Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s
by 
ForegroundNoise 
The Best Albums of the Decade So Far... 2020-2024
_____________________________________________________________________
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
_____________________________________________________________________
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: 10/27/2025 11:45
- (Created: 10/24/2025 11:11).
- Chart size: 50 albums.
There are 0 comments for this chart from BestEverAlbums.com members and this chart has not been rated yet. Please log in or register to leave a comment or assign a rating.
View the complete list of 57,000 charts on BestEverAlbums.com from The Charts page.
This chart is currently filtered to only show albums from 2021. (Remove this filter)
Buy album 
- #Sponsored
____________________________________________________________________________
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"
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
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"
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
2
Buy album
- #Sponsored
____________________________________________________________________________
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"
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
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"
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
Buy album
- #Sponsored
____________________________________________________________________________
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"
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
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"
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
Year of Release:
2021
Appears in:
Rank Score:
901
Rank in 2021:
Rank in 2020s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
____________________________________________________________________________
third stream • post-minimalism
(Luaka Bop, 46:37)
8/10
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
third stream • post-minimalism
(Luaka Bop, 46:37)
8/10
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
Year of Release:
2021
Appears in:
Rank Score:
2,319
Rank in 2021:
Rank in 2020s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
____________________________________________________________________________
experimental hip hop • glitch hop • experimental
(n/a, 41:09)
7.5/10
"I scan the room, I see bits and pieces of you scattered
It's those same patterns that gon' get us through the next chapter
Your blood runs through this home and your habits through much after"
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
experimental hip hop • glitch hop • experimental
(n/a, 41:09)
7.5/10
"I scan the room, I see bits and pieces of you scattered
It's those same patterns that gon' get us through the next chapter
Your blood runs through this home and your habits through much after"
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
Year of Release:
2021
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,038
Rank in 2021:
Rank in 2020s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
____________________________________________________________________________
art punk • post-punk • experimental rock
(Warp, 54:41)
7.5/10
"Pamphlets through my door and pamphlets on my floor
Open wide, we've got everything, everything that you like"
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
art punk • post-punk • experimental rock
(Warp, 54:41)
7.5/10
"Pamphlets through my door and pamphlets on my floor
Open wide, we've got everything, everything that you like"
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
Year of Release:
2021
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,451
Rank in 2021:
Rank in 2020s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
____________________________________________________________________________
ambient • drone • tape music
(Past Inside the Present, 80:11)
7.5/10
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
ambient • drone • tape music
(Past Inside the Present, 80:11)
7.5/10
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
Buy album
- #Sponsored
____________________________________________________________________________
ambient pop • avant-folk
(Unheard of Hope, 55:23)
7.5/10
"En el aire [In the air]
Se que vas a aparecer [I know you're going to appear]
Siento el suelo [I feel the ground]
Aunque no alcancen los pies" [Even if my feet don't reach]
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
ambient pop • avant-folk
(Unheard of Hope, 55:23)
7.5/10
"En el aire [In the air]
Se que vas a aparecer [I know you're going to appear]
Siento el suelo [I feel the ground]
Aunque no alcancen los pies" [Even if my feet don't reach]
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
Buy album
- #Sponsored
____________________________________________________________________________
technical death metal • avant-garde metal
(Avantgarde, 57:05)
7.5/10
"Intellect cannot process the joke
That light and dark are made of smoke,
That good and evil are empty puns,
As the left hand is the right one"
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
technical death metal • avant-garde metal
(Avantgarde, 57:05)
7.5/10
"Intellect cannot process the joke
That light and dark are made of smoke,
That good and evil are empty puns,
As the left hand is the right one"
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
Buy album
- #Sponsored
____________________________________________________________________________
electronic • experimental hip hop • experimental
(No Agreements, 34:56)
7.5/10
"Time I met the Devil, he reveled in all my body fat
One time I slipped and had the figure – never got it back
Self consciousness and my mouth is incontinent
Body, the test site of all my broken promises"
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
electronic • experimental hip hop • experimental
(No Agreements, 34:56)
7.5/10
"Time I met the Devil, he reveled in all my body fat
One time I slipped and had the figure – never got it back
Self consciousness and my mouth is incontinent
Body, the test site of all my broken promises"
____________________________________________________________________________ [First added to this chart: 10/24/2025]
Total albums: 11. Page 1 of 2
Don't agree with this chart? Create your own from the My Charts page!
Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s composition
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
 |
|
|
| Eartheater | 1 | 2% | |
| Moor Mother & Billy Woods | 1 | 2% | |
| Fiona Apple | 1 | 2% | |
| Kitchen | 1 | 2% | |
| Squid (2020s) | 1 | 2% | |
| Širom | 1 | 2% | |
| Birds In Row | 1 | 2% | |
| Show all | |||
| Country | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
27 | 54% | |
| |
8 | 16% | |
 |
4 | 8% | |
 |
2 | 4% | |
 |
2 | 4% | |
 |
1 | 2% | |
 |
1 | 2% | |
| Show all | |||
Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s chart changes
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 1 from 24th to 25th By The Time I Get To Phoenix by Injury Reserve |
| Down 1 from 25th to 26th Bright Green Field by Squid (2020s) |
| Down 1 from 26th to 27th Shrines by Armand Hammer |
| New entries |
|---|
 Cenizasby Nicolas Jaar |
Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s similar charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 20 Music Albums of 2020 | ForegroundNoise | 2020 year chart | 2025 | |
| Top 20 Music Albums of 2021 | ForegroundNoise | 2021 year chart | 2025 | |
| Top 20 Music Albums of 2022 | ForegroundNoise | 2022 year chart | 2025 | |
| Top 20 Music Albums of 2024 | ForegroundNoise | 2024 year chart | 2025 | |
| Best Albums of 2020 | Natural Music | 2020 year chart | 2020 | |
| Top 40 Music Albums of the 2020s |  AvalancheGrips | 2020s decade chart | 2022 | |
| Top 20 Music Albums of 2023 | ForegroundNoise | 2023 year chart | 2025 | |
| Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s | MoneyBeGreen | 2020s decade chart | 2023 |  |
| Top 31 Music Albums of the 2020s |  Timestarter | 2020s decade chart | 2022 |  |
| Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s |  CellarDoor | 2020s decade chart | 2024 |  |
Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s similarity to your chart(s)
Not a member? Registering is quick, easy and FREE!
Why register?
Join a passionate community of over 50,000 music fans.- Create & share your own charts.
- Have your say in the overall rankings.
- Post comments in the forums and vote on polls.
- Comment on or rate any album, artist, track or chart.
- Discover new music & improve your music collection.
- Customise the overall chart using a variety of different filters & metrics.
- Create a wishlist of albums.
- Help maintain the BEA database.
- Earn member points and gain access to increasing levels of functionality!
- ... And lots more!
Register now - it only takes a moment!
Other decade charts by ForegroundNoise
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s | ForegroundNoise | 2020s decade chart | 2025 | |
| Top 50 Music Albums of the 2010s | ForegroundNoise | 2010s decade chart | 2025 | |
| Top 50 Music Albums of the 2000s | ForegroundNoise | 2000s decade chart | 2025 | |
| Top 47 Music Albums of the 1990s | ForegroundNoise | 1990s decade chart | 2024 | |
| Top 22 Music Albums of the 1980s | ForegroundNoise | 1980s decade chart | 2024 | |
| Top 30 Music Albums of the 1970s | ForegroundNoise | 1970s decade chart | 2025 | |
Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s ratings
Not enough data Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
Please log in or register if you want to be able to leave a rating
Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s favourites
Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a favourite
Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s comments
Be the first to add a comment for this Chart - add your comment!
Please log in or register if you want to be able to add a comment
Your feedback for Top 50 Music Albums of the 2020s
Let us know what you think of this chart by adding a comment or assigning a rating below!
If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
