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	7,203	105,122	The New Abnormal (449th)by The Strokes
2021	6,669	97,062	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (614th)by Little Simz
2022	6,444	91,845	Ants From Up There (319th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,987	58,862	Javelin (1,312th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,526	7,751	Only God Was Above Us (4,185th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	26,829	360,642

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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Thin Mind

Wolf Parade

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2020

Appears in:

29 charts

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992.

Music To Be Murdered By

Eminem

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2020

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52 charts

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993.

Super What?

Czarface & MF DOOM

Year of Release:

2021

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33 charts

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994.

Die Nerven

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2022

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20 charts

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995.

Then I’ll Be Happy

Glaive & Ericdoa

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2021

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1 chart

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996.

The Past Is Still Alive

Hurray For The Riff Raff

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2024

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40 charts

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996

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16,529

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76 (35 votes)

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997.

Good Souls Better Angels

Lucinda Williams

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2020

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50 charts

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998.

The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Sparks

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2023

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38 charts

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999.

Divisive

Disturbed

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2022

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3 charts

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Endless Detainment

Serpent Column

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2020

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8 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	270	27%
2021	281	28%
2022	251	25%
2023	176	18%
2024	22	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%
青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	506	51%
	210	21%
	53	5%
	37	4%
	34	3%
	15	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	996	100%
Yes	4	0%

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