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.
20206,60696,703
20216,14787,177
20225,67079,106
20232,39015,857
Total20,813278,842

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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1,158
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1,151
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1,148
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2022
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1,087
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2020
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1,080
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2022
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1,055
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2020
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1,036
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2020
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955
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2022
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939
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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year Albums %


2020 340 34%
2021 310 31%
2022 282 28%
2023 68 7%
Country Albums %


United States 492 49%
United Kingdom 213 21%
Canada 54 5%
Australia 35 4%
Mixed Nationality 35 4%
France 17 2%
Sweden 15 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 995 100%
Yes 5 1%
Live? Albums %
No 978 98%
Yes 22 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 996 100%
Yes 4 0%
Best Ever Artists
1. The Beatles
2. Radiohead
3. Pink Floyd
4. David Bowie
5. Bob Dylan
6. Led Zeppelin
7. The Rolling Stones
8. Arcade Fire
9. The Velvet Underground
10. Kendrick Lamar
11. Nirvana (US)
12. The Smiths
13. Neil Young
14. Miles Davis
15. The Beach Boys
16. Kanye West
17. Pixies
18. Jimi Hendrix
19. R.E.M.
20. Bruce Springsteen
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