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	7,434	111,145	The New Abnormal (391st)by The Strokes
2021	6,909	102,093	For The First Time (574th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,734	100,087	Ants From Up There (263rd)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,518	70,314	Javelin (1,036th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	4,536	52,607	Brat (1,230th)by Charli XCX
2025	278	284	Eusexua (20,590th)by FKA twigs
Total	31,409	436,530

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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Nouvel Anormal

Belvoir

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2022

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2 charts

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992.

Dear Scott

Michael Head & The Red Elastic Band

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2022

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34 charts

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993.

The Moon And Stars: Prescriptions For Dreamers

Valerie June

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2021

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31 charts

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Bando Stone & The New World

Childish Gambino

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2024

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28 charts

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995.

If I Could Make It Go Quiet

Girl In Red

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2021

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34 charts

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996.

Already Fucked

Riley!

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2021

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3 charts

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997.

Zeit

Rammstein

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2022

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30 charts

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998.

Local Honey

Brian Fallon

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2020

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19 charts

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Volcano

Jungle (UK)

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2023

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31 charts

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Céu Verde Em Cidade Deserta

Camus

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2022

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10 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	228	23%
2021	234	23%
2022	233	23%
2023	184	18%
2024	123	12%
2025	2	0%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	512	51%
	220	22%
	47	5%
	38	4%
	31	3%
	16	2%
	15	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	997	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	988	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,002	100%
Yes	2	0%

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