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	4,442	228,107	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,372	214,146	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,382	208,331	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,704	183,737	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,702	203,377	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,903	190,435	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,082	171,144	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (68th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,297	239,987	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,294	143,731	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,407	142,402	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,585	1,925,394

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.

This Is The Life

Amy MacDonald

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

233

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991

Overall Rank:

5,673

Average Rating:

72 (63 votes)

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992.

The Boy With No Name

Travis

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

233

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992

Overall Rank:

5,677

Average Rating:

72 (80 votes)

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993.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

232

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994.

The Richest Man In Babylon

Thievery Corporation

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

232

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995.

Anno Domini High Definition

Riverside (PL)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

232

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996.

Sound-Dust

Stereolab

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997.

Get Lifted

John Legend

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

231

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997

Overall Rank:

5,708

Average Rating:

74 (68 votes)

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998.

No Name Face

Lifehouse

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

231

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999.

Pet Grief

The Radio Dept.

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

230

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999

Overall Rank:

5,718

Average Rating:

76 (50 votes)

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1000.

My Maudlin Career

Camera Obscura (UK)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

230

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	101	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	110	11%
2003	109	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	112	11%
2006	96	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	89	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
The Black Keys	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
Dream Theater	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	220	22%
	52	5%
	34	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	12	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	10	1%

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