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	7,480	111,403	The New Abnormal (388th)by The Strokes
2021	6,983	102,735	For The First Time (568th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,784	100,788	Ants From Up There (263rd)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,579	70,468	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,015th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	4,677	56,686	Brat (1,092nd)by Charli XCX
2025	733	1,423	Eusexua (9,544th)by FKA twigs
Total	32,236	443,503

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.

Projector

Geese

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2021

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28 charts

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994.

Visions

Soup

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2021

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5 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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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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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	224	22%
2021	229	23%
2022	228	23%
2023	183	18%
2024	135	14%
2025	2	0%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Nation Of Language	3	0%
Sault	3	0%
Black Country, New Road	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	510	51%
	223	22%
	47	5%
	37	4%
	31	3%
	15	1%
	14	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	7	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	985	98%
Yes	16	2%

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

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