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	7,201	105,079	The New Abnormal (449th)by The Strokes
2021	6,669	97,008	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (615th)by Little Simz
2022	6,443	91,617	Ants From Up There (319th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,981	58,775	Javelin (1,313th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,499	7,620	Only God Was Above Us (4,298th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	26,793	360,099

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Taylor Swift, Little Simz, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Black Midi, The Weeknd and Sufjan Stevens.

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341.

Marchita

Silvana Estrada

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

163

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

341

Overall Rank:

7,667

Average Rating:

75 (80 votes)

Comments:

342.

The Boy Named If

Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

163

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

342

Overall Rank:

7,673

Average Rating:

71 (58 votes)

Comments:

343.

Sweep It Into Space

Dinosaur Jr.

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

163

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

343

Overall Rank:

7,676

Average Rating:

73 (77 votes)

Comments:

344.

Dropout Boogie

The Black Keys

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

161

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

344

Overall Rank:

7,724

Average Rating:

70 (83 votes)

Comments:

345.

Weather Alive

Beth Orton

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

161

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

345

Overall Rank:

7,741

Average Rating:

75 (47 votes)

Comments:

346.

Council Skies

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

161

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

346

Overall Rank:

7,755

Average Rating:

73 (62 votes)

Comments:

347.

Sundial

Noname

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

161

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

347

Overall Rank:

7,758

Average Rating:

70 (52 votes)

Comments:

348.

PWR/UP

AC/DC

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

160

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

348

Overall Rank:

7,784

Average Rating:

74 (58 votes)

Comments:

349.

Purple Hotel

The Notorious Lightbulbs

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

160

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

349

Overall Rank:

7,798

Average Rating:

70 (13 votes)

Comments:

350.

Hushed And Grim

Mastodon

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

159

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

350

Overall Rank:

7,814

Average Rating:

74 (37 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	270	27%
2021	282	28%
2022	253	25%
2023	176	18%
2024	21	2%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
Sault	3	0%
Zach Bryan	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	505	50%
	211	21%
	53	5%
	37	4%
	35	3%
	15	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	986	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	998	100%
Yes	4	0%

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