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	7,187	104,751	The New Abnormal (448th)by The Strokes
2021	6,654	96,724	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (614th)by Little Simz
2022	6,384	91,140	Ants From Up There (321st)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,924	57,068	Javelin (1,326th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,278	5,939	Wall Of Eyes (4,712th)by The Smile
Total	26,427	355,622

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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Deep Down Happy

Sports Team

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

119

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482.

Red Moon In Venus

Kali Uchis

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

118

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482

Overall Rank:

10,005

Average Rating:

73 (65 votes)

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Earthling

Eddie Vedder

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

117

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We Are Chaos

Marilyn Manson

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

22 charts

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116

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Flower Of Devotion

Dehd

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

115

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Tako Tsubo

L'Impératrice

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

115

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487.

Folkesange

Myrkur

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

30 charts

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115

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Say Laura

Eric Chenaux

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

13 charts

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115

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489.

Madison

Sloppy Jane

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2021

Appears in:

17 charts

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115

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Stereo Mind Game

Daughter

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

43 charts

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114

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490

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10,249

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76 (40 votes)

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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%
Zach Bryan	3	0%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
Jeff Rosenstock	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	507	51%
	210	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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