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	111,397	The New Abnormal (388th)by The Strokes
2021	6,986	102,675	For The First Time (569th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,786	100,664	Ants From Up There (263rd)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,584	70,486	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,015th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	4,696	56,942	Brat (1,091st)by Charli XCX
2025	768	1,625	Eusexua (9,393rd)by FKA twigs
Total	32,303	443,789

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

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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	136	14%
2025	1	0%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	1%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Jeff Rosenstock	3	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	510	51%
	222	22%
	47	5%
	37	4%
	31	3%
	15	2%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	993	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	998	100%
Yes	2	0%

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