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	7,483	111,332	The New Abnormal (388th)by The Strokes
2021	6,986	102,654	For The First Time (569th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,785	100,715	Ants From Up There (263rd)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,583	70,490	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,015th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	4,695	56,842	Brat (1,092nd)by Charli XCX
2025	758	1,580	Eusexua (9,393rd)by FKA twigs
Total	32,290	443,612

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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992.

My Agenda

Dorian Electra

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2020

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18 charts

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993.

With A Hammer

Yaeji

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2023

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35 charts

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994.

Projector

Geese

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2021

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28 charts

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995.

Stare Into Death And Be Still

Ulcerate

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2020

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36 charts

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996.

Visions

Soup

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2021

Appears in:

5 charts

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997.

Filthy Underneath

Nadine Shah

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2024

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30 charts

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998.

The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Sparks

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2023

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42 charts

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999.

Ofte Jeg Drømmer Mig Død

Afsky

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2020

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2 charts

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Aboogi

Imarhan

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2022

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26 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	224	22%
2021	228	23%
2022	228	23%
2023	183	18%
2024	139	14%
2025	1	0%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	511	51%
	222	22%
	47	5%
	38	4%
	31	3%
	15	1%
	15	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	986	98%
Yes	17	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,001	100%
Yes	2	0%

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