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	7,259	105,558	The New Abnormal (446th)by The Strokes
2021	6,748	97,464	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (610th)by Little Simz
2022	6,501	92,755	Ants From Up There (313th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,088	62,089	Javelin (1,268th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	2,333	11,022	Only God Was Above Us (3,487th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	27,929	368,888

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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171.

Peaceful As Hell

Black Dresses

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

318

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

171

Overall Rank:

4,430

Average Rating:

75 (53 votes)

Comments:

172.

Dance Fever

Florence + The Machine

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

316

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

172

Overall Rank:

4,458

Average Rating:

73 (105 votes)

Comments:

173.

Being Funny In A Foreign Language

The 1975

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

92 charts

Rank Score:

316

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

173

Overall Rank:

4,463

Average Rating:

72 (85 votes)

Comments:

174.

Cool It Down

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

314

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

174

Overall Rank:

4,475

Average Rating:

74 (91 votes)

Comments:

175.

Time Skiffs

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

126 charts

Rank Score:

311

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

175

Overall Rank:

4,510

Average Rating:

74 (166 votes)

Comments:

176.

Ugly

Slowthai

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

305

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

176

Overall Rank:

4,572

Average Rating:

75 (115 votes)

Comments:

177.

Ohms

Deftones

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

121 charts

Rank Score:

305

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

177

Overall Rank:

4,577

Average Rating:

75 (131 votes)

Comments:

178.

The Lamb As Effigy

Sprain

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

304

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

178

Overall Rank:

4,582

Average Rating:

77 (46 votes)

Comments:

179.

Unlocked

Denzel Curry X Kenny Beats

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

302

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

179

Overall Rank:

4,613

Average Rating:

74 (163 votes)

Comments:

180.

Chloë And The Next 20th Century

Father John Misty

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

126 charts

Rank Score:

298

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

180

Overall Rank:

4,657

Average Rating:

72 (127 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	34	3%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	6	1%
Brockhampton	3	0%
Paul Weller	3	0%
Carly Rae Jepsen	3	0%
Sakis Gouzonis	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	508	50%
	217	21%
	54	5%
	37	4%
	32	3%
	15	1%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	1,003	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	992	98%
Yes	18	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,006	100%
Yes	4	0%

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10. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
11. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)
12. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
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