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	7,162	104,718	The New Abnormal (445th)by The Strokes
2021	6,637	96,243	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (618th)by Little Simz
2022	6,368	90,663	Ants From Up There (322nd)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,880	56,788	Javelin (1,331st)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,173	4,995	Wall Of Eyes (5,023rd)by The Smile
Total	26,220	353,408

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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Everything Is Alive

Slowdive

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

175 charts

Rank Score:

605

Rank in 2023:

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Overall Rank:

2,579

Average Rating:

76 (147 votes)

Comments:

82.

New Long Leg

Dry Cleaning

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

201 charts

Rank Score:

600

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,598

Average Rating:

76 (151 votes)

Comments:

83.

Women In Music Pt. III

Haim

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

213 charts

Rank Score:

597

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,611

Average Rating:

76 (187 votes)

Comments:

84.

Live At Bush Hall
Live soundtrack

Black Country, New Road

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

583

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,665

Average Rating:

82 (163 votes)

Comments:

85.

Miss Anthropocene

Grimes

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

222 charts

Rank Score:

580

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,676

Average Rating:

74 (299 votes)

Comments:

86.

Alfredo

Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

181 charts

Rank Score:

577

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,689

Average Rating:

77 (182 votes)

Comments:

87.

Afrique Victime

Mdou Moctar

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

147 charts

Rank Score:

575

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,697

Average Rating:

76 (104 votes)

Comments:

88.

LP!

JPEGMAFIA

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

571

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,716

Average Rating:

79 (135 votes)

Comments:

89.

After The Magic

파란노을 [Parannoul]

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

147 charts

Rank Score:

564

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,752

Average Rating:

76 (181 votes)

Comments:

90.

Smiling With No Teeth

Genesis Owusu

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

152 charts

Rank Score:

547

Rank in 2021:

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Overall Rank:

2,819

Average Rating:

78 (140 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	275	28%
2021	282	28%
2022	254	25%
2023	189	19%
2024	12	1%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
Nation Of Language	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Carly Rae Jepsen	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	508	50%
	209	21%
	63	6%
	39	4%
	33	3%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	1,006	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	996	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,009	100%
Yes	3	0%

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