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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2020s decade summary

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	7,193	104,992	The New Abnormal (450th)by The Strokes
2021	6,656	96,728	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (613th)by Little Simz
2022	6,430	91,411	Ants From Up There (321st)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,968	58,002	Javelin (1,327th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,386	6,834	Wall Of Eyes (4,443rd)by The Smile
Total	26,633	357,967

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

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251.

Warm Chris

Aldous Harding

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

223

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

251

Overall Rank:

5,888

Average Rating:

71 (63 votes)

Comments:

252.

The Future Bites

Steven Wilson

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

223

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

252

Overall Rank:

5,896

Average Rating:

70 (92 votes)

Comments:

253.

3.15.20

Childish Gambino

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

223

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

253

Overall Rank:

5,905

Average Rating:

69 (164 votes)

Comments:

254.

Sick!

Earl Sweatshirt

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

222

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

254

Overall Rank:

5,917

Average Rating:

71 (141 votes)

Comments:

255.

Man On The Moon III: The Chosen

Kid Cudi

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

221

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

255

Overall Rank:

5,935

Average Rating:

73 (78 votes)

Comments:

256.

Red (Taylor’s Version)

Taylor Swift

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

220

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

256

Overall Rank:

5,959

Average Rating:

74 (56 votes)

Comments:

257.

Notes On A Conditional Form

The 1975

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

102 charts

Rank Score:

219

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

257

Overall Rank:

5,964

Average Rating:

68 (138 votes)

Comments:

258.

Seventeen Going Under

Sam Fender

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

219

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

258

Overall Rank:

5,967

Average Rating:

72 (44 votes)

Comments:

259.

Giving The World Away

Hatchie

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

219

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

259

Overall Rank:

5,977

Average Rating:

73 (63 votes)

Comments:

260.

Sound Ancestors

Madlib

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

103 charts

Rank Score:

218

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

260

Overall Rank:

5,992

Average Rating:

72 (95 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	273	27%
2021	281	28%
2022	252	25%
2023	176	18%
2024	20	2%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Jeff Rosenstock	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Adrianne Lenker	3	0%
Brockhampton	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	508	51%
	211	21%
	52	5%
	37	4%
	35	3%
	15	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	15	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	999	100%
Yes	3	0%

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