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	7,135	103,990	The New Abnormal (446th)by The Strokes
2021	6,588	95,656	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (615th)by Little Simz
2022	6,341	89,297	Ants From Up There (326th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,832	55,099	Javelin (1,346th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,000	3,664	Wall Of Eyes (5,764th)by The Smile
Total	25,896	347,706

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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941.

Anaïs Mitchell

Year of Release:

2022

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28 charts

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942.

Growing Up

The Linda Lindas

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2022

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27 charts

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943.

The Horses And The Hounds

James McMurtry

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2021

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27 charts

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944.

Heart's Ease

Shirley Collins

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2020

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30 charts

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945.

Origin Of Symmetry (XX Anniversary RemiXX)

Muse

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2021

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6 charts

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946.

Seeking Thrills

Georgia (UK)

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2020

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32 charts

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947.

Shook

Algiers

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2023

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30 charts

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948.

Good News

Megan Thee Stallion

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2020

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47 charts

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949.

Dollar Menu 4

Mach-Hommy

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2022

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7 charts

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950.

The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Sparks

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2023

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38 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	278	28%
2021	285	29%
2022	255	26%
2023	173	17%
2024	9	1%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Arca	3	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
Zach Bryan	3	0%
Sault	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	507	51%
	212	21%
	50	5%
	37	4%
	33	3%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	8	1%

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

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

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