Best Albums of the 2020s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2020s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 52,000 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.
20207,060103,851
20216,54995,349
20226,26588,572
20234,70553,618
20246121,604
Total25,191342,994

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Little Simz, Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers, Fiona Apple, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Black Midi, The Weeknd and Sufjan Stevens.
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2020
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2020
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1,539
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2020
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1,461
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2022
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1,419
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2020
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1,398
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2021
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1,355
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2021
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1,346
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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year Albums %


2020 284 28%
2021 285 29%
2022 256 26%
2023 173 17%
2024 2 0%
Country Albums %


United States 504 50%
United Kingdom 213 21%
Canada 50 5%
Australia 38 4%
Mixed Nationality 32 3%
France 15 2%
Sweden 14 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 993 99%
Yes 7 1%
Live? Albums %
No 985 99%
Yes 15 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 996 100%
Yes 4 0%
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