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	104,217	The New Abnormal (446th)by The Strokes
2021	6,588	95,536	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (615th)by Little Simz
2022	6,341	89,658	Ants From Up There (326th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,832	55,390	Javelin (1,346th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,005	3,718	Wall Of Eyes (5,756th)by The Smile
Total	25,904	348,519

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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87.

LP!

JPEGMAFIA

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

564

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,745

Average Rating:

79 (134 votes)

Comments:

88.

Smiling With No Teeth

Genesis Owusu

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

151 charts

Rank Score:

546

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,815

Average Rating:

78 (140 votes)

Comments:

89.

Ignorance

The Weather Station

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

186 charts

Rank Score:

537

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,846

Average Rating:

75 (167 votes)

Comments:

97.

An Overview On Phenomenal Nature

Cassandra Jenkins

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

146 charts

Rank Score:

472

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

3,150

Average Rating:

74 (120 votes)

Comments:

100.

Nurture

Porter Robinson

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

460

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

100

Overall Rank:

3,220

Average Rating:

74 (101 votes)

Comments:

102.

Valentine

Snail Mail

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

458

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

102

Overall Rank:

3,232

Average Rating:

72 (101 votes)

Comments:

107.

Screen Violence

CHVRCHES

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

435

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

107

Overall Rank:

3,379

Average Rating:

74 (81 votes)

Comments:

129.

Butterfly 3000

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

102 charts

Rank Score:

388

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

129

Overall Rank:

3,733

Average Rating:

76 (130 votes)

Comments:

135.

Sling

Clairo

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

93 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

135

Overall Rank:

3,887

Average Rating:

72 (84 votes)

Comments:

136.

Pressure Machine

The Killers

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

104 charts

Rank Score:

370

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

136

Overall Rank:

3,899

Average Rating:

75 (110 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	280	28%
2021	281	28%
2022	256	26%
2023	174	17%
2024	9	1%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Carly Rae Jepsen	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Zach Bryan	3	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	506	51%
	211	21%
	51	5%
	39	4%
	33	3%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	3	0%

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