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	7,125	104,124	The New Abnormal (449th)by The Strokes
2021	6,577	95,351	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (614th)by Little Simz
2022	6,329	88,854	Ants From Up There (334th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,814	54,985	Javelin (1,369th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	958	3,433	Wall Of Eyes (5,975th)by The Smile
Total	25,803	346,747

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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