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	7,397	107,210	The New Abnormal (408th)by The Strokes
2021	6,864	98,759	For The First Time (593rd)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,680	95,820	Ants From Up There (283rd)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,401	66,858	Javelin (1,133rd)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	4,011	33,926	Only God Was Above Us (2,139th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	30,353	402,573

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 Sufjan Stevens.

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Marigold

Pinegrove

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2020

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46 charts

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Restoration

Lecrae

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2020

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3 charts

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From King To A God

Conway the Machine

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2020

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33 charts

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Angels & Queens - Part 1

Gabriels

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2022

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23 charts

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The Color Blu(e)

Blu

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2021

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26 charts

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Harm's Way

Ducks Ltd.

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2024

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27 charts

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996

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15,416

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75 (25 votes)

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997.

Far In

Helado Negro

Year of Release:

2021

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29 charts

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The Last Rotation Of Earth

B.C. Camplight

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2023

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15 charts

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Oni

Darko (US)

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2022

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2 charts

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Milk Inside A Bag Of Milk Inside A Bag Of Milk OST
Soundtrack

Nikita Kryukov

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2021

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	244	24%
2021	257	26%
2022	237	24%
2023	180	18%
2024	106	11%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Adrianne Lenker	3	0%
Mach-Hommy	3	0%
Charli XCX	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	516	50%
	216	21%
	49	5%
	46	4%
	31	3%
	16	2%
	16	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	1,017	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,008	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,020	100%
Yes	4	0%

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