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	7,259	105,558	The New Abnormal (446th)by The Strokes
2021	6,748	97,464	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (611th)by Little Simz
2022	6,501	92,755	Ants From Up There (313th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,088	62,089	Javelin (1,268th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	2,333	11,022	Only God Was Above Us (3,487th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	27,929	368,888

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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Ants From Up There

Black Country, New Road

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

526 charts

Rank Score:

5,755

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Overall Rank:

313

Average Rating:

85 (555 votes)

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The New Abnormal

The Strokes

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

531 charts

Rank Score:

4,037

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Overall Rank:

446

Average Rating:

82 (790 votes)

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Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

570 charts

Rank Score:

3,175

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Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

521 charts

Rank Score:

3,114

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Overall Rank:

569

Average Rating:

80 (507 votes)

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Sometimes I Might Be Introvert

Little Simz

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

428 charts

Rank Score:

2,904

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Overall Rank:

611

Average Rating:

83 (380 votes)

Comments:

For The First Time

Black Country, New Road

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

436 charts

Rank Score:

2,882

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Overall Rank:

617

Average Rating:

81 (500 votes)

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Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

Big Thief

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

429 charts

Rank Score:

2,388

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Overall Rank:

749

Average Rating:

83 (386 votes)

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Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

418 charts

Rank Score:

2,146

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Overall Rank:

828

Average Rating:

81 (406 votes)

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Promises

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

345 charts

Rank Score:

2,014

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Overall Rank:

886

Average Rating:

80 (287 votes)

Comments:

10.

Folklore

Taylor Swift

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

352 charts

Rank Score:

1,881

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Overall Rank:

957

Average Rating:

75 (412 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	265	27%
2021	277	28%
2022	251	25%
2023	183	18%
2024	34	3%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	6	1%
Brockhampton	3	0%
Paul Weller	3	0%
Carly Rae Jepsen	3	0%
Sakis Gouzonis	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	508	50%
	217	21%
	54	5%
	37	4%
	32	3%
	15	1%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	1,003	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	992	98%
Yes	18	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,006	100%
Yes	4	0%

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