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 46,000 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	5,468	56,469	The New Abnormal (801st)by The Strokes
2021	2,099	5,280	For The First Time (7,440th)by Black Country, New Road
Total	7,567	61,749

The best artists of the 2020s are The Strokes, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, Taylor Swift, Run The Jewels, Fleet Foxes, Jessie Ware, Rory Ferreira, The Weeknd and Perfume Genius.

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Folkesange

Myrkur

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2020

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17 charts

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Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

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2021

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79 charts

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112

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11,885

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78 (150 votes)

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Future Past Life

STRFKR

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2020

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6 charts

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Stray

Bambara

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2020

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15 charts

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Songs For Pierre Chuvin

The Mountain Goats

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2020

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17 charts

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Straight Songs Of Sorrow

Mark Lanegan

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2020

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28 charts

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Music To Be Murdered By

Eminem

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2020

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63 charts

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Mystic Familiar

Dan Deacon

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2020

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40 charts

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Bright Green Field

Squid

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2021

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65 charts

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119

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12,231

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80 (114 votes)

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Magic Oneohtrix Point Never

Oneohtrix Point Never

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2020

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40 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	867	87%
2021	133	13%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	4	0%
Adrianne Lenker	3	0%
Hayley Williams	2	0%
Steve Earle & The Dukes	2	0%
Moses Sumney	2	0%
Neil Young & Crazy Horse	2	0%
Osees	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	482	48%
	193	19%
	63	6%
	39	4%
	34	3%
	26	3%
	15	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	981	98%
Yes	19	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	996	100%
Yes	4	0%

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