Best Albums of the 2020s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2020s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 51,000 greatest album charts.

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2020s decade summary
YearAlbums 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.
20206,76498,396
20216,30588,357
20225,81281,564
20233,33027,757
Total22,211296,075

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Little Simz, Taylor Swift, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, Black Midi, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Weeknd and Big Thief.
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3,691
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1,829
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1,467
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1,407
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1,300
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Total albums: 496. Page 1 of 50

Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year Albums %


2020 327 33%
2021 297 30%
2022 273 27%
2023 104 10%
Country Albums %


United States 497 50%
United Kingdom 215 21%
Canada 52 5%
Australia 35 3%
Mixed Nationality 34 3%
France 17 2%
Sweden 15 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 997 100%
Yes 4 0%
Live? Albums %
No 981 98%
Yes 20 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 997 100%
Yes 4 0%
Best Albums of 1967
1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles
2. The Velvet Underground & Nico by The Velvet Underground & Nico
3. The Doors by The Doors
4. Are You Experienced by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
5. Forever Changes by Love
6. Magical Mystery Tour by The Beatles
7. Songs Of Leonard Cohen by Leonard Cohen
8. The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn by Pink Floyd
9. Axis: Bold As Love by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
10. Strange Days by The Doors
11. Disraeli Gears by Cream
12. Surrealistic Pillow by Jefferson Airplane
13. Days Of Future Passed by The Moody Blues
14. I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You by Aretha Franklin
15. Something Else By The Kinks by The Kinks
16. The Who Sell Out by The Who
17. Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
18. Chelsea Girl by Nico
19. Goodbye And Hello by Tim Buckley
20. John Wesley Harding by Bob Dylan
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