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	7,189	104,858	The New Abnormal (449th)by The Strokes
2021	6,656	96,721	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (614th)by Little Simz
2022	6,390	91,291	Ants From Up There (321st)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,939	57,386	Javelin (1,329th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,332	6,408	Wall Of Eyes (4,520th)by The Smile
Total	26,506	356,664

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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Last Night In The Bittersweet

Paolo Nutini

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2022

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23 charts

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I Never Liked You

Future (Rap)

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2022

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16 charts

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Good Luck Everybody

AJJ

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2020

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35 charts

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Cub

Wunderhorse

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2022

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10 charts

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995.

Even In Exile

James Dean Bradfield

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2020

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21 charts

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Home, Before And After

Regina Spektor

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2022

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25 charts

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997.

XOXO

The Jayhawks

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2020

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31 charts

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Kôrôlén
Live

Toumani Diabaté & The London Symphony Orchestra

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2021

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15 charts

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American Gurl

Kilo Kish

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2022

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25 charts

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The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Sparks

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2023

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38 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	273	27%
2021	282	28%
2022	256	26%
2023	175	18%
2024	17	2%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Sault	3	0%
青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]	3	0%
Black Country, New Road	3	0%
Brockhampton	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	509	51%
	211	21%
	52	5%
	37	4%
	36	4%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	997	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,000	100%
Yes	3	0%

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