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	7,409	112,208	The New Abnormal (390th)by The Strokes
2021	6,886	103,180	For The First Time (569th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,708	100,578	Ants From Up There (267th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,456	70,758	Javelin (1,039th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	4,310	45,181	Songs Of A Lost World (1,697th)by The Cure
2025	41	0	Aireplane (-)by Cannibal Ox
Total	30,810	431,905

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

Appears in:

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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9 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	234	23%
2021	249	25%
2022	238	24%
2023	189	19%
2024	101	10%
2025	1	0%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Vince Staples	3	0%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	514	51%
	220	22%
	50	5%
	38	4%
	31	3%
	17	2%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	1,005	99%
Yes	7	1%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,010	100%
Yes	2	0%

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Best Albums of 2020
1. The New Abnormal by The Strokes
2. Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple
3. Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers
4. Folklore by Taylor Swift
5. What's Your Pleasure? by Jessie Ware
6. After Hours by The Weeknd
7. Shore by Fleet Foxes
8. How I'm Feeling Now by Charli XCX
9. RTJ4 by Run The Jewels
10. The Slow Rush by Tame Impala
11. Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa
12. Set My Heart On Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius
13. The Ascension by Sufjan Stevens
14. Rough And Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan
15. Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee
16. Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez by Gorillaz
17. Song For Our Daughter by Laura Marling
18. Circles by Mac Miller
19. Songs by Adrianne Lenker
20. We Will Always Love You by The Avalanches