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 54,000 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	7,392	106,886	The New Abnormal (411th)by The Strokes
2021	6,851	98,551	For The First Time (592nd)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,673	95,398	Ants From Up There (287th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,368	66,480	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,174th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	3,806	30,001	Only God Was Above Us (2,195th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	30,090	397,318

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Taylor Swift, Little Simz, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Black Midi, The Weeknd and Lana Del Rey.

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146.

Cave World

Viagra Boys

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

390

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146

Overall Rank:

3,735

Average Rating:

75 (123 votes)

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249.

Welfare Jazz

Viagra Boys

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

99 charts

Rank Score:

253

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249

Overall Rank:

5,304

Average Rating:

71 (132 votes)

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317.

Radical Romantics

Fever Ray

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

196

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317

Overall Rank:

6,593

Average Rating:

75 (67 votes)

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337.

Impera

Ghost (SE)

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

185

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337

Overall Rank:

6,896

Average Rating:

71 (66 votes)

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374.

The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons

The Hives

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

165

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374

Overall Rank:

7,607

Average Rating:

76 (30 votes)

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Voyage

ABBA

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

124

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578.

The War To End All Wars

Sabaton

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

7 charts

Rank Score:

112

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638.

Medicine

Goat (SE)

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

103

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730.

Against The Grain

D1v

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

2 charts

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737.

Live
Live

Daniel Norgren

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

10 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	245	25%
2021	257	26%
2022	242	24%
2023	183	18%
2024	74	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
Zach Bryan	3	0%
Fontaines D.C.	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	513	51%
	215	21%
	46	5%
	38	4%
	30	3%
	16	2%
	16	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	985	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	4	0%

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