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 53,000 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	7,192	104,855	The New Abnormal (449th)by The Strokes
2021	6,656	96,719	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (613th)by Little Simz
2022	6,418	91,293	Ants From Up There (321st)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,943	57,430	Javelin (1,327th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,362	6,616	Wall Of Eyes (4,469th)by The Smile
Total	26,571	356,912

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Taylor Swift, Little Simz, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, Black Midi, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Weeknd and Sufjan Stevens.

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41.

Scaring The Hoes

JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

199 charts

Rank Score:

921

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,836

Average Rating:

80 (229 votes)

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42.

Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

211 charts

Rank Score:

892

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,885

Average Rating:

77 (252 votes)

Comments:

43.

Cheat Codes

Danger Mouse & Black Thought

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

237 charts

Rank Score:

891

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Overall Rank:

1,887

Average Rating:

80 (186 votes)

Comments:

44.

The Record

Boygenius

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

224 charts

Rank Score:

876

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,915

Average Rating:

76 (202 votes)

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45.

Wet Leg

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

254 charts

Rank Score:

873

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Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,919

Average Rating:

73 (205 votes)

Comments:

46.

An Evening With Silk Sonic

Silk Sonic

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

214 charts

Rank Score:

872

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Overall Rank:

1,920

Average Rating:

77 (206 votes)

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47.

Sinner Get Ready

Lingua Ignota

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

156 charts

Rank Score:

863

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,939

Average Rating:

77 (156 votes)

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48.

I Don't Live Here Anymore

The War On Drugs

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

244 charts

Rank Score:

860

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,942

Average Rating:

78 (186 votes)

Comments:

49.

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You

Caroline Polachek

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

219 charts

Rank Score:

833

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,994

Average Rating:

76 (208 votes)

Comments:

50.

Circles

Mac Miller

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

216 charts

Rank Score:

824

Rank in 2020:

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Overall Rank:

2,009

Average Rating:

76 (293 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	273	27%
2021	281	28%
2022	261	26%
2023	174	17%
2024	25	3%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]	3	0%
Nation Of Language	3	0%
Neil Young	3	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	510	50%
	212	21%
	52	5%
	38	4%
	37	4%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	1,008	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	998	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,011	100%
Yes	3	0%

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