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.

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.
20206,76698,425
20216,30788,410
20225,82781,569
20233,39328,707
Total22,293297,111

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Little Simz, Taylor Swift, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, Black Midi, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Weeknd and Big Thief.
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1,180
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2021
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1,173
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1,142
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2020
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1,108
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2022
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1,093
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2022
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1,069
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2020
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1,048
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1,037
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958
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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year Albums %


2020 327 33%
2021 295 30%
2022 273 27%
2023 106 11%
Country Albums %


United States 497 50%
United Kingdom 215 21%
Canada 51 5%
Australia 36 4%
Mixed Nationality 34 3%
France 17 2%
Sweden 14 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 997 100%
Yes 4 0%
Live? Albums %
No 981 98%
Yes 20 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 997 100%
Yes 4 0%
Popular  Charts
1. The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time by New Music Express (2013)
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4. The Top 100 Albums by VH1 (2001)
5. Top 100 Albums by ABC (2006)
6. The Definitive 200 by National Association of Recording Merchandisers (2007)
7. Virgin All-Time Top 1000 Albums by Virgin (2000)
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9. Greatest 100 Albums of All Time by The Guinness Book of British Hit Singles & Albums with NME (2006)
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12. The 100 Greatest Albums Of All Time by Absolute Radio (2012)
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16. Die 100 besten Alben der Musikgeschichte by radioeins (2019)
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20. Die besten Alben aller Zeiten by Rolling Stone Deutschland (2004)
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