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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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	7,324	106,104	The New Abnormal (427th)by The Strokes
2021	6,810	97,902	For The First Time (615th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,596	93,953	Ants From Up There (309th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,204	64,357	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,205th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	2,955	16,292	Only God Was Above Us (2,866th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	28,889	378,609

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 Lana Del Rey.

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When The Wind Forgets Your Name

Built To Spill

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

104

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602.

Future Past Life

STRFKR

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

10 charts

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103

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603.

Colourgrade

Tirzah

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

37 charts

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103

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604.

Constant Springtime

Magazine Beach

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

3 charts

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103

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605.

Raw Data Feel

Everything Everything

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

33 charts

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103

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606.

Madison

Sloppy Jane

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

17 charts

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103

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607.

Baby

Petrol Girls

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

36 charts

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103

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608.

Suite For Max Brown

Jeff Parker

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2020

Appears in:

52 charts

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103

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609.

As Long As You Are

Future Islands

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

42 charts

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103

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610.

Plum Blossom (Revisited)

Mxmtoon

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2023

Appears in:

3 charts

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102

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	255	26%
2021	273	27%
2022	247	25%
2023	185	19%
2024	40	4%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	6	1%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Adrianne Lenker	3	0%
青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]	3	0%
Vince Staples	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	510	51%
	212	21%
	51	5%
	40	4%
	29	3%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	983	98%
Yes	17	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	996	100%
Yes	4	0%

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