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	7,166	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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Tercer Cielo

Rocío Márquez Y Bronquio

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2022

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5 charts

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Dreamland

Glass Animals

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2020

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35 charts

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Wasteland

Hippo Campus

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2023

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3 charts

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The Purple Zombie Lobsters

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2021

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1 chart

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Pixel Bath

Jean Dawson

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2020

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10 charts

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Compact Trauma

Ulrika Spacek

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2023

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15 charts

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Against The Grain

D1v

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2023

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2 charts

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Not Your Muse

Celeste (UK)

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2021

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23 charts

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I Looked Out

Greg Freeman

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2022

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3 charts

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Brockhampton

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2022

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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%
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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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Recognised Decade Charts (2020s)
1. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)
2. Gorilla vs. Bear Albums of the 2010s by Gorilla vs. Bear (2019)
3. Top 100 Albums of the Decade by Crack Magazine (2019)
4. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s by The Wild Honey Pie (2019)
5. All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked by Uproxx (2019)
6. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
7. The Needle Drop's Top Albums Of The 2010s by The Needle Drop (2019)
8. BrooklynVegan's Top Albums of 2010s by BrooklynVegan (2020)
9. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
10. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)
11. The A.V. Club's 50 best albums of the 2010s by The A.V. Club (2019)
12. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2019)
13. The 50 Best Albums of the Decade by Deep Cuts (2019)
14. The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s by Spin (2020)
15. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s by Stereogum (2019)
16. BEST OF 2011 - 2020: Die besten Alben des Jahrzehnts by laut (2020)
17. Top 100 Albums of the 2010s by Consequence of Sound (2019)
18. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Paste (2019)
19. Tiny Mix Tapes 2010s: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade by Tiny Mix Tapes (2019)
20. Die 100 besten Alben der 10er Jahre by Musikexpress.de (2020)