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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Super What?

Czarface & MF DOOM

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

33 charts

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992.

Die Nerven

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2022

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20 charts

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993.

Then I’ll Be Happy

Glaive & Ericdoa

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2021

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1 chart

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994.

Divisive

Disturbed

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2022

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3 charts

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995.

Good Souls Better Angels

Lucinda Williams

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2020

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50 charts

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996.

The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Sparks

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2023

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38 charts

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997.

This Could Be Texas

English Teacher

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2024

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40 charts

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997

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16,555

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76 (43 votes)

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998.

Endless Detainment

Serpent Column

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2020

Appears in:

8 charts

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Last Night In The Bittersweet

Paolo Nutini

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2022

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23 charts

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1000.

Home, Before And After

Regina Spektor

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2022

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25 charts

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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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