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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Invincible

Michael Jackson

Year of Release:

2001

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

246

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951

Overall Rank:

5,414

Average Rating:

63 (172 votes)

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952.

Cuatro Caminos

Café Tacvba

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

246

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953.

Siempre Es Hoy

Gustavo Cerati

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

246

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954.

Ire Works

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Year of Release:

2007

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

245

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954

Overall Rank:

5,431

Average Rating:

76 (63 votes)

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955.

In Rainbows Disk 2

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2009

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

245

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955

Overall Rank:

5,433

Average Rating:

78 (181 votes)

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956.

How To Save A Life

The Fray

Year of Release:

2005

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

245

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957.

Want Two

Rufus Wainwright

Year of Release:

2004

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

245

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957

Overall Rank:

5,447

Average Rating:

75 (67 votes)

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958.

The Disintegration Loops III

William Basinski

Year of Release:

2003

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

244

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959.

Power In Numbers

Jurassic 5

Year of Release:

2002

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

244

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960.

The Airborne Toxic Event

Year of Release:

2008

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

244

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960

Overall Rank:

5,457

Average Rating:

72 (91 votes)

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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%
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Country	Albums	%

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