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	7,192	104,861	The New Abnormal (450th)by The Strokes
2021	6,656	96,725	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (613th)by Little Simz
2022	6,430	91,405	Ants From Up There (321st)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,967	57,878	Javelin (1,327th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,375	6,780	Wall Of Eyes (4,446th)by The Smile
Total	26,620	357,649

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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Good Souls Better Angels

Lucinda Williams

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2020

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50 charts

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992.

Bridge To Quiet

Animal Collective

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2020

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14 charts

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993.

That's How Rumors Get Started

Margo Price

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2020

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31 charts

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Ghosts V: Together

Nine Inch Nails

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2020

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32 charts

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995.

Last Night In The Bittersweet

Paolo Nutini

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2022

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23 charts

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996.

I Never Liked You

Future (Rap)

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2022

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16 charts

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997.

Good Luck Everybody

AJJ

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2020

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35 charts

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998.

Even In Exile

James Dean Bradfield

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2020

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21 charts

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999.

Home, Before And After

Regina Spektor

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2022

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25 charts

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Cub

Wunderhorse

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2022

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10 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	272	27%
2021	281	28%
2022	254	25%
2023	175	18%
2024	19	2%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
Carly Rae Jepsen	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Adrianne Lenker	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	507	51%
	211	21%
	52	5%
	37	4%
	35	3%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	15	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	998	100%
Yes	3	0%

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