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	7,193	104,999	The New Abnormal (450th)by The Strokes
2021	6,659	96,729	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (613th)by Little Simz
2022	6,433	91,417	Ants From Up There (320th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,970	58,068	Javelin (1,326th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,393	6,901	Wall Of Eyes (4,431st)by The Smile
Total	26,648	358,114

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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41.

Scaring The Hoes

JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

200 charts

Rank Score:

921

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,834

Average Rating:

80 (229 votes)

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42.

Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

211 charts

Rank Score:

891

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,886

Average Rating:

77 (252 votes)

Comments:

43.

Cheat Codes

Danger Mouse & Black Thought

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

238 charts

Rank Score:

890

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,887

Average Rating:

80 (186 votes)

Comments:

44.

The Record

Boygenius

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

224 charts

Rank Score:

876

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,915

Average Rating:

76 (202 votes)

Comments:

45.

Wet Leg

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

254 charts

Rank Score:

873

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,921

Average Rating:

73 (205 votes)

Comments:

46.

An Evening With Silk Sonic

Silk Sonic

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

214 charts

Rank Score:

872

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Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,922

Average Rating:

77 (206 votes)

Comments:

47.

Sinner Get Ready

Lingua Ignota

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

156 charts

Rank Score:

863

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,938

Average Rating:

77 (156 votes)

Comments:

48.

I Don't Live Here Anymore

The War On Drugs

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

244 charts

Rank Score:

860

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,943

Average Rating:

78 (186 votes)

Comments:

49.

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You

Caroline Polachek

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

219 charts

Rank Score:

833

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,989

Average Rating:

76 (209 votes)

Comments:

50.

Circles

Mac Miller

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

216 charts

Rank Score:

824

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,007

Average Rating:

76 (293 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	272	27%
2021	282	28%
2022	254	25%
2023	176	18%
2024	19	2%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Brockhampton	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Jeff Rosenstock	3	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	507	51%
	210	21%
	52	5%
	38	4%
	37	4%
	15	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	997	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	999	100%
Yes	4	0%

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