Best Albums of the 2020s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2020s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 56,000 greatest album charts.

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summaryThe best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Taylor Swift, Charli XCX, Little Simz, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Phoebe Bridgers, Fiona Apple, Kendrick Lamar and Fontaines D.C..
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2020
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80
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Buy album United States
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2021
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80
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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year Albums %


2020 220 22%
2021 227 23%
2022 224 22%
2023 182 18%
2024 138 14%
2025 12 1%
Country Albums %


United States 510 51%
United Kingdom 231 23%
Canada 47 5%
Australia 37 4%
Mixed Nationality 32 3%
Sweden 16 2%
Ireland 14 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 995 99%
Yes 8 1%
Live? Albums %
No 987 98%
Yes 16 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 1,001 100%
Yes 2 0%
Best Artists of 2011
1. Fleet Foxes
2. Bon Iver
3. The Beach Boys
4. PJ Harvey
5. Radiohead
6. The Black Keys
7. Destroyer
8. Adele
9. M83
10. Foo Fighters
11. St. Vincent
12. The Weeknd
13. Kendrick Lamar
14. Death Grips
15. Drake
16. James Blake
17. Florence + The Machine
18. Foster The People
19. Arctic Monkeys
20. The Strokes
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