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	106,893	The New Abnormal (411th)by The Strokes
2021	6,855	98,664	For The First Time (593rd)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,674	95,538	Ants From Up There (287th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,368	66,542	Javelin (1,138th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	3,848	31,301	Only God Was Above Us (2,191st)by Vampire Weekend
Total	30,137	398,938

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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96.

Live At Bush Hall
Live soundtrack

Black Country, New Road

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

133 charts

Rank Score:

552

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Overall Rank:

2,778

Average Rating:

82 (169 votes)

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167.

Inside (The Songs)
Live soundtrack

Bo Burnham

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

343

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167

Overall Rank:

4,171

Average Rating:

76 (59 votes)

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981.

Zack Snyder's Justice League
Soundtrack

Junkie XL

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

1 chart

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990.

Milk Inside A Bag Of Milk Inside A Bag Of Milk OST
Soundtrack

Nikita Kryukov

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

1 chart

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	245	25%
2021	259	26%
2022	240	24%
2023	183	18%
2024	79	8%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Idles	3	0%
Adrianne Lenker	3	0%
Jeff Rosenstock	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	515	51%
	216	21%
	46	5%
	39	4%
	30	3%
	16	2%
	16	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	1,000	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	990	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,002	100%
Yes	4	0%

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Best Artists of the 2020s
1. Black Country, New Road
2. The Strokes
3. Taylor Swift
4. Little Simz
5. Fiona Apple
6. Phoebe Bridgers
7. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
8. Black Midi
9. The Weeknd
10. Sufjan Stevens
11. Lana Del Rey
12. Big Thief
13. Fontaines D.C.
14. Kendrick Lamar
15. Charli XCX
16. The Smile
17. Jessie Ware
18. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra
19. 파란노을 [Parannoul]
20. Kristin Hayter