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	104,860	The New Abnormal (450th)by The Strokes
2021	6,656	96,714	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (613th)by Little Simz
2022	6,428	91,289	Ants From Up There (320th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,963	57,440	Javelin (1,328th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,368	6,685	Wall Of Eyes (4,472nd)by The Smile
Total	26,607	356,987

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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Tako Tsubo

L'Impératrice

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

115

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492.

Stereo Mind Game

Daughter

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

115

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492

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10,237

Average Rating:

76 (40 votes)

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493.

Folkesange

Myrkur

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

114

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Madison

Sloppy Jane

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

17 charts

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114

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Utekočinjeni Prestol Preprostih (The Liquified Throne Of Simplicity)

Širom

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

114

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496.

Say Laura

Eric Chenaux

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

13 charts

Rank Score:

114

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497.

Manger On McNichols

Boldy James & Sterling Toles

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

40 charts

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114

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498.

This Be Her Verse

Golda Schultz & Jonathan Ware

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

5 charts

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113

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499.

Let Me Do One More

Illuminati Hotties

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

49 charts

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113

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500.

We Are Sent Here By History

Shabaka And The Ancestors

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

63 charts

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113

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	273	27%
2021	281	28%
2022	254	25%
2023	174	17%
2024	20	2%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Black Country, New Road	3	0%
Animal Collective	3	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	507	51%
	212	21%
	52	5%
	37	4%
	36	4%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	15	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	999	100%
Yes	3	0%

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