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 54,000 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	7,366	107,186	The New Abnormal (417th)by The Strokes
2021	6,829	98,627	For The First Time (598th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,650	95,905	Ants From Up There (288th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,299	65,633	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,159th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	3,354	21,351	Only God Was Above Us (2,528th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	29,498	388,702

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

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Julius Eastman Vol. 1: Femenine

Wild Up

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2021

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22 charts

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992.

Madra

NewDad

Year of Release:

2024

Appears in:

33 charts

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992

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15,605

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74 (33 votes)

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993.

Walls

Louis Tomlinson

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2020

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3 charts

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994.

If I Am Only My Thoughts

Loving

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2020

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1 chart

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995.

Nafs At Peace

Jaubi

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2021

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22 charts

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996.

Eternal Blue

Spiritbox

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2021

Appears in:

23 charts

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997.

Cypress Grove

Glaive

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2021

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998.

Growing Up

The Linda Lindas

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2022

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28 charts

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999.

Bad モード [Bad Mode]

宇多田光 [Hikaru Utada]

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2022

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28 charts

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Bunny

Beach Fossils

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2023

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26 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	255	26%
2021	263	26%
2022	250	25%
2023	183	18%
2024	49	5%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	6	1%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Brockhampton	3	0%
青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]	3	0%
Sakis Gouzonis	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	509	51%
	214	21%
	48	5%
	39	4%
	29	3%
	16	2%
	15	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

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

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