Alternative Press's 50 Best Albums of 2020

If we could identify one incandescent moment to come out of the coronavirus pandemic, it would have to be having large stretches of time to listen to albums. Yes, in 2020, most of us binged on Netflix and chilled the best we could. But streaming services made access to music downright infinite. We could finally […]

Published: December 07, 2020 17:55 Source

# 1
Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Pop Rock Alternative Rock
# 2
Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Pop Punk Melodic Hardcore
# 3
Album • May 15 / 2020 Alternative Rock
# 4
Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Melodic Metalcore
# 5
Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Punk Rock Pop Punk
# 6
Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Contemporary R&B Pop Rap
# 7
Album • May 01 / 2020 Alternative Rock
# 8
EP • Oct 30 / 2020 Alternative Metal
# 9
Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Metalcore Industrial Metal
# 10
Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Pop Rock
# 11
Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Math Rock Post-Hardcore
# 12
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Alternative Metal
# 13
Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Post-Hardcore
# 14
Album • Oct 21 / 2020 Trap Metal Industrial Hip Hop Industrial Metal
# 15
Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Garage Rock Revival Pop Rock
# 16
Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Alt-Pop Contemporary R&B
# 17
Album • May 08 / 2020 Art Pop Alternative Dance
# 18
Album • Jan 24 / 2019 Alternative Metal
# 19
Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Pop Punk Emo
# 20
Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Synthpop New Wave Pop Rock
# 21
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Post-Punk Art Punk
# 22
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Alternative Metal Industrial Metal
# 23
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Alternative R&B Alt-Pop
# 24
Album • May 29 / 2020 Pop Punk Slacker Rock Folk Punk
# 25
Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Pop Punk Emo-Pop
# 26
Album • Oct 01 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Folk Punk Indie Folk
# 27
Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Alternative Metal Metalcore
# 28
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Pop Punk Pop Rock
# 29
Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Alternative Rock Glam Rock
# 30
Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Alternative Rock Emo
# 31
Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Punk Rock Folk Punk
# 32
Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Shoegaze
# 33
Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Rap Rock Industrial Rock
# 34
Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Hard Rock Heavy Metal
# 35
Album • May 29 / 2020 Alternative Rock Glam Rock Garage Rock
# 36
Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 37
Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Alternative Rock Pop Rock
# 38
Album • Jan 09 / 2020 Alternative Metal
# 39
Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Pop Rock Electropop Alt-Pop
# 40
Album • Jul 10 / 2020 Metalcore
# 41
Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Pop Punk Post-Hardcore
# 42
Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Pop Punk Emo
# 43
Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Pop Punk
# 44
Album • May 22 / 2020 Electronic Art Pop Pop Rock
# 45
Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Pop Punk
# 46
Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Alternative Rock Pop Rock Emo-Pop
# 47
Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Garage Punk Power Pop Indie Rock
# 48
Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Alternative Rock
# 49
Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Post-Hardcore Screamo
# 50
Album • Dec 04 / 2020 Alternative Rock Pop Rock