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.
Year 2020	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 7,483	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 111,332	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. The New Abnormal (388th)by The Strokes
Year 2021	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 6,986	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 102,654	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. For The First Time (569th)by Black Country, New Road
Year 2022	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 6,785	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 100,715	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Ants From Up There (263rd)by Black Country, New Road
Year 2023	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 5,583	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 70,490	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,015th)by Lana Del Rey
Year 2024	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 4,695	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 56,842	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Brat (1,091st)by Charli XCX
Year 2025	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 758	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 1,580	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Eusexua (9,393rd)by FKA twigs
Year Total	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 32,290	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 443,612	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.

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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My Agenda

Dorian Electra

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2020

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18 charts

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With A Hammer

Yaeji

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2023

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35 charts

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Projector

Geese

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2021

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28 charts

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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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Filthy Underneath

Nadine Shah

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2024

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30 charts

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The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Sparks

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2023

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42 charts

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Ofte Jeg Drømmer Mig Død

Afsky

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2020

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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	139	14%
2025	1	0%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Nation Of Language	3	0%
Kali Uchis	3	0%
Ka	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	511	51%
	222	22%
	47	5%
	38	4%
	31	3%
	15	1%
	15	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	986	98%
Yes	17	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,001	100%
Yes	2	0%

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