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	7,255	105,548	The New Abnormal (446th)by The Strokes
2021	6,746	97,412	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (611th)by Little Simz
2022	6,499	92,739	Ants From Up There (313th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,087	61,958	Javelin (1,268th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	2,281	10,893	Only God Was Above Us (3,488th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	27,868	368,550

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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11.

What's Your Pleasure?

Jessie Ware

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

308 charts

Rank Score:

1,640

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,073

Average Rating:

79 (335 votes)

Comments:

12.

After Hours

The Weeknd

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

288 charts

Rank Score:

1,595

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,104

Average Rating:

75 (423 votes)

Comments:

13.

Shore

Fleet Foxes

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

371 charts

Rank Score:

1,567

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,120

Average Rating:

78 (356 votes)

Comments:

14.

A Light For Attracting Attention

The Smile

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

390 charts

Rank Score:

1,533

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,152

Average Rating:

79 (369 votes)

Comments:

15.

Hellfire

Black Midi

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

248 charts

Rank Score:

1,528

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,163

Average Rating:

80 (272 votes)

Comments:

16.

Blue Rev

Alvvays

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

293 charts

Rank Score:

1,503

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,182

Average Rating:

79 (256 votes)

Comments:

17.

RTJ4

Run The Jewels

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

402 charts

Rank Score:

1,478

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,197

Average Rating:

79 (387 votes)

Comments:

18.

Safe Mode: On

How I'm Feeling Now

Charli XCX

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

276 charts

Rank Score:

1,414

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,249

Average Rating:

77 (324 votes)

Comments:

19.

Jubilee

Japanese Breakfast

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

324 charts

Rank Score:

1,405

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,257

Average Rating:

78 (286 votes)

Comments:

20.

Bright Green Field

Squid (2020s)

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

276 charts

Rank Score:

1,395

Rank in 2021:

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Overall Rank:

1,265

Average Rating:

78 (298 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	265	27%
2021	277	28%
2022	251	25%
2023	183	18%
2024	51	5%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Nation Of Language	3	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
Black Country, New Road	3	0%
Charli XCX	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	520	51%
	218	21%
	56	5%
	37	4%
	33	3%
	16	2%
	15	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	1,020	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,010	98%
Yes	17	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,023	100%
Yes	4	0%

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