Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s
by 
ForegroundNoise 
The Best Albums of the Decade So Far... 2020-2024
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Best Short Releases 2020-2024
1. Mach-Hommy - Mach's Hard Lemonade (2020) [HT/US]
hip hop (n/a, 22:07) - 8/10
2. Marina Herlop - Pripyat (2022) [ES]
glitch pop • avant-folk (PAN, 29:30) - 8/10
3. Slauson Malone - Vergangenheitsbewältigung (Crater Speak) (2020) [US]
neo-soul • sound collage (n/a, 24:14) - 8/10
4. bar italia - CDr (2022) [GB]
indie rock • slacker rock (n/a, 15:48) - 8/10
5. Asian glow - pt.2345678andstill (2021) [KR]
emo • lo-fi / slacker rock • noise pop • folktronica (Longinus, 16:00) - 8/10
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Retrospective/Archival
Meredith Monk / Theo Bleckmann / Katie Geissinger / Allison Sniffin / Bang on a Can All-Stars - Memory Game (Cantaloupe, 50:20) [US]
post-minimalism - 8.5/10
Black Country, New Road - Live at Bush Hall (Ninja Tune, 46:55)
progressive pop • art rock • chamber pop - 8/10
- Chart updated: 12/10/2025 17:45
- (Created: 10/24/2025 11:11).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
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art rock • post-rock • chamber pop
(Ninja Tune, 58:46)
9/10
"You walk up on the raised edge
Hands out for balance
Slipping, you almost grab mine, but you find your feet
And I never wanted so much someone to fall"
ONR:
For the First Time (2021)
post-rock • experimental rock • post-punk (Ninja Tune, 40:44) - 8/10
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art rock • post-rock • chamber pop
(Ninja Tune, 58:46)
9/10
"You walk up on the raised edge
Hands out for balance
Slipping, you almost grab mine, but you find your feet
And I never wanted so much someone to fall"
ONR:
For the First Time (2021)
post-rock • experimental rock • post-punk (Ninja Tune, 40:44) - 8/10
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Year of Release:
2022
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7,199
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post-industrial • opera • experimental
(PAN, 54:54)
8.5/10
"Why do I have to
Why do I have to
Why do I have to"
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post-industrial • opera • experimental
(PAN, 54:54)
8.5/10
"Why do I have to
Why do I have to
Why do I have to"
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deconstructed club
(Gloo, 42:10)
8.5/10
"Sneaking through the world like a tap when it drips
Tiny little grin in the fuzz of a rift
Shrieking out the ground 'til it bursts, make it chip
Substratе split like a blade in the pith"
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deconstructed club
(Gloo, 42:10)
8.5/10
"Sneaking through the world like a tap when it drips
Tiny little grin in the fuzz of a rift
Shrieking out the ground 'til it bursts, make it chip
Substratе split like a blade in the pith"
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avant-folk • chamber folk
(PAN, 46:31)
8/10
"Pulling the plug could be the ultimate anti-drug
But I'm addicted to this life"
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avant-folk • chamber folk
(PAN, 46:31)
8/10
"Pulling the plug could be the ultimate anti-drug
But I'm addicted to this life"
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avant-folk • free folk
(Glitterbeat, 77:10)
8/10
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avant-folk • free folk
(Glitterbeat, 77:10)
8/10
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post-industrial • electronic
(WV Sorcerer, 36:50)
8/10
"Oh whoever there
Have you seen a sub human cry？
It hurts
It's ugly as it is"
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post-industrial • electronic
(WV Sorcerer, 36:50)
8/10
"Oh whoever there
Have you seen a sub human cry？
It hurts
It's ugly as it is"
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neoclassical darkwave • avant-folk
(Sargent House, 55:50)
8/10
"The Lord spat and held me by my neck
'I would die for you, I would die for you' he wept"
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neoclassical darkwave • avant-folk
(Sargent House, 55:50)
8/10
"The Lord spat and held me by my neck
'I would die for you, I would die for you' he wept"
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Year of Release:
2021
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943
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art pop
(Jagjaguwar, 65:44)
8/10
"Are you dancing with me?
Or just merely dancing?"
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art pop
(Jagjaguwar, 65:44)
8/10
"Are you dancing with me?
Or just merely dancing?"
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Year of Release:
2020
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Rank Score:
577
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art pop • psychedelic soul
(Warp, 41:53)
8/10
"Digging holes, mining souls
Sludge to smoke
Buried bone, extraction coal
Takes its toll
Texaco, melts the cold"
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art pop • psychedelic soul
(Warp, 41:53)
8/10
"Digging holes, mining souls
Sludge to smoke
Buried bone, extraction coal
Takes its toll
Texaco, melts the cold"
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jazz rap • abstract hip hop
(Ruby Yacht, 52:03)
8/10
"There was a time when peace was on the Earth
Joy and happiness did reign and each one knew their worth
In my heart how I yearn for the spirit's return
And I, and I cry as time flies, as time flies"
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jazz rap • abstract hip hop
(Ruby Yacht, 52:03)
8/10
"There was a time when peace was on the Earth
Joy and happiness did reign and each one knew their worth
In my heart how I yearn for the spirit's return
And I, and I cry as time flies, as time flies"
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Year of Release:
2020
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Rank Score:
428
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Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
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| Perfume Genius | 1 | 2% | |
| Xiu Xiu | 1 | 2% | |
| Armand Hammer | 1 | 2% | |
| Otay:onii | 1 | 2% | |
| Ad Nauseam | 1 | 2% | |
| Friko | 1 | 2% | |
| Material Girl | 1 | 2% | |
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| Country | Albums | % | |
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27 | 54% | |
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8 | 16% | |
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4 | 8% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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2 | 4% | |
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1 | 2% | |
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1 | 2% | |
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Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
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| Up 1 from 49th to 48th13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto With Bison Horn Grips by Xiu Xiu |
| Up 1 from 48th to 47thNiineta by Joe Rainey |
| Up 1 from 47th to 46thBreath Too Long by Kitchen |
| Biggest fallers |
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| Down 4 from 45th to 49thDrujjha by Material Girl |
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