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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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year Albums %


2020 219 22%
2021 228 23%
2022 227 23%
2023 182 18%
2024 139 14%
2025 6 1%
Country Albums %


United States 510 51%
United Kingdom 230 23%
Canada 47 5%
Australia 37 4%
Mixed Nationality 32 3%
Sweden 15 1%
Ireland 14 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 994 99%
Yes 7 1%
Live? Albums %
No 983 98%
Yes 18 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 999 100%
Yes 2 0%
Best Albums of 2023
1. Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd by Lana Del Rey
2. Javelin by Sufjan Stevens
3. Scaring The Hoes by JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown
4. Desire, I Want To Turn Into You by Caroline Polachek
5. The Record by Boygenius
6. Everything Is Alive by Slowdive
7. That! Feels Good! by Jessie Ware
8. First Two Pages Of Frankenstein by The National
9. The Ballad Of Darren by Blur
10. Live At Bush Hall by Black Country, New Road
11. The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We by Mitski
12. After The Magic by 파란노을 [Parannoul]
13. Maps by Billy Woods & Kenny Segal
14. Guts by Olivia Rodrigo
15. The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess by Chappell Roan
16. This Is Why by Paramore
17. But Here We Are by Foo Fighters
18. I Inside The Old Year Dying by PJ Harvey
19. PetroDragonic Apocalypse; Or Dawn Of Eternal Night: An Annihilation Of Planet Earth And The Beginning Of Merciless Damnation by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
20. Let's Start Here by Lil Yachty
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