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 53,000 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	7,124	104,023	The New Abnormal (449th)by The Strokes
2021	6,577	95,365	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (614th)by Little Simz
2022	6,329	88,846	Ants From Up There (334th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,813	54,975	Javelin (1,369th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	952	3,399	Wall Of Eyes (5,972nd)by The Smile
Total	25,795	346,608

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 Sufjan Stevens.

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Covers

Switchfoot

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2020

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4 charts

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Limbo

Aminé

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2020

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19 charts

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Only Built For Infinity Links

Quavo & Takeoff

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2022

Appears in:

9 charts

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A Grisaille Wedding

Rainy Miller x Space Afrika

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2023

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5 charts

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Ekizikiza Mubwengula

Don Zilla

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2021

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3 charts

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Heartmind

Cass McCombs

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2022

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26 charts

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Endless Arcade

Teenage Fanclub

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2021

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35 charts

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Anywhere But Here

Sorry (UK)

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2022

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28 charts

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Palomino

Miranda Lambert

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2022

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30 charts

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Bunny

Beach Fossils

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2023

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25 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	279	28%
2021	282	28%
2022	256	26%
2023	175	18%
2024	9	1%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	3	0%
Brockhampton	3	0%
Idles	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	507	51%
	214	21%
	49	5%
	37	4%
	32	3%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	8	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	15	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	998	100%
Yes	3	0%

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