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	4,439	228,296	Kid A (7th)by Radiohead
2001	4,355	214,444	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,375	208,564	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (54th)by Wilco
2003	4,704	183,958	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,700	203,517	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,902	190,617	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,076	171,040	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (68th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,281	240,325	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,223	143,868	Fleet Foxes (133rd)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,402	143,078	Merriweather Post Pavilion (142nd)by Animal Collective
Total	48,457	1,927,707

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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91.

10,000 Days

Tool

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

369 charts

Rank Score:

3,186

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

555

Average Rating:

79 (659 votes)

Comments:

92.

Up The Bracket

The Libertines

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

467 charts

Rank Score:

3,150

Rank in 2002:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

562

Average Rating:

78 (669 votes)

Comments:

93.

Hybrid Theory

Linkin Park

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

398 charts

Rank Score:

3,104

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

569

Average Rating:

67 (845 votes)

Comments:

94.

Stadium Arcadium

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

461 charts

Rank Score:

3,101

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

570

Average Rating:

74 (926 votes)

Comments:

95.

808s & Heartbreak

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

394 charts

Rank Score:

3,065

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

577

Average Rating:

76 (918 votes)

Comments:

96.

Oh, Inverted World

The Shins

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

457 charts

Rank Score:

3,047

Rank in 2001:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

578

Average Rating:

79 (668 votes)

Comments:

97.

Rated R

Queens Of The Stone Age

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

539 charts

Rank Score:

2,995

Rank in 2000:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

586

Average Rating:

80 (832 votes)

Comments:

98.

Dear Science

TV On The Radio

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

495 charts

Rank Score:

2,985

Rank in 2008:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

588

Average Rating:

78 (634 votes)

Comments:

99.

Sam's Town

The Killers

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

424 charts

Rank Score:

2,773

Rank in 2006:

Rank in 2000s:

Overall Rank:

638

Average Rating:

74 (812 votes)

Comments:

100.

The Resistance

Muse

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

399 charts

Rank Score:

2,736

Rank in 2009:

Rank in 2000s:

100

Overall Rank:

647

Average Rating:

70 (1,055 votes)

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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	111	11%
2006	95	10%
2007	95	10%
2008	90	9%
2009	103	10%

Artist	Albums	%

Radiohead	6	1%
Animal Collective	6	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
The Black Keys	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
The Decemberists	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	553	55%
	218	22%
	53	5%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

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

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