The Best Albums of the 2020s (So Far)

 

The following is an aggregate list based off of 22 different "Best Albums of the Decade/2020s so far" lists (updated as of 7/29/26)

1. Charli xcx - BRAT (2024)
2. Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra - Promises (2020)
3. Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters (2020)
4. Big Thief - Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You (2022)
5. Alvvays - Blue Rev (2022)
6. Little Simz - Sometimes I Might Be Introvert (2021)
7. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher (2020)
8. Jessie Ware - What’s Your Pleasure? (2020)
9. Beyoncé - RENAISSANCE (2022)
10. Cindy Lee - Diamond Jubilee (2024)
11. Jessica Pratt - Here in the Pitch (2024)
12. Sufjan Stevens - Javelin (2023)
13. billy woods - Aethiopes (2022)
14. Black Country, New Road - Ants From Up There (2022)
15. Yves Tumor - Heaven to a Tortured Mind (2020)
16. Tyler, the Creator - CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST (2021)
17. Turnstile - GLOW ON (2021)
18. Low - HEY WHAT (2021)
19. ML Buch - Suntub (2023)
20. billy woods & Kenny Segal - Maps (2023)
21. Kendrick Lamar - Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers (2022)
22. The Cure - Songs of a Lost World (2024)
23. Japanese Breakfast - Jubilee (2021)
24. L’Rain - Fatigue (2021)
25. Perfume Genius - Set My Heart on Fire Immediately (2020)
26. Wednesday - Rat Saw God (2023)
27. SZA - SOS (2022)
28. Adrianne Lenker - songs (2020)
29. Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You (2023)
30. Magdalena Bay - Imaginal Disk (2024)
31. Rosalía - MOTOMAMI (2022)
32. Chuquimamani-Condori - DJ E (2023)
33. Taylor Swift - folklore (2020)
34. Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud (2020)
35. Sudan Archives - Natural Brown Prom Queen (2022)
36. Run the Jewels - RTJ4 (2020)
37. Soul Glo - Diaspora Problems (2022)
38. Kelela - Raven (2023)
39. Spellling - The Turning Wheel (2021)
40. Mdou Moctar - Afrique victime (2021)
41. Lingua Ignota - Sinner Get Ready (2021)
42. Denzel Curry - Melt My Eyez See Your Future (2022)
43. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia (2020)
44. Alex G - God Save the Animals (2022)
45. Moses Sumney - græ (2020)
46. Cassandra Jenkins - An Overview on Phenomenal Nature (2021)
47. Charli xcx - How I'm Feeling Now (2020)
    
48. Sofia Kourtesis - Madres (2023)
49. Angel Olsen - Big Time (2022)
50. JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown - Scaring the Hoes (2023)