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	7,199	105,223	The New Abnormal (448th)by The Strokes
2021	6,662	96,929	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (615th)by Little Simz
2022	6,437	91,626	Ants From Up There (320th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,977	58,615	Javelin (1,323rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,443	7,202	Wall Of Eyes (4,407th)by The Smile
Total	26,718	359,593

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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931.

Ummon

Slift

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2020

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27 charts

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932.

Hypnos

Ravyn Lenae

Year of Release:

2022

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32 charts

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Eternal Blue

Spiritbox

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2021

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23 charts

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Under The Spell Of Joy

Death Valley Girls

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2020

Appears in:

6 charts

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935.

When Smoke Rises

Mustafa

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2021

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14 charts

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936.

Marigold

Pinegrove

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2020

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46 charts

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937.

Wasteland: What Ails Our People Is Clear

Lice

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2021

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29 charts

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The Long Road North

Cult Of Luna

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2022

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25 charts

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939.

Bad モード [Bad Mode]

宇多田光 [Hikaru Utada]

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2022

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27 charts

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Shook

Algiers

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2023

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31 charts

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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%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Zach Bryan	3	0%
Animal Collective	3	0%
Adrianne Lenker	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	507	51%
	209	21%
	53	5%
	37	4%
	36	4%
	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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