votes)

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994.

The Process Of Belief

Bad Religion

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

234

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995.

A Day Without Rain

Enya

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

233

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Love Is Overtaking Me

Arthur Russell

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

232

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996

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5,715

Average Rating:

74 (20 votes)

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997.

The Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings
Compilation

Louis Armstrong

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

232

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Live In Paris
Live

Diana Krall

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

15 charts

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232

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Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

232

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Ballad Of The Broken Seas

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

232

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1,000

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5,734

Average Rating:

72 (47 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	112	11%
2003	108	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	109	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	93	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	105	11%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	56%
	216	22%
	54	5%
	32	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

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

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