Best Albums of the 2020s

Listed below are the best albums of the 2020s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 54,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade
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2020s decade summary
YearAlbums 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.
20207,381106,899
20216,84198,558
20226,66196,077
20235,32966,153
20243,52824,918
Total29,740392,604

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 Lana Del Rey.
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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year Albums %


2020 250 25%
2021 262 26%
2022 247 25%
2023 184 18%
2024 63 6%
Country Albums %


United States 516 51%
United Kingdom 215 21%
Canada 49 5%
Australia 39 4%
Mixed Nationality 29 3%
Sweden 16 2%
Ireland 15 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 999 99%
Yes 7 1%
Live? Albums %
No 990 98%
Yes 16 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 1,002 100%
Yes 4 0%
Recognised  Year Charts (2023)
1. Top 10 Albums of the Year 2023 by Bleep (2023)
2. Top 40 Albums of 2023 by Decibel (2023)
3. The 50 Best Albums of 2023 by Billboard (2023)
4. Quietus Albums Of The Year 2023 by The Quietus (2023)
5. Best Albums of 2023 by Norman Records (2023)
6. Loud And Quiet Albums of the Year 2023 by Loud And Quiet (2023)
7. The 50 Best Albums of 2023 by Treble (2023)
8. The 50 Best Albums Of 2023 by Pitchfork (2023)
9. The 10 Best Global Music Albums Of 2023 by PopMatters (2023)
10. KCRW's Best Albums of 2023 by KCRW (2023)
11. The 30 best albums of 2023 by Time Out (2023)
12. The 80 Best Albums Of 2023 by PopMatters (2023)
13. The best albums of 2023 by Independent (2023)
14. The 20 Best Albums of 2023 by Esquire (2023)
15. Louder Than War Albums Of 2023 by Louder Than War (2023)
16. Top 100 Albums of 2023 by Piccadilly Records (2023)
17. The Top 50 Albums of the Year by Crack Magazine (2023)
18. BrooklynVegan's Top 55 Albums of 2023 by BrooklynVegan (2023)
19. The 20 best albums of 2023 by Dazed (2023)
20. NME Albums Of The Year 2023 by New Music Express (2023)
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