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 54,000 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	7,404	107,223	The New Abnormal (405th)by The Strokes
2021	6,878	98,738	For The First Time (593rd)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,694	96,173	Ants From Up There (280th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,421	67,452	Javelin (1,118th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	4,230	39,093	Songs Of A Lost World (1,907th)by The Cure
Total	30,627	408,680

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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Laurel Halo

Year of Release:

2023

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24 charts

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Volcano

Jungle (UK)

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2023

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27 charts

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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

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2022

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30 charts

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Sunburn

Dominic Fike

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2023

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9 charts

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996.

Inpariquipê

Kaatayra

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2021

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19 charts

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Silver Ladders

Mary Lattimore

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2020

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38 charts

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Pinegrove

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2022

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36 charts

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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	239	24%
2021	251	25%
2022	237	24%
2023	183	18%
2024	90	9%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	1%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Carly Rae Jepsen	3	0%
Zach Bryan	3	0%
Bad Bunny	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	513	51%
	216	22%
	48	5%
	39	4%
	30	3%
	16	2%
	16	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	985	99%
Yes	15	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	998	100%
Yes	2	0%

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