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	7,476	111,445	The New Abnormal (388th)by The Strokes
2021	6,970	102,634	For The First Time (569th)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,768	100,600	Ants From Up There (263rd)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,562	70,413	Did You Know That There's A Tunn... (1,015th)by Lana Del Rey
2024	4,651	56,349	Brat (1,092nd)by Charli XCX
2025	621	1,103	Eusexua (10,407th)by FKA twigs
Total	32,048	442,544

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, Black Midi and Kendrick Lamar.

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The Girl Is Crying In Her Latte

Sparks

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2023

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42 charts

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Imperial

Soen

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2021

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8 charts

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Aboogi

Imarhan

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2022

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27 charts

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The Bitter Truth

Evanescence

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2021

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26 charts

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995.

Shook

Algiers

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2023

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35 charts

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996.

Course In Fable

Ryley Walker

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2021

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46 charts

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Tro

Ganger (DK)

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2020

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2 charts

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998.

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Set It Off

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2022

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If My Wife New I’d Be Dead

CMAT

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2022

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19 charts

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The Dolphins Are Back In Venice

Guava

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2021

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	225	23%
2021	230	23%
2022	229	23%
2023	183	18%
2024	132	13%
2025	3	0%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Adrianne Lenker	3	0%
Ka	3	0%
Kali Uchis	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	511	51%
	222	22%
	46	5%
	37	4%
	32	3%
	16	2%
	15	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	8	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	986	98%
Yes	16	2%

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

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