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	7,144	104,485	The New Abnormal (445th)by The Strokes
2021	6,604	95,891	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (616th)by Little Simz
2022	6,349	89,776	Ants From Up There (325th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,837	55,753	Javelin (1,339th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,053	4,124	Wall Of Eyes (5,296th)by The Smile
Total	25,987	350,030

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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Puta

Zahara

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2021

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6 charts

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992.

Man Plays The Horn

Cities Aviv

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2022

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24 charts

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993.

The Elephant Man's Bones

Roc Marciano & The Alchemist

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2022

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28 charts

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The Heart Is Strange

xPropaganda

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2022

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9 charts

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995.

Sundowner

Kevin Morby

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2020

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25 charts

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996.

Far In

Helado Negro

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2021

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29 charts

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997.

Endure

Special Interest

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2022

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25 charts

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Tailwinds

The Fearless Flyers

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2020

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2 charts

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Earth To Dora

Eels

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2020

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28 charts

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Over And Out

Collage (PL)

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2022

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7 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	278	28%
2021	282	28%
2022	254	25%
2023	176	18%
2024	10	1%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Adrianne Lenker	3	0%
Nation Of Language	3	0%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
Sault	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	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

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

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

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