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.
Year 2020	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 7,484	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 111,419	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. The New Abnormal (388th)by The Strokes
Year 2021	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 6,986	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 102,667	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. For The First Time (569th)by Black Country, New Road
Year 2022	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 6,788	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 100,653	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Ants From Up There (263rd)by Black Country, New Road
Year 2023	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 5,584	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 70,493	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,015th)by Lana Del Rey
Year 2024	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 4,701	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 56,956	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Brat (1,090th)by Charli XCX
Year 2025	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 780	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 1,651	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Eusexua (9,270th)by FKA twigs
Year Total	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 32,323	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 443,841	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.

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

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Anime, Trauma And Divorce

Open Mike Eagle

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2020

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37 charts

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My Agenda

Dorian Electra

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2020

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18 charts

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With A Hammer

Yaeji

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2023

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35 charts

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Projector

Geese

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2021

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28 charts

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Filthy Underneath

Nadine Shah

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2024

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30 charts

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Stare Into Death And Be Still

Ulcerate

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2020

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36 charts

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Aboogi

Imarhan

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2022

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26 charts

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Visions

Soup

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2021

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5 charts

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The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Sparks

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2023

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42 charts

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The Bitter Truth

Evanescence

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2021

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	223	22%
2021	229	23%
2022	228	23%
2023	183	18%
2024	136	14%
2025	1	0%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	1%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Sault	3	0%
Adrianne Lenker	3	0%
Ka	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	511	51%
	222	22%
	47	5%
	37	4%
	31	3%
	15	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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10. Top 100 Albums of the Decade by Crack Magazine (2019)
11. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
12. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s by The Wild Honey Pie (2019)
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