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 53,000 greatest album charts.

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2020s decade summary

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	7,138	104,361	The New Abnormal (445th)by The Strokes
2021	6,588	95,584	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (613th)by Little Simz
2022	6,341	89,738	Ants From Up There (324th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,833	55,536	Javelin (1,342nd)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,017	3,797	Wall Of Eyes (5,600th)by The Smile
Total	25,917	349,016

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 Sufjan Stevens.

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Ants From Up There

Black Country, New Road

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

518 charts

Rank Score:

5,536

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Overall Rank:

324

Average Rating:

85 (543 votes)

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The New Abnormal

The Strokes

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

526 charts

Rank Score:

4,024

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Overall Rank:

445

Average Rating:

82 (784 votes)

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Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

568 charts

Rank Score:

3,038

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Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

517 charts

Rank Score:

3,034

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Overall Rank:

582

Average Rating:

80 (505 votes)

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Sometimes I Might Be Introvert

Little Simz

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

421 charts

Rank Score:

2,893

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Overall Rank:

613

Average Rating:

83 (378 votes)

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For The First Time

Black Country, New Road

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

434 charts

Rank Score:

2,760

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Overall Rank:

649

Average Rating:

81 (496 votes)

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Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

Big Thief

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

423 charts

Rank Score:

2,249

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Overall Rank:

796

Average Rating:

83 (379 votes)

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Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

412 charts

Rank Score:

2,054

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Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

348 charts

Rank Score:

1,933

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930

Average Rating:

75 (406 votes)

Comments:

10.

Promises

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

338 charts

Rank Score:

1,877

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961

Average Rating:

79 (284 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	280	28%
2021	282	28%
2022	254	25%
2023	175	18%
2024	10	1%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Animal Collective	3	0%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
Idles	3	0%
Arca	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	507	51%
	210	21%
	51	5%
	39	4%
	33	3%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	7	1%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	998	100%
Yes	3	0%

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