Best Albums of the 2020s (so far)

Listed below are the best albums of the 2020s (so far) as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 6 hours ago).
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2020s decade summaryThe best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Charli XCX, Little Simz, Magdalena Bay, Fontaines D.C., Kendrick Lamar, Big Thief, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and The Smile.
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"82/100 A solid and efficient album, in the continuity of what we already knew from Kali Uchis, but for the moment it suits perfectly the expectations, hoping that she manages to recycle her formula for the next project Key songs : I wish you Roses / Endlessly / Moonlight Other rating : - Isolatio..."  [+]  Reply
- DoubleZ | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful) Help A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
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2023
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2021
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"Sounding a little like classic ELO, especially on the second track, "It Ain't Over", the duo brings forth another album of sparkling garage rock/blues and an early favorite for the best album of 2022."  Reply
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2022
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2025
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"There is an auteur spirit to “The Gods We Can Touch”. Aurora frames the album with explorations of femininity and tributes to pagan deities. Her fae voice compliments the vision quite well giving a bit of magic to every line. The concept's limitation is its volume. The project never leaves a midd..."  [+]  Reply
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2022
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"Grande is one of those generally popular artists that I innately hated. Their huge popularity and commercial success smothered my own artistic appreciation. This is her latest and, for my taste at least, finest release. The musical ride is still gentle but greatly enjoyable. She just gets better ..."  [+]  Reply
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2024
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"Album Rating: 76.09 (837/11) Perfume Genius (Glory - USA - Mar 25) - Glory 28.03.2025 Another very good Perfume Genius album, albeit one that once again hits the mid-70s without ever endangering the decade chart. Rubber boots on an escalator. Album highlight 'Dion' tells the story of that broken ..."  [+]  Reply
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"Not quite as memorable as Raising Sand, but certainly a great album. Amazing musical chemistry and a few really great tracks. Burnett's production is once again impeccable."  Reply
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"Teardrinker and Gobblers of Dregs are up there with my favorite Mastodon songs. A lot of other songs on this album I really enjoy listening to, in particular The Crux and More Than I Could Chew. I think this collection falls under that category of double albums that would have benefitted from bei..."  [+]  Reply
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Best Albums of the 2020s (so far) composition

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2. Kanye West
3. Tame Impala
4. Arcade Fire
5. Beach House
6. Frank Ocean
7. Sufjan Stevens
8. The National
9. Radiohead
10. Nick Cave