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	7,162	104,718	The New Abnormal (445th)by The Strokes
2021	6,637	96,243	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (618th)by Little Simz
2022	6,368	90,663	Ants From Up There (322nd)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,880	56,788	Javelin (1,331st)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,173	4,995	Wall Of Eyes (5,024th)by The Smile
Total	26,220	353,408

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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991.

Good Luck Everybody

AJJ

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2020

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35 charts

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992.

XOXO

The Jayhawks

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2020

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31 charts

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993.

American Gurl

Kilo Kish

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2022

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25 charts

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994.

The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Sparks

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2023

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38 charts

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995.

Cyr

The Smashing Pumpkins

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2020

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36 charts

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996.

Ether

Cathedral Bells

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2021

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6 charts

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997.

Man Plays The Horn

Cities Aviv

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2022

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24 charts

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998.

Puta

Zahara

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2021

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7 charts

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999.

Far In

Helado Negro

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2021

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29 charts

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1000.

Sundowner

Kevin Morby

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2020

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	275	28%
2021	282	28%
2022	254	25%
2023	189	19%
2024	12	1%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
Nation Of Language	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Carly Rae Jepsen	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	508	50%
	209	21%
	63	6%
	39	4%
	33	3%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	1,006	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	996	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,009	100%
Yes	3	0%

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