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	7,395	107,132	The New Abnormal (408th)by The Strokes
2021	6,860	98,781	For The First Time (591st)by Black Country, New Road
2022	6,678	95,665	Ants From Up There (285th)by Black Country, New Road
2023	5,378	66,735	Javelin (1,134th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	3,931	33,774	Only God Was Above Us (2,139th)by Vampire Weekend
Total	30,242	402,087

The best artists of the 2020s are Black Country, New Road, The Strokes, Taylor Swift, Little Simz, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, Black Midi, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Weeknd and Sufjan Stevens.

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Angels & Queens - Part 1

Gabriels

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2022

Appears in:

23 charts

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992.

From King To A God

Conway the Machine

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2020

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33 charts

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993.

Harm's Way

Ducks Ltd.

Year of Release:

2024

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27 charts

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993

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15,393

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75 (25 votes)

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994.

The Color Blu(e)

Blu

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2021

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26 charts

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995.

Far In

Helado Negro

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2021

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29 charts

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996.

The Last Rotation Of Earth

B.C. Camplight

Year of Release:

2023

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15 charts

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997.

Oni

Darko (US)

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2022

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2 charts

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Milk Inside A Bag Of Milk Inside A Bag Of Milk OST
Soundtrack

Nikita Kryukov

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2021

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1 chart

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999.

Things That Don't Go Right

School Is Cool

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2020

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5 charts

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4801 South Indiana Avenue

Joanna Connor

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2021

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	244	24%
2021	257	26%
2022	238	24%
2023	180	18%
2024	82	8%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	11	1%
Taylor Swift	8	1%
Nas	5	0%
파란노을 [Parannoul]	4	0%
Sakis Gouzonis	3	0%
Idles	3	0%
Charli XCX	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	513	51%
	214	21%
	48	5%
	39	4%
	30	3%
	16	2%
	16	2%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

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

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	4	0%

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