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	7,151	104,443	The New Abnormal (447th)by The Strokes
2021	6,607	96,004	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (616th)by Little Simz
2022	6,356	89,882	Ants From Up There (324th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,851	56,120	Javelin (1,336th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,071	4,271	Wall Of Eyes (5,190th)by The Smile
Total	26,036	350,720

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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Man Plays The Horn

Cities Aviv

Year of Release:

2022

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24 charts

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992.

Sundowner

Kevin Morby

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2020

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25 charts

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The Heart Is Strange

xPropaganda

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2022

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9 charts

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Far In

Helado Negro

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2021

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29 charts

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995.

Endure

Special Interest

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2022

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25 charts

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996.

Earth To Dora

Eels

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2020

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28 charts

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997.

Tailwinds

The Fearless Flyers

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2020

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2 charts

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998.

Over And Out

Collage (PL)

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2022

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7 charts

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999.

Limbo

Aminé

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2020

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19 charts

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1000.

Heartmind

Cass McCombs

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2022

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26 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	279	28%
2021	281	28%
2022	255	26%
2023	176	18%
2024	11	1%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Sault	3	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
Idles	3	0%
Zach Bryan	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	507	51%
	211	21%
	51	5%
	39	4%
	33	3%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	986	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	998	100%
Yes	4	0%

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