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	7,323	106,109	The New Abnormal (427th)by The Strokes
2021	6,809	97,821	For The First Time (614th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,584	93,725	Ants From Up There (314th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,199	64,256	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,206th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	2,883	15,581	Only God Was Above Us (2,933rd)by Vampire Weekend
Total	28,798	377,492

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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971.

Texas Sun

Khruangbin & Leon Bridges

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2020

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9 charts

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972.

Future Forecast

Civic

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2021

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21 charts

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973.

Foreign Exchange

Rx Papi & Gud

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2021

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5 charts

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974.

Voices

Max Richter

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2020

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25 charts

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975.

Eternal Blue

Spiritbox

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2021

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23 charts

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976.

Downlands

Dreamreading

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2020

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4 charts

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977.

Bad モード [Bad Mode]

宇多田光 [Hikaru Utada]

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

28 charts

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Growing Up

The Linda Lindas

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2022

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27 charts

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979.

Marigold

Pinegrove

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2020

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46 charts

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980.

Bunny

Beach Fossils

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2023

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26 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	257	26%
2021	273	27%
2022	247	25%
2023	184	18%
2024	41	4%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	6	1%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Brockhampton	3	0%
青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]	3	0%
Carly Rae Jepsen	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	509	51%
	212	21%
	53	5%
	40	4%
	29	3%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	986	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	998	100%
Yes	4	0%

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