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 46,000 greatest album charts.

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2020s decade summary

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	5,852	75,706	The New Abnormal (605th)by The Strokes
2021	4,986	56,297	For The First Time (942nd)by Black Country, New Road
2022	1,773	6,534	Ants From Up There (3,615th)by Black Country, New Road
Total	12,611	138,536

The best artists of the 2020s are The Strokes, Fiona Apple, Black Country, New Road, Phoebe Bridgers, Taylor Swift, Little Simz, The Weeknd, Fleet Foxes, Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra and Jessie Ware.

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21.

Future Nostalgia

Dua Lipa

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

250 charts

Rank Score:

749

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,187

Average Rating:

75 (316 votes)

Comments:

22.

Saint Cloud

Waxahatchee

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

200 charts

Rank Score:

709

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,273

Average Rating:

76 (168 votes)

Comments:

23.

Circles

Mac Miller

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

174 charts

Rank Score:

706

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,282

Average Rating:

76 (260 votes)

Comments:

24.

Song Machine: Season One

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

167 charts

Rank Score:

701

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,293

Average Rating:

78 (205 votes)

Comments:

25.

Rough And Rowdy Ways

Bob Dylan

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

251 charts

Rank Score:

664

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,396

Average Rating:

76 (247 votes)

Comments:

26.

We Will Always Love You

The Avalanches

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

148 charts

Rank Score:

643

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,462

Average Rating:

79 (148 votes)

Comments:

27.

Drunk Tank Pink

Shame

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

149 charts

Rank Score:

614

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,533

Average Rating:

76 (197 votes)

Comments:

28.

Heaven To A Tortured Mind

Yves Tumor

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

207 charts

Rank Score:

609

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,553

Average Rating:

77 (260 votes)

Comments:

29.

The Turning Wheel

Spellling

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

131 charts

Rank Score:

591

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,631

Average Rating:

80 (172 votes)

Comments:

30.

Hey What

Low

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

170 charts

Rank Score:

578

Rank in 2021:

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Overall Rank:

2,684

Average Rating:

80 (149 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	526	53%
2021	412	41%
2022	62	6%

Artist	Albums	%

Arca	6	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	6	1%
Taylor Swift	4	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Nas	3	0%
Sewerslvt	3	0%
Pinegrove	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	501	50%
	214	21%
	56	6%
	40	4%
	37	4%
	15	2%
	15	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	979	98%
Yes	21	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	996	100%
Yes	4	0%

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