Best Albums of the 2020s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2020s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 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.
20207,080103,988
20216,56295,493
20226,29688,682
20234,73854,379
20247142,092
Total25,390344,634

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Little Simz, Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers, Fiona Apple, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Black Midi, The Weeknd and Sufjan Stevens.
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63
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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year Albums %


2020 284 28%
2021 285 29%
2022 255 26%
2023 173 17%
2024 4 0%
Country Albums %


United States 505 50%
United Kingdom 214 21%
Canada 49 5%
Australia 38 4%
Mixed Nationality 32 3%
Sweden 14 1%
France 14 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 993 99%
Yes 8 1%
Live? Albums %
No 986 99%
Yes 15 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 997 100%
Yes 4 0%
Best Albums of the 1990s
1. OK Computer by Radiohead
2. Nevermind by Nirvana
3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
4. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
5. The Bends by Radiohead
6. Automatic For The People by R.E.M.
7. Ten by Pearl Jam
8. Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
9. Grace by Jeff Buckley
10. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
11. In Utero by Nirvana
12. Illmatic by Nas
13. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
14. Dummy by Portishead
15. Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer
16. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
17. Homogenic by Björk
18. Spiderland by Slint
19. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
20. Achtung Baby by U2
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