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: 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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"This was a nice surprise. Reminds me of Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists, and/or The Flaming Lips. That Pet Sounds-plus-Ram influence. Pretty good stuff, except that, just like those influences, the lyrics are hippy-dippy."  Reply
- slatsheit | 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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2024
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2022
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2020
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"It's kind of jaw-dropping that Matana Roberts has now released five albums in this series, and the potency and inventiveness of their material hasn't dropped a bit. Maybe this isn't their strongest work, but it's certainly unmissable. From my Top 20 Albums of 2023: https://www.besteveralbums.com/..."  [+]  Reply
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2023
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"I love J Mascis albums. His unique voice, his unique sound, his unique album art (until this one really and some of his earlier stuff). Like most J Mascis albums it's nothing earth shattering, but just really solid."  Reply
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2024
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2021
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"Doesn't go as hard as her previous three. I feel like the best is in the past. I certainly don't hope it, but she's going in Drake's direction of uninspired albums in the same yet constantly successful style with occasionally some stand-out tracks, and you'll have to make do with that. EDIT: I wa..."  [+]  Reply
- Boltzmann | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (2 helpful | 1 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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