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.

Best albums by year or decade
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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.
20206,43995,230
20215,75083,986
20225,42674,378
20231,4896,566
Total19,104260,159

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, Big Thief and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard.
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1,518
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1,477
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1,379
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2021
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1,278
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2021
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1,219
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2021
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1,200
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1,186
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2021
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1,129
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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year Albums %


2020 364 36%
2021 318 32%
2022 291 29%
2023 27 3%
Country Albums %


United States 480 48%
United Kingdom 221 22%
Canada 55 6%
Australia 34 3%
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 Ever Artists
1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Bob Dylan
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Arcade Fire
9. The Velvet Underground
10. Kendrick Lamar
11. Nirvana (US)
12. The Smiths
13. Neil Young
14. Miles Davis
15. The Beach Boys
16. Kanye West
17. Pixies
18. Jimi Hendrix
19. R.E.M.
20. Bruce Springsteen
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