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	7,170	104,700	The New Abnormal (447th)by The Strokes
2021	6,652	96,668	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (615th)by Little Simz
2022	6,374	90,897	Ants From Up There (321st)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,911	56,737	Javelin (1,329th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,224	5,465	Wall Of Eyes (4,814th)by The Smile
Total	26,331	354,468

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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Ants From Up There

Black Country, New Road

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

520 charts

Rank Score:

5,594

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Overall Rank:

321

Average Rating:

85 (546 votes)

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The New Abnormal

The Strokes

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

529 charts

Rank Score:

4,031

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Overall Rank:

447

Average Rating:

82 (787 votes)

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Fetch The Bolt Cutters

Fiona Apple

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

569 charts

Rank Score:

3,049

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Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

517 charts

Rank Score:

3,035

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Overall Rank:

582

Average Rating:

80 (506 votes)

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Sometimes I Might Be Introvert

Little Simz

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

424 charts

Rank Score:

2,896

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Overall Rank:

615

Average Rating:

83 (379 votes)

Comments:

For The First Time

Black Country, New Road

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

436 charts

Rank Score:

2,756

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Overall Rank:

651

Average Rating:

81 (496 votes)

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Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You

Big Thief

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

426 charts

Rank Score:

2,245

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Overall Rank:

797

Average Rating:

83 (383 votes)

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Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

413 charts

Rank Score:

2,129

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Overall Rank:

838

Average Rating:

81 (400 votes)

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Promises

Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

343 charts

Rank Score:

1,981

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Overall Rank:

908

Average Rating:

79 (284 votes)

Comments:

10.

Folklore

Taylor Swift

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

348 charts

Rank Score:

1,906

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Overall Rank:

950

Average Rating:

75 (406 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	276	28%
2021	281	28%
2022	256	26%
2023	176	18%
2024	15	2%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Zach Bryan	4	0%
Idles	3	0%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
Nation Of Language	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	512	51%
	210	21%
	51	5%
	38	4%
	33	3%
	15	1%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	997	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,001	100%
Yes	3	0%

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