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	227,931	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,355	214,112	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,379	208,243	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,704	183,662	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,702	203,436	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,902	190,365	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,081	171,096	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (68th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,282	240,003	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,248	143,507	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,405	142,387	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,498	1,924,742

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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881.

Beautiful Garbage

Garbage

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

273

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

881

Overall Rank:

5,007

Average Rating:

72 (110 votes)

Comments:

882.

Rooty

Basement Jaxx

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

273

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

882

Overall Rank:

5,011

Average Rating:

75 (109 votes)

Comments:

883.

Isla

Portico Quartet

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

273

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

883

Overall Rank:

5,015

Average Rating:

79 (44 votes)

Comments:

884.

Ocean Avenue

Yellowcard

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

272

Rank in 2003:

Rank in 2000s:

884

Overall Rank:

5,018

Average Rating:

69 (67 votes)

Comments:

885.

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... Pt. II

Raekwon

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

271

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

885

Overall Rank:

5,024

Average Rating:

77 (66 votes)

Comments:

886.

The Way Of All Flesh

Gojira

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

271

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

886

Overall Rank:

5,029

Average Rating:

81 (79 votes)

Comments:

887.

This Will Destroy You

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

270

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

887

Overall Rank:

5,042

Average Rating:

75 (42 votes)

Comments:

888.

Do You Like Rock Music?

British Sea Power

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

269

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

888

Overall Rank:

5,054

Average Rating:

76 (57 votes)

Comments:

889.

Mighty Rearranger

Robert Plant And The Strange Sensation

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

269

Rank in 2005:

Rank in 2000s:

889

Overall Rank:

5,059

Average Rating:

75 (75 votes)

Comments:

890.

Oops!... I Did It Again

Britney Spears

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

269

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

890

Overall Rank:

5,065

Average Rating:

55 (106 votes)

Comments:

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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	112	11%
2006	97	10%
2007	94	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Wilco	5	0%
Opeth	5	0%
Bright Eyes	5	0%
Porcupine Tree	5	0%
The White Stripes	5	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	219	22%
	53	5%
	33	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	14	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	11	1%

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

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