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 54,000 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	7,324	106,104	The New Abnormal (427th)by The Strokes
2021	6,810	97,902	For The First Time (615th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,596	93,953	Ants From Up There (309th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,204	64,357	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,205th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	2,955	16,292	Only God Was Above Us (2,866th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	28,889	378,609

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 Lana Del Rey.

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J.T.

Steve Earle & The Dukes

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2021

Appears in:

42 charts

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992.

When Smoke Rises

Mustafa

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2021

Appears in:

14 charts

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993.

Super Champon

おとぼけビ～バ～ [Otoboke Beaver]

Year of Release:

2022

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28 charts

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994.

Patricia Bosshard: Sillons; Reflets

Onceim / CoÔ

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2021

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1 chart

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995.

Endless Arcade

Teenage Fanclub

Year of Release:

2021

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36 charts

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996.

Norm

Andy Shauf

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2023

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31 charts

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997.

Sample Filled Stupidity With No Real Purpose To Exist

Frantic Anomaly

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2023

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998.

Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain

Gwenifer Raymond

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2020

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30 charts

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999.

Atlas

Laurel Halo

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2023

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25 charts

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1000.

Cyr

The Smashing Pumpkins

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2020

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37 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	255	26%
2021	273	27%
2022	247	25%
2023	185	19%
2024	40	4%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	6	1%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Adrianne Lenker	3	0%
青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]	3	0%
Vince Staples	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	510	51%
	212	21%
	51	5%
	40	4%
	29	3%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	996	100%
Yes	4	0%

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