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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2020s decade summary

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	7,170	104,700	The New Abnormal (447th)by The Strokes
2021	6,652	96,668	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (615th)by Little Simz
2022	6,374	90,897	Ants From Up There (321st)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,911	56,737	Javelin (1,329th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,224	5,465	Wall Of Eyes (4,814th)by The Smile
Total	26,331	354,468

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

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Even In Exile

James Dean Bradfield

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2020

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21 charts

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992.

Good Luck Everybody

AJJ

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2020

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35 charts

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993.

XOXO

The Jayhawks

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2020

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31 charts

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American Gurl

Kilo Kish

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2022

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25 charts

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995.

The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Sparks

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2023

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38 charts

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996.

Cyr

The Smashing Pumpkins

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2020

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36 charts

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997.

Ether

Cathedral Bells

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2021

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6 charts

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998.

Where's My Utopia?

Yard Act

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2024

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54 charts

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998

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16,789

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76 (54 votes)

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999.

Kôrôlén
Live

Toumani Diabaté & The London Symphony Orchestra

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2021

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15 charts

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1000.

Man Plays The Horn

Cities Aviv

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2022

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24 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	276	28%
2021	281	28%
2022	256	26%
2023	176	18%
2024	15	2%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Zach Bryan	4	0%
Idles	3	0%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
Nation Of Language	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	512	51%
	210	21%
	51	5%
	38	4%
	33	3%
	15	1%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	997	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,001	100%
Yes	3	0%

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