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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2020s decade summary

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	7,199	105,221	The New Abnormal (449th)by The Strokes
2021	6,661	96,925	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (615th)by Little Simz
2022	6,436	91,611	Ants From Up There (320th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,977	58,557	Javelin (1,323rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,428	7,138	Wall Of Eyes (4,418th)by The Smile
Total	26,701	359,452

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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181.

Caprisongs

FKA twigs

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

134 charts

Rank Score:

294

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

181

Overall Rank:

4,705

Average Rating:

70 (148 votes)

Comments:

182.

Painless

Nilüfer Yanya

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

102 charts

Rank Score:

293

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

182

Overall Rank:

4,721

Average Rating:

73 (74 votes)

Comments:

183.

Homegrown

Neil Young

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

117 charts

Rank Score:

292

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

183

Overall Rank:

4,731

Average Rating:

75 (145 votes)

Comments:

184.

Crawler

Idles

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

291

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

184

Overall Rank:

4,742

Average Rating:

73 (101 votes)

Comments:

185.

Beginners

Christian Lee Hutson

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

290

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

185

Overall Rank:

4,745

Average Rating:

71 (28 votes)

Comments:

186.

Comfort To Me

Amyl And The Sniffers

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

81 charts

Rank Score:

290

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

186

Overall Rank:

4,756

Average Rating:

74 (55 votes)

Comments:

187.

2017-2019

Against All Logic

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

116 charts

Rank Score:

290

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

187

Overall Rank:

4,757

Average Rating:

73 (185 votes)

Comments:

188.

Inner Song

Kelly Lee Owens

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

122 charts

Rank Score:

288

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

188

Overall Rank:

4,783

Average Rating:

73 (92 votes)

Comments:

189.

West Of Eden

HMLTD

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

288

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

189

Overall Rank:

4,784

Average Rating:

75 (93 votes)

Comments:

190.

The Million Masks Of God

Manchester Orchestra

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

287

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

190

Overall Rank:

4,794

Average Rating:

72 (47 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	273	27%
2021	280	28%
2022	251	25%
2023	177	18%
2024	20	2%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
Zach Bryan	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	507	51%
	209	21%
	53	5%
	37	4%
	35	3%
	15	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	985	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	4	0%

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