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	7,477	111,470	The New Abnormal (387th)by The Strokes
2021	6,973	102,716	For The First Time (569th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,769	100,623	Ants From Up There (264th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,562	70,432	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,014th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	4,654	56,377	Brat (1,092nd)by Charli XCX
2025	635	1,134	Eusexua (10,305th)by FKA twigs
Total	32,070	442,752

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, Black Midi and Kendrick Lamar.

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The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Sparks

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2023

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42 charts

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Filthy Underneath

Nadine Shah

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2024

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30 charts

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Aboogi

Imarhan

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2022

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27 charts

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Imperial

Soen

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2021

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8 charts

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995.

The Bitter Truth

Evanescence

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2021

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26 charts

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996.

Shook

Algiers

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2023

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35 charts

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997.

Course In Fable

Ryley Walker

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2021

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46 charts

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Tro

Ganger (DK)

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2020

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2 charts

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If My Wife New I’d Be Dead

CMAT

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2022

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19 charts

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1000.

Elsewhere

Set It Off

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2022

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	225	23%
2021	230	23%
2022	229	23%
2023	183	18%
2024	132	13%
2025	4	0%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Jack White	3	0%
The Black Keys	3	0%
Black Country, New Road	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	511	51%
	222	22%
	47	5%
	38	4%
	31	3%
	16	2%
	15	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	98%
Yes	16	2%

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

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