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	7,186	104,813	The New Abnormal (448th)by The Strokes
2021	6,653	96,749	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (614th)by Little Simz
2022	6,384	91,151	Ants From Up There (321st)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,924	57,068	Javelin (1,327th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,273	5,903	Wall Of Eyes (4,713th)by The Smile
Total	26,420	355,684

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

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Cub

Wunderhorse

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

10 charts

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992.

Good Luck Everybody

AJJ

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2020

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35 charts

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993.

Even In Exile

James Dean Bradfield

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2020

Appears in:

21 charts

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994.

Home, Before And After

Regina Spektor

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

25 charts

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995.

Where's My Utopia?

Yard Act

Year of Release:

2024

Appears in:

54 charts

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995

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16,679

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75 (55 votes)

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996.

XOXO

The Jayhawks

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2020

Appears in:

31 charts

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997.

Kôrôlén
Live

Toumani Diabaté & The London Symphony Orchestra

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2021

Appears in:

15 charts

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998.

American Gurl

Kilo Kish

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2022

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25 charts

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999.

The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Sparks

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2023

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38 charts

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1000.

Cyr

The Smashing Pumpkins

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2020

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36 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	274	27%
2021	282	28%
2022	255	26%
2023	175	18%
2024	14	1%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Jeff Rosenstock	3	0%
Animal Collective	3	0%
Idles	3	0%
Carly Rae Jepsen	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	508	51%
	209	21%
	52	5%
	37	4%
	36	4%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	3	0%

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