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 (4,871st)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

431.

Will Of The People

Muse

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

130

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

432.

Every Loser

Iggy Pop

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

130

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

432

Overall Rank:

9,222

Average Rating:

69 (77 votes)

Comments:

433.

Angel In Realtime

Gang Of Youths

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

130

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

434.

Quand La Nuit Tombe

Louis-Jean Cormier

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

21 charts

Rank Score:

130

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

435.

Voyage

ABBA

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

130

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

436.

Live At Red Rocks '22
Live compilation

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

130

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

436

Overall Rank:

9,256

Average Rating:

78 (16 votes)

Comments:

437.

Magic 3

Nas

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

129

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

437

Overall Rank:

9,281

Average Rating:

74 (28 votes)

Comments:

438.

Profound Mysteries

Röyksopp

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

22 charts

Rank Score:

129

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

439.

We're All Alone In This Together

Dave

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

129

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

440.

Dark Matter

Moses Boyd

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

129

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

« prev
1
...
43
44
45
...
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 44 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.

Best Albums of 2017
1. Damn. by Kendrick Lamar
2. Melodrama by Lorde
3. Flower Boy by Tyler, The Creator
4. A Deeper Understanding by The War On Drugs
5. Slowdive by Slowdive
6. A Crow Looked At Me by Mount Eerie
7. Sleep Well Beast by The National
8. Crack-Up by Fleet Foxes
9. Pure Comedy by Father John Misty
10. American Dream by LCD Soundsystem
11. Antisocialites by Alvvays
12. Ctrl by SZA
13. Saturation III by Brockhampton
14. MASSEDUCTION by St. Vincent
15. Saturation II by Brockhampton
16. Polygondwanaland by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
17. Stranger In The Alps by Phoebe Bridgers
18. Flying Microtonal Banana by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
19. No Shape by Perfume Genius
20. Science Fiction by Brand New