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	7,379	107,055	The New Abnormal (410th)by The Strokes
2021	6,841	98,786	For The First Time (593rd)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,661	96,122	Ants From Up There (286th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,328	66,196	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,145th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	3,518	24,748	Only God Was Above Us (2,360th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	29,727	392,906

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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201.

Comfort To Me

Amyl And The Sniffers

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

293

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

201

Overall Rank:

4,728

Average Rating:

74 (59 votes)

Comments:

202.

Painless

Nilüfer Yanya

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

103 charts

Rank Score:

293

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

202

Overall Rank:

4,730

Average Rating:

73 (76 votes)

Comments:

203.

Crawler

Idles

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

292

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

203

Overall Rank:

4,741

Average Rating:

73 (102 votes)

Comments:

204.

Classic Objects

Jenny Hval

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

292

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

204

Overall Rank:

4,744

Average Rating:

74 (89 votes)

Comments:

205.

King's Disease III

Nas

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

292

Rank in 2022:

Rank in 2020s:

205

Overall Rank:

4,754

Average Rating:

78 (67 votes)

Comments:

206.

Inner Song

Kelly Lee Owens

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

124 charts

Rank Score:

291

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

206

Overall Rank:

4,759

Average Rating:

73 (93 votes)

Comments:

207.

Death By Rock And Roll

The Pretty Reckless

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

290

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

207

Overall Rank:

4,773

Average Rating:

74 (31 votes)

Comments:

208.

Hit Me Hard And Soft

Billie Eilish

Year of Release:

2024

Appears in:

105 charts

Rank Score:

288

Rank in 2024:

Rank in 2020s:

208

Overall Rank:

4,801

Average Rating:

76 (153 votes)

Comments:

209.

Quaranta

Danny Brown

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

90 charts

Rank Score:

286

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

209

Overall Rank:

4,829

Average Rating:

76 (88 votes)

Comments:

210.

Safe Mode: On

As Days Get Dark

Arab Strap

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

81 charts

Rank Score:

286

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

210

Overall Rank:

4,836

Average Rating:

76 (70 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	251	25%
2021	262	26%
2022	247	25%
2023	184	18%
2024	57	6%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	6	1%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Jeff Rosenstock	3	0%
Jack White	3	0%
Sault	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	513	51%
	214	21%
	48	5%
	39	4%
	29	3%
	16	2%
	15	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	17	2%

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

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