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	7,403	107,199	The New Abnormal (405th)by The Strokes
2021	6,877	98,536	For The First Time (597th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,693	95,937	Ants From Up There (279th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,414	67,136	Javelin (1,118th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	4,205	38,352	Only God Was Above Us (1,996th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	30,592	407,159

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 Charli XCX.

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Local Honey

Brian Fallon

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2020

Appears in:

19 charts

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992.

Frog In Boiling Water

DIIV

Year of Release:

2024

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34 charts

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992

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15,212

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76 (32 votes)

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993.

Maverick Thinker

William The Conqueror

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

5 charts

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994.

Three

Four Tet

Year of Release:

2024

Appears in:

37 charts

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994

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15,247

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73 (49 votes)

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995.

Gami Gang

Origami Angel

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2021

Appears in:

12 charts

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996.

Splittsville

Teddy Hyde

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2020

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2 charts

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997.

The Universe Inside

The Dream Syndicate

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2020

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37 charts

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998.

The Horses And The Hounds

James McMurtry

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2021

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28 charts

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999.

Songs For Pierre Chuvin

The Mountain Goats

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2020

Appears in:

20 charts

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Typical Of Me

Laufey

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2021

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3 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	241	24%
2021	252	25%
2022	235	24%
2023	181	18%
2024	104	10%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Four Tet	3	0%
Ka	3	0%
Adrianne Lenker	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	513	51%
	220	22%
	49	5%
	39	4%
	30	3%
	16	2%
	16	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	1,007	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	998	99%
Yes	15	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,011	100%
Yes	2	0%

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