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 55,000 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	7,421	111,486	The New Abnormal (390th)by The Strokes
2021	6,900	102,427	For The First Time (572nd)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,731	100,035	Ants From Up There (268th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,490	70,598	Javelin (1,036th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	4,400	49,883	Brat (1,229th)by Charli XCX
2025	135	94	Look Up (51,176th)by Ringo Starr
Total	31,077	434,524

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Taylor Swift, Little Simz, Charli XCX, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Black Midi and Fontaines D.C..

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Local Honey

Brian Fallon

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2020

Appears in:

19 charts

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Céu Verde Em Cidade Deserta

Camus

Year of Release:

2022

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10 charts

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993.

Monovision

Ray LaMontagne

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2020

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16 charts

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Volcano

Jungle (UK)

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2023

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31 charts

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995.

Legends Never Die

Juice WRLD

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2020

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22 charts

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996.

Cascade

Floating Points

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2024

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30 charts

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'Til I Start Speaking

Morly

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2021

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3 charts

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998.

Пъзел

Б.Т.Р. [B.T.R.]

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2021

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1 chart

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Sweet Freedom

Sakis Gouzonis

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2021

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4 charts

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Jada Jada

Klinika Denisa Kataneca

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2020

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3 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	231	23%
2021	246	25%
2022	233	23%
2023	183	18%
2024	107	11%
2025	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	1%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Jack White	3	0%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
Jeff Rosenstock	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	513	51%
	218	22%
	47	5%
	38	4%
	31	3%
	16	2%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	7	1%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	998	100%
Yes	2	0%

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