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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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	7,162	104,735	The New Abnormal (445th)by The Strokes
2021	6,636	96,177	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (618th)by Little Simz
2022	6,367	90,678	Ants From Up There (322nd)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,868	56,654	Javelin (1,331st)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,172	4,982	Wall Of Eyes (5,024th)by The Smile
Total	26,205	353,227

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Taylor Swift, Little Simz, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, Black Midi, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Weeknd and Sufjan Stevens.

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XOXO

The Jayhawks

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2020

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31 charts

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992.

American Gurl

Kilo Kish

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2022

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25 charts

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993.

The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Sparks

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2023

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38 charts

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994.

Cyr

The Smashing Pumpkins

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2020

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36 charts

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995.

Ether

Cathedral Bells

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2021

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6 charts

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996.

Man Plays The Horn

Cities Aviv

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2022

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24 charts

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997.

Puta

Zahara

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2021

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7 charts

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998.

Sundowner

Kevin Morby

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2020

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25 charts

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999.

Far In

Helado Negro

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2021

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29 charts

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1000.

Endure

Special Interest

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2022

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	275	28%
2021	281	28%
2022	255	26%
2023	177	18%
2024	13	1%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	509	51%
	209	21%
	51	5%
	39	4%
	33	3%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	985	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	998	100%
Yes	3	0%

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