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	7,406	112,415	The New Abnormal (389th)by The Strokes
2021	6,882	103,418	For The First Time (569th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,703	100,622	Ants From Up There (267th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,449	70,771	Javelin (1,038th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	4,299	44,763	Only God Was Above Us (1,700th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	30,739	431,989

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

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Sweet Freedom

Sakis Gouzonis

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2021

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4 charts

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992.

Young Shakespeare
Live

Neil Young

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2021

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27 charts

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The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Sparks

Year of Release:

2023

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42 charts

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Maverick Thinker

William The Conqueror

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2021

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5 charts

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995.

Prism

The Orb

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2023

Appears in:

7 charts

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996.

'Til I Start Speaking

Morly

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2021

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3 charts

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997.

Toast

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

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2022

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30 charts

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998.

The Universe Inside

The Dream Syndicate

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2020

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37 charts

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Tana Talk 4

Benny The Butcher

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2022

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46 charts

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Sunburn

Dominic Fike

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2023

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	234	23%
2021	249	25%
2022	238	24%
2023	183	18%
2024	98	10%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Kali Uchis	3	0%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	516	51%
	217	22%
	50	5%
	38	4%
	31	3%
	16	2%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	986	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,000	100%
Yes	2	0%

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