Best Albums of the 2020s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2020s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 51,000 greatest album charts.

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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.
20206,60396,641
20216,14386,956
20225,66878,778
20232,35715,434
Total20,771277,809

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Little Simz, Taylor Swift, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, Black Midi, The Weeknd, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and Big Thief.
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1,253
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1,240
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1,211
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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year Albums %


2020 344 34%
2021 310 31%
2022 283 28%
2023 66 7%
Country Albums %


United States 490 49%
United Kingdom 213 21%
Canada 55 5%
Australia 35 3%
Mixed Nationality 35 3%
France 18 2%
Sweden 16 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 998 100%
Yes 5 0%
Live? Albums %
No 981 98%
Yes 22 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 999 100%
Yes 4 0%
Best Albums of 1995
1. The Bends by Radiohead
2. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
3. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
4. Different Class by Pulp
5. Post by Björk
6. Liquid Swords by GZA/Genius
7. Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette
8. To Bring You My Love by PJ Harvey
9. The Infamous by Mobb Deep
10. Elliott Smith by Elliott Smith
11. Wowee Zowee by Pavement
12. Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters
13. Garbage by Garbage
14. Maxinquaye by Tricky
15. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... by Raekwon
16. Clouds Taste Metallic by The Flaming Lips
17. Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt
18. Alien Lanes by Guided By Voices
19. Symbolic by Death (Metal)
20. The Great Escape by Blur
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