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.
20207,080103,988
20216,56295,493
20226,29688,682
20234,73854,379
20247142,092
Total25,390344,634

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Little Simz, Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers, Fiona Apple, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Black Midi, The Weeknd and Sufjan Stevens.
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2023
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2022
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Buy album United States
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2020
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63
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2020
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63
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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year Albums %


2020 284 28%
2021 285 29%
2022 255 26%
2023 173 17%
2024 4 0%
Country Albums %


United States 505 50%
United Kingdom 214 21%
Canada 49 5%
Australia 38 4%
Mixed Nationality 32 3%
Sweden 14 1%
France 14 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 993 99%
Yes 8 1%
Live? Albums %
No 986 99%
Yes 15 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 997 100%
Yes 4 0%
Recognised  Decade Charts (2020s)
1. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)
2. The Needle Drop's Top Albums Of The 2010s by The Needle Drop (2019)
3. The A.V. Club's 50 best albums of the 2010s by The A.V. Club (2019)
4. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s by The Wild Honey Pie (2019)
5. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
6. Gorilla vs. Bear Albums of the 2010s by Gorilla vs. Bear (2019)
7. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
8. BrooklynVegan's Top Albums of 2010s by BrooklynVegan (2020)
9. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2019)
10. All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked by Uproxx (2019)
11. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)
12. Top 100 Albums of the Decade by Crack Magazine (2019)
13. The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s by Spin (2020)
14. The 50 Best Albums of the Decade by Deep Cuts (2019)
15. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s by Stereogum (2019)
16. Die 100 besten Alben der 10er Jahre by Musikexpress.de (2020)
17. Top 100 Albums of the 2010s by Consequence of Sound (2019)
18. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Paste (2019)
19. Tiny Mix Tapes 2010s: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade by Tiny Mix Tapes (2019)
20. BEST OF 2011 - 2020: Die besten Alben des Jahrzehnts by laut (2020)
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