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: 23 minutes 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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"One of the more curiously produced albums of 2025. Just wild and well-written enough to not sound amateurish. Imagination and strong compositions can make up for a lot!"  Reply
- HoldenM | 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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"An absolutely gorgeous work of experimental folk, that just maybe runs a slight bit too long. A Bluish Flickering is especially beautiful, marrying sinister tones, musique concrete, and layers of rhythmic instrumentation building up and then crashes down."  Reply
- Arthurknight | 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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2022
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"King Hannah tantalised greatness in 2020 when we got the wonderful EP ‘Tell Me Your Mind And I’ll Tell You Mine’ with Craig Whittle and vocalist Hannah Merricks’s one in a million combination of Mazzy Star / Hope Sandoval meets Portishead / Beth Gibbons meets Julia Stone in Southern America music..."  [+]  Reply
- Brad1770 | 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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2022
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"A little rough around the edges, but there are lots of interesting ideas, most of which are well executed. This album is quite the ride and never gets boring. Keem is definentely one of the most interesting and creative young up and coming hip hop artists. I'm very excited to see what he does on ..."  [+]  Reply
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2021
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2020
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"This makes a really welcome change from so much recent singer songwriter music which, even if it's not outright bad, leaves very little impact on me. Central here is Joanna's voice, which has a roughness that seizes you through each of these pared back tracks. They remind me a little of Joanna Ne..."  [+]  Reply
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2023
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"This one's growing on me. I didn't like it at first but there are some great tracks and the album flows really well. Best tracks: Good Day, Choker, No Chances, Redecorate Worst tracks: Formidable, Bounce Man"  Reply
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