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 53,000 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	4,156	232,192	Kid A (5th)by Radiohead
2001	4,091	216,041	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,169	211,173	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (48th)by Wilco
2003	4,498	185,412	Elephant (113th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,472	207,619	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,688	192,648	Illinois (42nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	4,860	172,829	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (67th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,026	245,098	In Rainbows (6th)by Radiohead
2008	5,083	145,618	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,262	144,086	Merriweather Post Pavilion (139th)by Animal Collective
Total	46,305	1,952,716

The best artists of the 2000s were Radiohead, Arcade Fire, The Strokes, Coldplay, Sufjan Stevens, Arctic Monkeys, Wilco, Animal Collective, Muse and The White Stripes.

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White Pony

Deftones

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

390 charts

Rank Score:

3,566

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

504

Average Rating:

81 (524 votes)

Comments:

82.

X&Y

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

535 charts

Rank Score:

3,538

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

508

Average Rating:

72 (1,173 votes)

Comments:

83.

Antics

Interpol

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

477 charts

Rank Score:

3,514

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

515

Average Rating:

79 (731 votes)

Comments:

84.

Hissing Fauna, Are You The Destroyer?

of Montreal

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

396 charts

Rank Score:

3,430

Rank in 2007:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

531

Average Rating:

79 (476 votes)

Comments:

85.

Mm.. Food

MF DOOM

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

333 charts

Rank Score:

3,421

Rank in 2004:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

533

Average Rating:

82 (389 votes)

Comments:

86.

The Magnolia Electric Co.

Songs: Ohia

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

278 charts

Rank Score:

3,396

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

535

Average Rating:

82 (270 votes)

Comments:

87.

The Seldom Seen Kid

Elbow

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

436 charts

Rank Score:

3,370

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

537

Average Rating:

78 (569 votes)

Comments:

88.

Voodoo

D'Angelo

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

361 charts

Rank Score:

3,308

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

543

Average Rating:

79 (418 votes)

Comments:

89.

Geogaddi

Boards Of Canada

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

377 charts

Rank Score:

3,276

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

549

Average Rating:

80 (442 votes)

Comments:

90.

Feels

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

390 charts

Rank Score:

3,276

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

550

Average Rating:

79 (583 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	102	10%
2001	102	10%
2002	106	11%
2003	113	11%
2004	84	8%
2005	108	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	97	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	101	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
The White Stripes	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	218	22%
	57	6%
	35	4%
	23	2%
	22	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

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

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

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