Best Albums of the 2020s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2020s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 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.
20207,148104,498
20216,60695,978
20226,35289,780
20234,84155,790
20241,0634,230
Total26,010350,276

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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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year Albums %


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


United States 506 51%
United Kingdom 211 21%
Canada 51 5%
Australia 39 4%
Mixed Nationality 33 3%
Sweden 14 1%
France 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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