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	7,479	111,404	The New Abnormal (388th)by The Strokes
2021	6,971	102,675	For The First Time (569th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,768	100,625	Ants From Up There (263rd)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,562	70,435	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,015th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	4,649	56,131	Brat (1,096th)by Charli XCX
2025	610	1,057	Eusexua (10,767th)by FKA twigs
Total	32,039	442,327

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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Imperial

Soen

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2021

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8 charts

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Aboogi

Imarhan

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2022

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27 charts

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The Bitter Truth

Evanescence

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2021

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26 charts

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Tro

Ganger (DK)

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2020

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2 charts

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996.

Course In Fable

Ryley Walker

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2021

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46 charts

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Shook

Algiers

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2023

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35 charts

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998.

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Set It Off

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2022

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1 chart

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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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The Dolphins Are Back In Venice

Guava

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2021

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	225	23%
2021	230	23%
2022	229	23%
2023	184	18%
2024	132	13%
2025	1	0%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Ka	3	0%
Jeff Rosenstock	3	0%
Fontaines D.C.	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	510	51%
	221	22%
	47	5%
	38	4%
	31	3%
	16	2%
	15	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	7	1%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	999	100%
Yes	2	0%

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