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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2020s decade summary

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	7,166	104,692	The New Abnormal (447th)by The Strokes
2021	6,650	96,580	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (618th)by Little Simz
2022	6,372	90,887	Ants From Up There (322nd)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,910	56,557	Javelin (1,335th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,215	5,387	Wall Of Eyes (4,855th)by The Smile
Total	26,313	354,104

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

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2022

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10 charts

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992.

Ghosts V: Together

Nine Inch Nails

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2020

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32 charts

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993.

Even In Exile

James Dean Bradfield

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2020

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21 charts

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994.

Good Luck Everybody

AJJ

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2020

Appears in:

35 charts

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995.

XOXO

The Jayhawks

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2020

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31 charts

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996.

American Gurl

Kilo Kish

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2022

Appears in:

25 charts

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997.

The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Sparks

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2023

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38 charts

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998.

Cyr

The Smashing Pumpkins

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2020

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36 charts

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999.

Ether

Cathedral Bells

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2021

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6 charts

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1000.

Man Plays The Horn

Cities Aviv

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2022

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24 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	273	27%
2021	282	28%
2022	256	26%
2023	176	18%
2024	13	1%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Zach Bryan	4	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Carly Rae Jepsen	3	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	512	51%
	208	21%
	51	5%
	38	4%
	33	3%
	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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