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	7,189	104,857	The New Abnormal (449th)by The Strokes
2021	6,655	96,720	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (614th)by Little Simz
2022	6,389	91,251	Ants From Up There (321st)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,937	57,361	Javelin (1,329th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,324	6,314	Wall Of Eyes (4,551st)by The Smile
Total	26,494	356,503

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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Wallsocket

Underscores

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

40 charts

Rank Score:

124

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461

Overall Rank:

9,600

Average Rating:

76 (34 votes)

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462.

72 Seasons

Metallica

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

124

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462

Overall Rank:

9,602

Average Rating:

70 (103 votes)

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463.

Womb

Purity Ring

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

17 charts

Rank Score:

123

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464.

Space Heavy

King Krule

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

123

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464

Overall Rank:

9,660

Average Rating:

72 (63 votes)

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465.

God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It

Backxwash

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

40 charts

Rank Score:

122

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466.

The Neon Skyline

Andy Shauf

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

122

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467.

Working Men's Club

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

122

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468.

Songs And Instrumentals
Compilation

Adrianne Lenker

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

122

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Flying Dream 1

Elbow

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

122

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470.

Magic

Nas

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

38 charts

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121

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	273	27%
2021	282	28%
2022	255	26%
2023	176	18%
2024	17	2%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Sault	3	0%
Neil Young	3	0%
Adrianne Lenker	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	507	51%
	211	21%
	52	5%
	38	4%
	37	4%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	997	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,000	100%
Yes	3	0%

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