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 (615th)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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