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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2000s decade summary

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	4,443	228,196	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,374	214,091	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,381	208,278	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,707	183,769	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,699	203,317	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,905	190,437	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,082	171,102	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (68th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,299	240,322	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,312	143,927	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,408	142,461	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,610	1,925,901

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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Pearl Jam

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

121 charts

Rank Score:

377

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

661

Overall Rank:

3,845

Average Rating:

73 (271 votes)

Comments:

662.

Sumday

Grandaddy

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

376

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

662

Overall Rank:

3,848

Average Rating:

76 (111 votes)

Comments:

663.

Worlds Apart

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

376

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

663

Overall Rank:

3,850

Average Rating:

74 (79 votes)

Comments:

664.

Bluffer's Guide To The Flight Deck

Flotation Toy Warning

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

375

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

664

Overall Rank:

3,864

Average Rating:

77 (59 votes)

Comments:

665.

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Thursday

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

374

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

665

Overall Rank:

3,874

Average Rating:

72 (48 votes)

Comments:

666.

New Earth

Sakis Gouzonis

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

10 charts

Rank Score:

373

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

666

Overall Rank:

3,878

Average Rating:

78 (7 votes)

Comments:

667.

You & Me

The Walkmen

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

373

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

667

Overall Rank:

3,882

Average Rating:

77 (83 votes)

Comments:

668.

All Is Violent, All Is Bright

God Is An Astronaut

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

372

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

668

Overall Rank:

3,887

Average Rating:

76 (77 votes)

Comments:

669.

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Dixie Chicks

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

669

Overall Rank:

3,892

Average Rating:

68 (100 votes)

Comments:

670.

Stephen Malkmus

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

670

Overall Rank:

3,897

Average Rating:

76 (81 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	109	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
The White Stripes	5	0%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	220	22%
	53	5%
	34	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	11	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	10	1%

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