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	4,500	224,653	Kid A (9th)by Radiohead
2001	4,421	212,766	Is This It (24th)by The Strokes
2002	4,424	206,207	Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (56th)by Wilco
2003	4,762	182,985	Elephant (115th)by The White Stripes
2004	4,744	201,801	Funeral (15th)by Arcade Fire
2005	4,950	189,127	Illinois (43rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2006	5,144	170,232	Whatever People Say I Am, That's... (69th)by Arctic Monkeys
2007	5,358	238,049	In Rainbows (5th)by Radiohead
2008	5,456	144,623	Fleet Foxes (130th)by Fleet Foxes
2009	5,647	142,548	Merriweather Post Pavilion (145th)by Animal Collective
Total	49,406	1,912,990

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 Moon Is A Dead World

Gospel

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

235

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992.

My Maudlin Career

Camera Obscura (UK)

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

235

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993.

The Process Of Belief

Bad Religion

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

235

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994.

A Day Without Rain

Enya

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

234

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994

Overall Rank:

5,690

Average Rating:

70 (80 votes)

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995.

The Complete Hot Five & Hot Seven Recordings
Compilation

Louis Armstrong

Year of Release:

2000

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

234

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996.

Love Is Overtaking Me

Arthur Russell

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

29 charts

Rank Score:

234

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996

Overall Rank:

5,695

Average Rating:

74 (20 votes)

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997.

Live In Paris
Live

Diana Krall

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

15 charts

Rank Score:

233

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998.

Musicology

Prince

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

233

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998

Overall Rank:

5,715

Average Rating:

73 (122 votes)

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999.

Kings & Queens

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

232

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1000.

Ballad Of The Broken Seas

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan

Year of Release:

2006

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

232

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1,000

Overall Rank:

5,722

Average Rating:

72 (47 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2000s composition

Year	Albums	%

2000	100	10%
2001	101	10%
2002	112	11%
2003	108	11%
2004	85	9%
2005	109	11%
2006	98	10%
2007	93	9%
2008	89	9%
2009	105	11%

Artist	Albums	%

Animal Collective	6	1%
Radiohead	6	1%
Death Cab For Cutie	5	1%
Opeth	5	1%
Bright Eyes	5	1%
Wilco	5	1%
Dream Theater	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	556	56%
	215	22%
	54	5%
	32	3%
	24	2%
	23	2%
	19	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	14	1%

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

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

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