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 54,000 greatest album charts.

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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	7,390	106,876	The New Abnormal (411th)by The Strokes
2021	6,847	98,545	For The First Time (592nd)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,671	95,383	Ants From Up There (287th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,367	66,470	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,176th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	3,790	29,370	Only God Was Above Us (2,210th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	30,065	396,644

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Taylor Swift, Little Simz, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Black Midi, The Weeknd and Lana Del Rey.

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991.

4801 South Indiana Avenue

Joanna Connor

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

5 charts

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992.

Weedkiller

Ashnikko

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2023

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7 charts

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993.

Typical Of Me

Laufey

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2021

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3 charts

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994.

"Gift" At Sogetsu Hall
Live

青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]

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2020

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9 charts

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995.

Hypnos

Ravyn Lenae

Year of Release:

2022

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35 charts

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996.

Fawn

Foxtails

Year of Release:

2022

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33 charts

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997.

Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain

Gwenifer Raymond

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2020

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30 charts

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998.

No Joy

Spanish Love Songs

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2023

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18 charts

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999.

Rolling Golden Holy

Bonny Light Horseman

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2022

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18 charts

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1000.

Thick As Thieves

Tejon Street Corner Thieves

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2022

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2 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	245	25%
2021	259	26%
2022	242	24%
2023	183	18%
2024	99	10%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Charli XCX	3	0%
The Smile	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	519	50%
	219	21%
	47	5%
	38	4%
	29	3%
	16	2%
	16	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	1,022	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,012	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,024	100%
Yes	4	0%

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