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	7,406	107,226	The New Abnormal (405th)by The Strokes
2021	6,879	98,738	For The First Time (593rd)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,698	96,179	Ants From Up There (280th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,425	67,472	Javelin (1,118th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	4,246	39,714	Songs Of A Lost World (1,890th)by The Cure
Total	30,654	409,328

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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Scrapyard

Quadeca

Year of Release:

2024

Appears in:

29 charts

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991

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15,117

Average Rating:

73 (39 votes)

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992.

Volcano

Jungle (UK)

Year of Release:

2023

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27 charts

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993.

Big Ideas

Remi Wolf

Year of Release:

2024

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29 charts

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993

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15,137

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73 (29 votes)

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994.

Zeit

Rammstein

Year of Release:

2022

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30 charts

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995.

Sunburn

Dominic Fike

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

9 charts

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996.

Inpariquipê

Kaatayra

Year of Release:

2021

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19 charts

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997.

Silver Ladders

Mary Lattimore

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2020

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38 charts

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998.

11:11

Pinegrove

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2022

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36 charts

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999.

Local Honey

Brian Fallon

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2020

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19 charts

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Maverick Thinker

William The Conqueror

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2021

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5 charts

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	238	24%
2021	250	25%
2022	237	24%
2023	185	19%
2024	92	9%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Ka	3	0%
Vince Staples	3	0%
Idles	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	513	51%
	217	22%
	48	5%
	39	4%
	30	3%
	16	2%
	16	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	987	99%
Yes	15	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,000	100%
Yes	2	0%

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