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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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	7,123	104,039	The New Abnormal (452nd)by The Strokes
2021	6,574	95,364	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (614th)by Little Simz
2022	6,325	88,836	Ants From Up There (334th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,809	54,938	Javelin (1,369th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	942	3,310	Wall Of Eyes (5,998th)by The Smile
Total	25,773	346,488

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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Limbo

Aminé

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2020

Appears in:

19 charts

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A Grisaille Wedding

Rainy Miller x Space Afrika

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2023

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5 charts

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Ekizikiza Mubwengula

Don Zilla

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2021

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3 charts

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Heartmind

Cass McCombs

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2022

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26 charts

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Endless Arcade

Teenage Fanclub

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2021

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35 charts

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996.

Anywhere But Here

Sorry (UK)

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2022

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28 charts

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Palomino

Miranda Lambert

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2022

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30 charts

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The Hero’s Journey

Chroma-12

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2022

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1 chart

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Bunny

Beach Fossils

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2023

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25 charts

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Endless Summer Vacation

Miley Cyrus

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2023

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36 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	279	28%
2021	283	28%
2022	256	26%
2023	174	17%
2024	8	1%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Zach Bryan	3	0%
Jeff Rosenstock	3	0%
Arca	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	507	51%
	214	21%
	49	5%
	37	4%
	32	3%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	8	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	985	99%
Yes	15	2%

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

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