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 54,000 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	7,362	106,541	The New Abnormal (427th)by The Strokes
2021	6,821	98,238	For The First Time (598th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,628	94,741	Ants From Up There (296th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,291	65,215	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,190th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	3,226	19,650	Only God Was Above Us (2,593rd)by Vampire Weekend
Total	29,328	384,385

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, The Weeknd and Lana Del Rey.

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Texas Sun

Khruangbin & Leon Bridges

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2020

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9 charts

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Marigold

Pinegrove

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2020

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46 charts

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993.

Bad モード [Bad Mode]

宇多田光 [Hikaru Utada]

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2022

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28 charts

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Growing Up

The Linda Lindas

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2022

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27 charts

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Weedkiller

Ashnikko

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2023

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6 charts

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Bunny

Beach Fossils

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2023

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26 charts

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Wasteland: What Ails Our People Is Clear

Lice

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2021

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29 charts

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998.

Foreign Exchange

Rx Papi & Gud

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2021

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5 charts

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There Will Be No Super-Slave

Ghais Guevara

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2022

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21 charts

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Downlands

Dreamreading

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2020

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4 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	254	25%
2021	266	27%
2022	250	25%
2023	183	18%
2024	48	5%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	6	1%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Vince Staples	3	0%
Sault	3	0%
Sakis Gouzonis	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	510	51%
	215	21%
	48	5%
	40	4%
	29	3%
	16	2%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	985	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	4	0%

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