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	7,375	107,173	The New Abnormal (411th)by The Strokes
2021	6,835	98,719	For The First Time (594th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,652	95,988	Ants From Up There (287th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,305	65,927	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,144th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	3,437	23,007	Only God Was Above Us (2,425th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	29,604	390,813

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 Lana Del Rey.

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991.

"Gift" At Sogetsu Hall
Live

青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]

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2020

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9 charts

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992.

All Change

Francis Of Delirium

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2020

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3 charts

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993.

Thick As Thieves

Tejon Street Corner Thieves

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2022

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2 charts

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994.

Bob Vylan Presents The Price Of Life

Bob Vylan

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2022

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15 charts

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Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain

Gwenifer Raymond

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2020

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30 charts

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996.

Leave What's Lost Behind

Colony House

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2020

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3 charts

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997.

Hypnos

Ravyn Lenae

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2022

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35 charts

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998.

Julius Eastman Vol. 1: Femenine

Wild Up

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2021

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22 charts

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999.

#Richaxxhaitian

Mach-Hommy

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2024

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26 charts

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999

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15,637

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75 (42 votes)

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Growing Up

The Linda Lindas

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2022

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28 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	256	26%
2021	261	26%
2022	249	25%
2023	183	18%
2024	55	6%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	6	1%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Charli XCX	3	0%
Zach Bryan	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	514	51%
	216	22%
	47	5%
	39	4%
	29	3%
	16	2%
	15	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	997	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	98%
Yes	17	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,000	100%
Yes	4	0%

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