Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2020

Whether they were reflecting our current condition or providing much-needed respite from it, these were the albums helped get us to December.

Published: December 07, 2020 19:06 Source

# 1
Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Folk Pop
# 2
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Dance-Pop Nu-Disco
# 3
Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Alternative R&B Synthpop
# 4
Album • Feb 29 / 2020
# 5
Album • May 29 / 2020 Dance-Pop Euro House
# 6
Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 7
Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter Progressive Pop
# 8
Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Country Pop Contemporary Country
# 9
Album • Feb 07 / 2020
# 10
Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Indie Pop Soft Rock
# 11
Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Contemporary R&B Pop
# 12
Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Southern Hip Hop Trap Pop Rap
# 13
Album • Nov 13 / 2020 Contemporary Country
# 14
Album • Jun 03 / 2020 Hardcore Hip Hop Political Hip Hop
# 15
Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 16
Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Neo-Soul
# 17
Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Contemporary R&B
# 18
Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Alt-Pop Contemporary R&B
# 19
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Pop Punk Pop Rock
# 20
Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Dance-Pop Contemporary R&B
# 21
Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Art Pop Electronic
# 22
Album • Jan 10 / 2020 Contemporary R&B Dance-Pop Electropop
# 23
Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Trap Pop Rap
# 24
Album • Mar 19 / 2020 Latin Pop
# 25
Album • Oct 02 / 2020 K-Pop Pop Rap
# 26
Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop
# 27
Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop
# 28
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Contemporary R&B Trap
# 29
Album • May 22 / 2020 Electronic Art Pop Pop Rock
# 30
Album • May 15 / 2020 Americana Contemporary Country
# 31
Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Alternative Rock
# 32
Album • May 08 / 2020 Contemporary R&B
# 33
Album • Feb 21 / 2020 K-Pop
# 34
Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Heartland Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 35
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Corrido tumbado
# 36
Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Contemporary R&B
# 37
Album • Jul 24 / 2020
# 38
Album • May 29 / 2020 Reggaetón Trap
# 39
Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Pop Contemporary R&B
# 40
Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Indietronica
# 41
Album • May 08 / 2020 Art Pop Alternative Dance
# 42
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Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Alternative R&B Contemporary R&B
# 43
Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Bro-Country
# 44
Album • May 27 / 2020 Latin Pop
# 45
Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Trap Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 46
Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Blues Rock Americana
# 47
Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Alt-Pop
# 48
Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Latin Pop Ranchera
# 49
Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Conscious Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop
# 50
Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Trap Southern Hip Hop