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	7,196	105,014	The New Abnormal (449th)by The Strokes
2021	6,660	96,763	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (615th)by Little Simz
2022	6,436	91,441	Ants From Up There (320th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,977	58,425	Javelin (1,324th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,423	7,080	Wall Of Eyes (4,415th)by The Smile
Total	26,692	358,723

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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Frailty

Dltzk

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2021

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23 charts

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The Dolphins Are Back In Venice

Guava

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2021

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3 charts

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713.

Fire

The Bug (UK)

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2021

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35 charts

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Re-Animator

Everything Everything

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2020

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35 charts

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715.

Omega

Epica

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2021

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11 charts

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716.

Alles In Allem

Einstürzende Neubauten

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2020

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29 charts

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717.

...And Again Into The Light

Panopticon

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2021

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29 charts

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Moral Panic

Nothing But Thieves

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2020

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16 charts

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719.

Kostolom

Slaughter To Prevail

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2021

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2 charts

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Internet Breath

Hey, Ily!

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2021

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	271	27%
2021	281	28%
2022	253	25%
2023	177	18%
2024	19	2%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]	3	0%
Nation Of Language	3	0%
Brockhampton	3	0%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	507	51%
	210	21%
	52	5%
	38	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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