Best Albums of the 2020s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2020s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 50,000 greatest album charts.

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2020s decade summary
YearAlbums 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.
20206,41795,249
20215,73183,873
20225,32174,250
20231,3835,888
Total18,852259,260

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Taylor Swift, Little Simz, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, The Weeknd, Black Midi, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and Big Thief.
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2022
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4,282
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2020
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3,643
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2,907
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2,810
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2021
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2,599
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2021
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2,403
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1,960
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1,921
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2022
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1,748
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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year Albums %


2020 365 37%
2021 318 32%
2022 292 29%
2023 25 3%
Country Albums %


United States 481 48%
United Kingdom 220 22%
Canada 55 6%
Australia 35 4%
Mixed Nationality 31 3%
France 19 2%
Sweden 17 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 995 100%
Yes 5 1%
Live? Albums %
No 977 98%
Yes 23 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 996 100%
Yes 4 0%
Best Albums of 1953
1. Black Coffee With Peggy Lee by Peggy Lee
2. Chante Les Chansons Poétiques no1 by Georges Brassens
3. Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet by Sonny Rollins
4. Dean Martin Sings by Dean Martin
5. Songs By Tom Lehrer by Tom Lehrer
6. An Evening With Billie Holiday by Billie Holiday
7. Inca Taqui by Yma Sumac
8. Calamity Jane by Doris Day
9. Jazz At Oberlin by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
10. Puccini: Tosca by Maria Callas / Victor De Sabata
11. Moondog And His Friends by Moondog
12. Memorial Album by Hank Williams
13. Nat King Cole Sings For Two In Love by Nat King Cole
14. New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm by Stan Kenton
15. Charlie Parker by Charlie Parker
16. Vol. 2 by Georges Brassens
17. The Duke Plays Ellington by Duke Ellington
18. Young Man With A Horn by Miles Davis
19. Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" by Wilhelm Furtwängler / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
20. Jay Jay Johnson With Clifford Brown by J.J. Johnson
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