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	7,255	105,548	The New Abnormal (446th)by The Strokes
2021	6,746	97,412	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (611th)by Little Simz
2022	6,499	92,739	Ants From Up There (313th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,087	61,958	Javelin (1,268th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	2,281	10,893	Only God Was Above Us (3,488th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	27,868	368,550

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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Javelin

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

304 charts

Rank Score:

1,389

Rank in 2023:

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Overall Rank:

1,268

Average Rating:

81 (252 votes)

Comments:

28.

Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

Lana Del Rey

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

244 charts

Rank Score:

1,205

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,433

Average Rating:

77 (237 votes)

Comments:

39.

Scaring The Hoes

JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

205 charts

Rank Score:

948

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,778

Average Rating:

80 (232 votes)

Comments:

42.

The Record

Boygenius

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

236 charts

Rank Score:

913

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,845

Average Rating:

76 (205 votes)

Comments:

47.

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You

Caroline Polachek

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

232 charts

Rank Score:

875

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,915

Average Rating:

76 (210 votes)

Comments:

73.

Everything Is Alive

Slowdive

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

185 charts

Rank Score:

649

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,444

Average Rating:

76 (153 votes)

Comments:

76.

That! Feels Good!

Jessie Ware

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

181 charts

Rank Score:

635

Rank in 2023:

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Overall Rank:

2,483

Average Rating:

77 (173 votes)

Comments:

84.

Live At Bush Hall
Live soundtrack

Black Country, New Road

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

132 charts

Rank Score:

588

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,641

Average Rating:

82 (166 votes)

Comments:

90.

After The Magic

파란노을 [Parannoul]

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

151 charts

Rank Score:

547

Rank in 2023:

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Overall Rank:

2,803

Average Rating:

76 (183 votes)

Comments:

91.

First Two Pages Of Frankenstein

The National

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

145 charts

Rank Score:

547

Rank in 2023:

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Overall Rank:

2,807

Average Rating:

75 (156 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	265	27%
2021	277	28%
2022	251	25%
2023	183	18%
2024	51	5%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Nation Of Language	3	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
Black Country, New Road	3	0%
Charli XCX	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	520	51%
	218	21%
	56	5%
	37	4%
	33	3%
	16	2%
	15	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	1,020	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,010	98%
Yes	17	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,023	100%
Yes	4	0%

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