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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2020s decade summary

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	7,383	106,955	The New Abnormal (410th)by The Strokes
2021	6,843	98,618	For The First Time (593rd)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,666	96,295	Ants From Up There (286th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,334	66,278	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,140th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	3,566	26,083	Only God Was Above Us (2,289th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	29,792	394,228

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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991.

4801 South Indiana Avenue

Joanna Connor

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

5 charts

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992.

Things That Don't Go Right

School Is Cool

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2020

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5 charts

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993.

Weedkiller

Ashnikko

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2023

Appears in:

7 charts

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994.

Fawn

Foxtails

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2022

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33 charts

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995.

Rolling Golden Holy

Bonny Light Horseman

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2022

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18 charts

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996.

"Gift" At Sogetsu Hall
Live

青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]

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2020

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9 charts

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997.

Strange Lights Over Garth Mountain

Gwenifer Raymond

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2020

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30 charts

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998.

All Change

Francis Of Delirium

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2020

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3 charts

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999.

Hypnos

Ravyn Lenae

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2022

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35 charts

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1000.

Thick As Thieves

Tejon Street Corner Thieves

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2022

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2 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	249	25%
2021	260	26%
2022	246	25%
2023	185	19%
2024	62	6%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	6	1%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
Jack White	3	0%
Fontaines D.C.	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	516	51%
	214	21%
	47	5%
	39	4%
	29	3%
	16	2%
	15	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	985	98%
Yes	17	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	998	100%
Yes	4	0%

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