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	7,138	104,217	The New Abnormal (446th)by The Strokes
2021	6,588	95,536	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (615th)by Little Simz
2022	6,341	89,658	Ants From Up There (326th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,832	55,390	Javelin (1,346th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,005	3,718	Wall Of Eyes (5,764th)by The Smile
Total	25,904	348,519

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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Far In

Helado Negro

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2021

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29 charts

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992.

Endure

Special Interest

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2022

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25 charts

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993.

Tailwinds

The Fearless Flyers

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2020

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2 charts

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Actual Life 3 (January 1 - September 9 2022)

Fred Again..

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2022

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18 charts

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Over And Out

Collage (PL)

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2022

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7 charts

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996.

Kick IIIII

Arca

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2021

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25 charts

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997.

Documenting The Sensation Recordings 1948-52
Compilation

John Lee Hooker

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2020

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2 charts

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998.

Limbo

Aminé

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2020

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19 charts

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999.

Covers

Switchfoot

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2020

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4 charts

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Only Built For Infinity Links

Quavo & Takeoff

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2022

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	280	28%
2021	281	28%
2022	256	26%
2023	174	17%
2024	9	1%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Carly Rae Jepsen	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Zach Bryan	3	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	506	51%
	211	21%
	51	5%
	39	4%
	33	3%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	3	0%

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