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 58,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 5 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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"84/100 A successful concept album, a pronounced singularity, enchanting songs, touching subjects, all this crowned by vivid emotions Key songs : Why Does the Earth Give Us People to Love? / Dickhead Blues / Rat / No Fun-Party"  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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"Album Rating: 80.50 (966/12) Clipping. (DCS - USA - Mar 25) - Dead Channel Sky 14.03.2025 Always powerful. Always atmospheric. Always experimental. Another fine brick in the lengthening wall. 1. Clipping. (DCS - USA - Mar 25) - Intro. 75 2. Clipping. (DCS - USA - Mar 25) - Dominator. 83 3. Clippi..."  [+]  Reply
- ThuramThugood | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | 0 votes (0 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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2025
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"Home Is Where are an emo band out of Florida. Their 18-minute debut from 2021 had its moments – "Assisted Harakiri" was particularly great – but even then, they sounded like a band doing a competent job of recreating a well-trodden strand of emo. I didn't have big expectations for their follow-up..."  [+]  Reply
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"Album Rating: 86.00 (344/4) Maruja (CW - UK - Apr 24) - Connla's Well 26.04.2024 More psychedelic-jazz-rock from the banks of the muddy Medlock. It's more mature than the 2023 EP 'Knocknarea' but doesn't quite reach that level, other than on the powerful 'The Invisible Man'. 1.Maruja (CW - UK - A..."  [+]  Reply
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2024
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2022
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2020
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"(Sublime set of Chamber Folk from Pakistan - I mean she is in the states ((I think)) now and has been for awhile but the sounds are a mix of Middle Eastern music and balladry with Chamber Folk and Classical - that is absolutely mesmerizing and brilliant.) Been trying to find the words to express ..."  [+]  Reply
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