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	7,479	111,427	The New Abnormal (388th)by The Strokes
2021	6,983	102,772	For The First Time (568th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,783	100,813	Ants From Up There (263rd)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,578	70,496	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,015th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	4,676	56,597	Brat (1,094th)by Charli XCX
2025	719	1,397	Eusexua (9,558th)by FKA twigs
Total	32,218	443,501

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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My Agenda

Dorian Electra

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2020

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18 charts

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992.

With A Hammer

Yaeji

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2023

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35 charts

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993.

Visions

Soup

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2021

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5 charts

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994.

Projector

Geese

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2021

Appears in:

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.

Ofte Jeg Drømmer Mig Død

Afsky

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2020

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2 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.

Aboogi

Imarhan

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2022

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26 charts

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The Bitter Truth

Evanescence

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2021

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26 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	224	22%
2021	229	23%
2022	228	23%
2023	184	18%
2024	134	13%
2025	1	0%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	1%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Idles	3	0%
Fontaines D.C.	3	0%
Ka	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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