Best Albums of the 2020s

« View best albums of the 2010s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2020s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

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	104,703	The New Abnormal (447th)by The Strokes
2021	6,645	96,532	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (618th)by Little Simz
2022	6,371	90,779	Ants From Up There (322nd)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,907	56,404	Javelin (1,335th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,203	5,291	Wall Of Eyes (4,882nd)by The Smile
Total	26,292	353,709

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.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Collector's summary (top 1,000)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

21.

Bright Green Field

Squid (2020s)

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

276 charts

Rank Score:

1,349

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,304

Average Rating:

78 (296 votes)

Comments:

22.

OK Human

Weezer

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

255 charts

Rank Score:

1,340

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,314

Average Rating:

76 (357 votes)

Comments:

23.

Javelin

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

289 charts

Rank Score:

1,309

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,335

Average Rating:

81 (248 votes)

Comments:

24.

The Slow Rush

Tame Impala

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

379 charts

Rank Score:

1,232

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,412

Average Rating:

74 (607 votes)

Comments:

25.

Cavalcade

Black Midi

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

273 charts

Rank Score:

1,221

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,424

Average Rating:

79 (316 votes)

Comments:

26.

Once Twice Melody

Beach House

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

308 charts

Rank Score:

1,206

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,433

Average Rating:

80 (319 votes)

Comments:

27.

Renaissance

Beyoncé

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

245 charts

Rank Score:

1,173

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,484

Average Rating:

74 (192 votes)

Comments:

28.

Future Nostalgia

Dua Lipa

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

310 charts

Rank Score:

1,101

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,567

Average Rating:

75 (359 votes)

Comments:

29.

Skinty Fia

Fontaines D.C.

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

268 charts

Rank Score:

1,092

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,579

Average Rating:

76 (237 votes)

Comments:

30.

Did You Know That There's A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd

Lana Del Rey

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

230 charts

Rank Score:

1,058

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,623

Average Rating:

78 (227 votes)

Comments:

« prev
1
2
3
4
...
99
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 3 of 100

Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	274	27%
2021	283	28%
2022	255	26%
2023	175	18%
2024	13	1%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Idles	3	0%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	510	51%
	208	21%
	51	5%
	39	4%
	33	3%
	14	1%
	13	1%
Show all

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

Live?	Albums	%
No	985	99%
Yes	15	2%

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

« View best albums of the 2010s

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Member Levels
DriftingOrpheus	Level 8
O.T.	Level 7
PAPPITUFO	Level 6
II	Level 4
1andrea1	Level 2
JurassicRamsey2	Level 2
New levels achieved over the last 7 days. Well done to all :)