Beats Per Minute's Top 50 Albums of 2020



Published: December 09, 2020 12:01 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Anime, Trauma and Divorce Open Mike Eagle Oct-16-2020, Abstract Hip Hop
#2 Set My Heart On Fire Immediately Perfume Genius May-15-2020, Art Pop
#3 The Price Of Tea In China Boldy James, The Alchemist Feb-07-2020, Gangsta Rap
#4 The Caretaker Half Waif Mar-27-2020, Art Pop
#5 Fetch The Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple Apr-17-2020, Art Pop
#6 Microphones in 2020 The Microphones Aug-07-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#7 Island Owen Pallett May-22-2020, Chamber Folk
#8 Shore Fleet Foxes Mar-19-2021, Indie Folk
#9 Take Me Away from Tokyo ZOMBIE-CHANG Aug-05-2020, Electropop
#10 græ Moses Sumney May-15-2020, Art Pop
#11 songs Adrianne Lenker Oct-23-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#12 Room for the Moon Kate NV Jun-12-2020, Art Pop
#13 Heaven To a Tortured Mind Yves Tumor Apr-03-2020, Neo-Psychedelia
#14 Ohms Deftones Sep-25-2020, Alternative Metal
#15 Tumbling Towards a Wall Ulla Jan-30-2020, Ambient
#16 Welcome to Conceptual Beach Young Jesus Aug-14-2020, Art Rock
#17 Pain Olympics Crack Cloud Jul-17-2020, Art Punk
#18 Windswept Adan Ichiko Aoba Dec-02-2020, Chamber Folk
#19 Ultimate Success Today Protomartyr Jul-17-2020, Post-Punk
#20 BLOOM*IZ IZ*ONE Feb-17-2020, K-Pop
#21 Punisher Phoebe Bridgers Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#22 Song For Our Daughter Laura Marling Apr-10-2020, Contemporary Folk
#23 Lianne La Havas Lianne La Havas Jul-17-2020, Neo-Soul
#24 Anyways Young Nudy Feb-24-2020, Trap
#25 Man Alive! King Krule Feb-21-2020, Art Rock
#26 Winterreise Jerskin Fendrix Apr-17-2020, Art Pop
#27 Union Suit XL Them Airs Jan-17-2020, Post-Punk
#28 What's Your Pleasure? Jessie Ware Jun-26-2020, Dance-Pop
#29 Empty Country Empty Country Mar-20-2020, Indie Rock
#30 Mirror Leafar Legov Mar-22-2020, Ambient House
#31 NO DREAM Jeff Rosenstock May-20-2020, Pop Punk
#32 La vita nuova Christine and the Queens Feb-27-2020, Synthpop
#33 What's Tonight To Eternity Cindy Lee Feb-14-2020, Hypnagogic Pop
#34 Philadelphia Shabason, Krgovich & Harris Sep-18-2020,
#35 Little Dominiques Nosebleed The Koreatown Oddity Jun-19-2020, Jazz Rap
#36 Saint Cloud Waxahatchee Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#37 Ashioto Tatsuhisa Yamamoto Sep-18-2020, Electroacoustic
#38 Live Forever Bartees Strange Oct-02-2020, Indie Rock
#39 Regresa Buscabulla May-08-2020, Latin Electronic
#40 Lament Touché Amoré Oct-09-2020, Post-Hardcore
#41 Hannah Lomelda Sep-04-2020, Indie Folk
#42 acts of rebellion Ela Minus Oct-23-2020, Electropop
#43 Manger on McNichols Boldy James, Sterling Toles Jul-22-2020, Jazz Rap
#44 Trash Earthers Pet Shimmers Oct-02-2020, Neo-Psychedelia
#45 Eyes Wide Open TWICE Oct-26-2020, K-Pop
#46 Descendants of Cain KA May-07-2020, East Coast Hip Hop
#47 Origin of the Alimonies Liturgy Nov-20-2020, Avant-Garde Metal
#48 Pray for Paris Westside Gunn Apr-17-2020, East Coast Hip Hop
#49 Fountain Lyra Pramuk Mar-20-2020, Ambient
#50 Debris Keeley Forsyth Apr-23-2020, Singer-Songwriter
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Anime, Trauma and Divorce | Open Mike Eagle | Album, Oct-16-2020, Abstract Hip Hop |
| #2 | Set My Heart On Fire Immediately | Perfume Genius | Album, May-15-2020, Art Pop |
| #3 | The Price Of Tea In China | Boldy JamesThe Alchemist | Album, Feb-07-2020, Gangsta Rap |
| #4 | The Caretaker | Half Waif | Album, Mar-27-2020, Art Pop |
| #5 | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple | Album, Apr-17-2020, Art Pop |
| #6 | Microphones in 2020 | The Microphones | Album, Aug-07-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #7 | Island | Owen Pallett | Album, May-22-2020, Chamber Folk |
| #8 | Shore | Fleet Foxes | Album, Mar-19-2021, Indie Folk |
| #9 | Take Me Away from Tokyo | ZOMBIE-CHANG | Album, Aug-05-2020, Electropop |
| #10 | græ | Moses Sumney | Album, May-15-2020, Art Pop |
| #11 | songs | Adrianne Lenker | Album, Oct-23-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #12 | Room for the Moon | Kate NV | Album, Jun-12-2020, Art Pop |
| #13 | Heaven To a Tortured Mind | Yves Tumor | Album, Apr-03-2020, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #14 | Ohms | Deftones | Album, Sep-25-2020, Alternative Metal |
| #15 | Tumbling Towards a Wall | Ulla | Album, Jan-30-2020, Ambient |
| #16 | Welcome to Conceptual Beach | Young Jesus | Album, Aug-14-2020, Art Rock |
| #17 | Pain Olympics | Crack Cloud | Album, Jul-17-2020, Art Punk |
| #18 | Windswept Adan | Ichiko Aoba | Album, Dec-02-2020, Chamber Folk |
| #19 | Ultimate Success Today | Protomartyr | Album, Jul-17-2020, Post-Punk |
| #20 | BLOOM*IZ | IZ*ONE | Album, Feb-17-2020, K-Pop |
| #21 | Punisher | Phoebe Bridgers | Album, Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #22 | Song For Our Daughter | Laura Marling | Album, Apr-10-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #23 | Lianne La Havas | Lianne La Havas | Album, Jul-17-2020, Neo-Soul |
| #24 | Anyways | Young Nudy | Album, Feb-24-2020, Trap |
| #25 | Man Alive! | King Krule | Album, Feb-21-2020, Art Rock |
| #26 | Winterreise | Jerskin Fendrix | Album, Apr-17-2020, Art Pop |
| #27 | Union Suit XL | Them Airs | Album, Jan-17-2020, Post-Punk |
| #28 | What's Your Pleasure? | Jessie Ware | Album, Jun-26-2020, Dance-Pop |
| #29 | Empty Country | Empty Country | Album, Mar-20-2020, Indie Rock |
| #30 | Mirror | Leafar Legov | Album, Mar-22-2020, Ambient House |
| #31 | NO DREAM | Jeff Rosenstock | Album, May-20-2020, Pop Punk |
| #32 | La vita nuova | Christine and the Queens | EP, Feb-27-2020, Synthpop |
| #33 | What's Tonight To Eternity | Cindy Lee | Album, Feb-14-2020, Hypnagogic Pop |
| #34 | Philadelphia | Shabason, Krgovich & Harris | Album, Sep-18-2020,  |
| #35 | Little Dominiques Nosebleed | The Koreatown Oddity | Album, Jun-19-2020, Jazz Rap |
| #36 | Saint Cloud | Waxahatchee | Album, Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #37 | Ashioto | Tatsuhisa Yamamoto | Album, Sep-18-2020, Electroacoustic |
| #38 | Live Forever | Bartees Strange | Album, Oct-02-2020, Indie Rock |
| #39 | Regresa | Buscabulla | Album, May-08-2020, Latin Electronic |
| #40 | Lament | Touché Amoré | Album, Oct-09-2020, Post-Hardcore |
| #41 | Hannah | Lomelda | Album, Sep-04-2020, Indie Folk |
| #42 | acts of rebellion | Ela Minus | Album, Oct-23-2020, Electropop |
| #43 | Manger on McNichols | Boldy JamesSterling Toles | Album, Jul-22-2020, Jazz Rap |
| #44 | Trash Earthers | Pet Shimmers | Album, Oct-02-2020, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #45 | Eyes Wide Open | TWICE | Album, Oct-26-2020, K-Pop |
| #46 | Descendants of Cain | KA | Album, May-07-2020, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #47 | Origin of the Alimonies | Liturgy | Album, Nov-20-2020, Avant-Garde Metal |
| #48 | Pray for Paris | Westside Gunn | Album, Apr-17-2020, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #49 | Fountain | Lyra Pramuk | Album, Mar-20-2020, Ambient |
| #50 | Debris | Keeley Forsyth | Album, Apr-23-2020, Singer-Songwriter |