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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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	4,491	225,708	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,409	212,751	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,413	206,646	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (56th)by Wilco
2003	4,758	183,238	Elephant (114th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,729	201,980	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,943	189,330	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,129	170,281	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (70th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,346	239,145	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,444	144,936	Fleet Foxes (130th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,634	142,704	Merriweather Post Pavilion (145th)by Animal Collective
Total	49,296	1,916,718

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 Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings
Compilation

Louis Armstrong

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

236

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991

Overall Rank:

5,661

Average Rating:

79 (34 votes)

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992.

Love Is Overtaking Me

Arthur Russell

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

236

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992

Overall Rank:

5,668

Average Rating:

74 (20 votes)

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993.

My Maudlin Career

Camera Obscura (UK)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

235

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994.

Flyleaf

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

235

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995.

Live In Paris
Live

Diana Krall

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

235

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996.

A Day Without Rain

Enya

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

234

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997.

Prairie Wind

Neil Young

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

233

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998.

Ballad Of The Broken Seas

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

233

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998

Overall Rank:

5,710

Average Rating:

72 (47 votes)

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999.

Musicology

Prince

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

233

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999

Overall Rank:

5,714

Average Rating:

73 (121 votes)

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1000.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

233

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	109	11%
2004	86	9%
2005	111	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	93	9%
2008	90	9%
2009	105	11%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	0%
Wilco	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	217	22%
	55	5%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	15	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	12	1%

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

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