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 53,000 greatest album charts.

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2020s decade summary

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	7,186	104,835	The New Abnormal (448th)by The Strokes
2021	6,653	96,773	Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (614th)by Little Simz
2022	6,382	91,158	Ants From Up There (321st)by Black Country, New Road
2023	4,922	56,952	Javelin (1,327th)by Sufjan Stevens
2024	1,270	5,861	Wall Of Eyes (4,728th)by The Smile
Total	26,413	355,579

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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41.

Scaring The Hoes

JPEGMAFIA & Danny Brown

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

196 charts

Rank Score:

909

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Overall Rank:

1,852

Average Rating:

80 (227 votes)

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42.

Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

212 charts

Rank Score:

893

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,884

Average Rating:

77 (252 votes)

Comments:

43.

Cheat Codes

Danger Mouse & Black Thought

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

237 charts

Rank Score:

891

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Overall Rank:

1,885

Average Rating:

80 (186 votes)

Comments:

44.

The Record

Boygenius

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

224 charts

Rank Score:

878

Rank in 2023:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,910

Average Rating:

76 (202 votes)

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45.

Wet Leg

Year of Release:

2022

Appears in:

254 charts

Rank Score:

874

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Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,918

Average Rating:

73 (205 votes)

Comments:

46.

An Evening With Silk Sonic

Silk Sonic

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

214 charts

Rank Score:

873

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Overall Rank:

1,919

Average Rating:

77 (206 votes)

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47.

Sinner Get Ready

Lingua Ignota

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

156 charts

Rank Score:

864

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,941

Average Rating:

77 (156 votes)

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48.

I Don't Live Here Anymore

The War On Drugs

Year of Release:

2021

Appears in:

244 charts

Rank Score:

860

Rank in 2021:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

1,945

Average Rating:

78 (186 votes)

Comments:

49.

Circles

Mac Miller

Year of Release:

2020

Appears in:

216 charts

Rank Score:

831

Rank in 2020:

Rank in 2020s:

Overall Rank:

2,000

Average Rating:

76 (293 votes)

Comments:

50.

Desire, I Want To Turn Into You

Caroline Polachek

Year of Release:

2023

Appears in:

219 charts

Rank Score:

830

Rank in 2023:

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Overall Rank:

2,001

Average Rating:

76 (208 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2020s composition

Year	Albums	%

2020	274	27%
2021	282	28%
2022	255	26%
2023	175	18%
2024	14	1%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	10	1%
Taylor Swift	7	1%
Nas	6	1%
Adrianne Lenker	3	0%
Lana Del Rey	3	0%
Nation Of Language	3	0%
Neil Young	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	508	51%
	209	21%
	52	5%
	37	4%
	36	4%
	14	1%
	13	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	984	98%
Yes	16	2%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	3	0%

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