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	7,166	104,692	The New Abnormal (447th)by The Strokes
2021	6,650	96,580	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (618th)by Little Simz
2022	6,372	90,887	Ants From Up There (322nd)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,910	56,557	Javelin (1,335th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,215	5,387	Wall Of Eyes (4,855th)by The Smile
Total	26,313	354,104

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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111.

Natural Brown Prom Queen

Sudan Archives

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

139 charts

Rank Score:

418

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

111

Overall Rank:

3,502

Average Rating:

74 (89 votes)

Comments:

112.

Big Time

Angel Olsen

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

164 charts

Rank Score:

411

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

112

Overall Rank:

3,552

Average Rating:

74 (127 votes)

Comments:

113.

Everything Harmony

The Lemon Twigs

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

91 charts

Rank Score:

411

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

113

Overall Rank:

3,553

Average Rating:

77 (76 votes)

Comments:

114.

Maps

Billy Woods & Kenny Segal

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

135 charts

Rank Score:

411

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

114

Overall Rank:

3,557

Average Rating:

77 (110 votes)

Comments:

115.

Ice, Death, Planets, Lungs, Mushrooms And Lava

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

92 charts

Rank Score:

411

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

115

Overall Rank:

3,558

Average Rating:

77 (108 votes)

Comments:

116.

This Is Why

Paramore

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

152 charts

Rank Score:

410

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

116

Overall Rank:

3,566

Average Rating:

77 (177 votes)

Comments:

117.

Purple Moonlight Pages

R.A.P. Ferreira

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

109 charts

Rank Score:

409

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

117

Overall Rank:

3,573

Average Rating:

75 (136 votes)

Comments:

118.

Color Theory

Soccer Mommy

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

164 charts

Rank Score:

408

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

118

Overall Rank:

3,579

Average Rating:

74 (175 votes)

Comments:

119.

First Two Pages Of Frankenstein

The National

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

137 charts

Rank Score:

407

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

119

Overall Rank:

3,585

Average Rating:

75 (156 votes)

Comments:

120.

Laurel Hell

Mitski

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

170 charts

Rank Score:

405

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

120

Overall Rank:

3,599

Average Rating:

73 (179 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	273	27%
2021	282	28%
2022	256	26%
2023	176	18%
2024	13	1%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Zach Bryan	4	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Carly Rae Jepsen	3	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	512	51%
	208	21%
	51	5%
	38	4%
	33	3%
	14	1%
	13	1%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	3	0%

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