Best Albums of the 2020s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 2020s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 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.
2020	7,199	105,221	The New Abnormal (448th)by The Strokes
2021	6,661	96,925	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (615th)by Little Simz
2022	6,436	91,611	Ants From Up There (320th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,977	58,557	Javelin (1,323rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,428	7,138	Wall Of Eyes (4,413th)by The Smile
Total	26,701	359,452

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Taylor Swift, Little Simz, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Black Midi, The Weeknd and Sufjan Stevens.

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Dance Fever

Florence + The Machine

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

309

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

171

Overall Rank:

4,530

Average Rating:

73 (104 votes)

Comments:

172.

Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)

Yves Tumor

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

112 charts

Rank Score:

308

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

172

Overall Rank:

4,533

Average Rating:

75 (114 votes)

Comments:

173.

Hackney Diamonds

The Rolling Stones

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

103 charts

Rank Score:

307

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

173

Overall Rank:

4,548

Average Rating:

74 (108 votes)

Comments:

174.

In Times New Roman…

Queens Of The Stone Age

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

128 charts

Rank Score:

306

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

174

Overall Rank:

4,568

Average Rating:

74 (133 votes)

Comments:

175.

Memento Mori

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

120 charts

Rank Score:

304

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

175

Overall Rank:

4,583

Average Rating:

75 (139 votes)

Comments:

176.

Unlocked

Denzel Curry X Kenny Beats

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

304

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

176

Overall Rank:

4,584

Average Rating:

74 (163 votes)

Comments:

177.

Ugly

Slowthai

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

304

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

177

Overall Rank:

4,587

Average Rating:

75 (113 votes)

Comments:

178.

Ohms

Deftones

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

120 charts

Rank Score:

301

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

178

Overall Rank:

4,615

Average Rating:

75 (130 votes)

Comments:

179.

Ugly Season

Perfume Genius

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

298

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

179

Overall Rank:

4,654

Average Rating:

74 (107 votes)

Comments:

180.

Chloë And The Next 20th Century

Father John Misty

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

124 charts

Rank Score:

295

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

180

Overall Rank:

4,691

Average Rating:

72 (126 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	273	27%
2021	280	28%
2022	251	25%
2023	177	18%
2024	20	2%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
Zach Bryan	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	507	51%
	209	21%
	53	5%
	37	4%
	35	3%
	15	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	985	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	4	0%

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