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	7,179	104,689	The New Abnormal (447th)by The Strokes
2021	6,652	96,739	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (615th)by Little Simz
2022	6,377	90,898	Ants From Up There (321st)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,914	56,764	Javelin (1,328th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,240	5,597	Wall Of Eyes (4,788th)by The Smile
Total	26,362	354,688

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Taylor Swift, Little Simz, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, Black Midi, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Weeknd and Sufjan Stevens.

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451.

MUNA

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

125

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452.

Why Does The Earth Give Us People To Love?

Kara Jackson

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

125

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452

Overall Rank:

9,495

Average Rating:

73 (51 votes)

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453.

Petals For Armor

Hayley Williams

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

71 charts

Rank Score:

124

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454.

Entering Heaven Alive

Jack White

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

124

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455.

The Marfa Tapes

Jack Ingram / Miranda Lambert / Jon Randall

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

124

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456.

The Loveliest Time

Carly Rae Jepsen

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

124

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456

Overall Rank:

9,577

Average Rating:

74 (50 votes)

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457.

Kick III

Arca

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

40 charts

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124

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458.

A Love Supreme: Live In Seattle
Live

John Coltrane

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

124

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459.

72 Seasons

Metallica

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

124

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459

Overall Rank:

9,604

Average Rating:

70 (103 votes)

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460.

Stick Season

Noah Kahan

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

9 charts

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124

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	274	27%
2021	281	28%
2022	256	26%
2023	175	18%
2024	14	1%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Zach Bryan	4	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
Nation Of Language	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	512	51%
	209	21%
	51	5%
	37	4%
	33	3%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

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

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

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