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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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	7,324	106,102	The New Abnormal (427th)by The Strokes
2021	6,810	97,905	For The First Time (615th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,594	93,956	Ants From Up There (309th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,203	64,352	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,204th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	2,946	16,224	Only God Was Above Us (2,895th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	28,877	378,539

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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71.

Chemtrails Over The Country Club

Lana Del Rey

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

222 charts

Rank Score:

667

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,409

Average Rating:

75 (260 votes)

Comments:

72.

Visions Of Bodies Being Burned

Clipping.

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

159 charts

Rank Score:

657

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,429

Average Rating:

77 (147 votes)

Comments:

73.

Carnage

Nick Cave & Warren Ellis

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

210 charts

Rank Score:

646

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Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,458

Average Rating:

77 (189 votes)

Comments:

74.

Whole Lotta Red

Playboi Carti

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

643

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,468

Average Rating:

70 (98 votes)

Comments:

75.

Donda

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

175 charts

Rank Score:

643

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,469

Average Rating:

72 (316 votes)

Comments:

76.

That! Feels Good!

Jessie Ware

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

185 charts

Rank Score:

641

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,474

Average Rating:

78 (177 votes)

Comments:

77.

Melt My Eyez See Your Future

Denzel Curry

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

177 charts

Rank Score:

633

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,493

Average Rating:

79 (180 votes)

Comments:

78.

New Long Leg

Dry Cleaning

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

204 charts

Rank Score:

631

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,503

Average Rating:

76 (153 votes)

Comments:

79.

Collapsed In Sunbeams

Arlo Parks

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

220 charts

Rank Score:

630

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,505

Average Rating:

74 (170 votes)

Comments:

80.

Lianne La Havas

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

188 charts

Rank Score:

630

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Overall Rank:

2,506

Average Rating:

78 (166 votes)

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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%
Carly Rae Jepsen	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Sault	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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