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	7,414	111,879	The New Abnormal (390th)by The Strokes
2021	6,892	102,991	For The First Time (569th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,717	100,364	Ants From Up There (267th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,469	70,711	Javelin (1,035th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	4,334	47,056	Only God Was Above Us (1,452nd)by Vampire Weekend
2025	51	5	Aireplane (76,662nd)by Cannibal Ox
Total	30,877	433,005

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, Charli XCX and Fontaines D.C..

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Sweet Freedom

Sakis Gouzonis

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2021

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4 charts

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Jada Jada

Klinika Denisa Kataneca

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2020

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3 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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Three Dimensions Deep

Amber Mark

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2022

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35 charts

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995.

Prism

The Orb

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2023

Appears in:

7 charts

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996.

Toast

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

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2022

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30 charts

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'Til I Start Speaking

Morly

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2021

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3 charts

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The Universe Inside

The Dream Syndicate

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2020

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37 charts

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Sunburn

Dominic Fike

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2023

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9 charts

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Razzmatazz

I Dont Know How But They Found Me

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2020

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	234	23%
2021	246	25%
2022	236	24%
2023	184	18%
2024	101	10%
2025	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Fontaines D.C.	3	0%
The Black Keys	3	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	513	51%
	218	22%
	49	5%
	38	4%
	31	3%
	16	2%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	986	99%
Yes	15	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	999	100%
Yes	2	0%

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