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 (5th)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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671.

Stephen Malkmus

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

671

Overall Rank:

3,896

Average Rating:

76 (81 votes)

Comments:

672.

The Stage Names

Okkervil River

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

103 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

672

Overall Rank:

3,898

Average Rating:

78 (106 votes)

Comments:

673.

The Eternal

Sonic Youth

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

673

Overall Rank:

3,899

Average Rating:

72 (164 votes)

Comments:

674.

Weezer (Red Album)

Weezer

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

370

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

674

Overall Rank:

3,906

Average Rating:

66 (332 votes)

Comments:

675.

Two Suns

Bat For Lashes

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

113 charts

Rank Score:

370

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

675

Overall Rank:

3,907

Average Rating:

75 (155 votes)

Comments:

676.

St. Anger

Metallica

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

93 charts

Rank Score:

370

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

676

Overall Rank:

3,908

Average Rating:

45 (416 votes)

Comments:

677.

Future Perfect

Autolux

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

369

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

677

Overall Rank:

3,913

Average Rating:

76 (45 votes)

Comments:

678.

Far

Regina Spektor

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

71 charts

Rank Score:

369

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

678

Overall Rank:

3,914

Average Rating:

75 (127 votes)

Comments:

679.

Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through The Eyes Of Madness

Coheed And Cambria

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

369

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

679

Overall Rank:

3,915

Average Rating:

73 (106 votes)

Comments:

680.

The Virgin Suicides
Soundtrack

Air

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

366

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

680

Overall Rank:

3,932

Average Rating:

75 (203 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%
Show all

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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