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	7,444	111,164	The New Abnormal (388th)by The Strokes
2021	6,938	102,189	For The First Time (576th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,741	100,293	Ants From Up There (263rd)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,532	70,404	Javelin (1,036th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	4,567	53,482	Brat (1,178th)by Charli XCX
2025	343	367	Eusexua (16,850th)by FKA twigs
Total	31,565	437,900

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Taylor Swift, Little Simz, Charli XCX, Fiona Apple, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Phoebe Bridgers, Black Midi and Fontaines D.C..

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Telepass

Les Évadés

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2023

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8 charts

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Hell Is In Your Head

Senses Fail

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2022

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2 charts

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993.

Cycles

B Supreme

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2021

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4 charts

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Complacency

Johnny Football Hero

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2021

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3 charts

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995.

Projector

Geese

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2021

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28 charts

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996.

Paul Weller

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2024

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27 charts

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997.

Pure Particles

The Bug Club

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2021

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4 charts

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998.

Marigold

Pinegrove

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2020

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47 charts

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Three Dimensions Deep

Amber Mark

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2022

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36 charts

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1000.

Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase

The Soft Pink Truth

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2020

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42 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	227	23%
2021	232	23%
2022	232	23%
2023	183	18%
2024	129	13%
2025	2	0%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Sault	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	514	51%
	221	22%
	47	5%
	38	4%
	32	3%
	16	2%
	16	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	997	99%
Yes	8	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	989	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,002	100%
Yes	3	0%

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