Complex's Best Albums of 2020

This year was highlighted by projects from artists like the Weeknd, 21 Savage, and Megan Thee Stallion. These are the 50 best albums of 2020.

Published: December 01, 2020 17:59 Source

# 1
Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Alternative R&B Synthpop
# 2
Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 3
Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Trap Pop Rap
# 4
Album • May 29 / 2020 Gangsta Rap
# 5
Album • Oct 16 / 2020 East Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Hardcore Hip Hop
# 6
Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Trap Gangsta Rap Southern Hip Hop
# 7
Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop
# 8
Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Neo-Soul
# 9
Album • Apr 17 / 2020 East Coast Hip Hop Hardcore Hip Hop Drumless Boom Bap
# 10
Album • Jul 03 / 2020 Trap Pop Rap East Coast Hip Hop
# 11
Album • May 15 / 2020 Trap Conscious Hip Hop
# 12
Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Hardcore Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 13
Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Folk Pop
# 14
Album • May 22 / 2020 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 15
Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Contemporary R&B
# 16
Album • Feb 29 / 2020
# 17
Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Alternative R&B
# 18
Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Conscious Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop
# 19
Album • Feb 07 / 2020
# 20
Album • Jul 24 / 2020
# 21
Album • Nov 13 / 2020 Southern Hip Hop Trap
# 22
Album • Apr 15 / 2020 Southern Hip Hop Trap
# 23
Album • May 08 / 2020 Contemporary R&B
# 24
Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Gangsta Rap
# 25
Album • Jun 03 / 2020 Hardcore Hip Hop Political Hip Hop
# 26
EP • Feb 07 / 2020 Contemporary R&B Alternative R&B
# 27
Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter Progressive Pop
# 28
Album • May 01 / 2020 Pop Rap Trap
# 29
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Gangsta Rap Detroit Trap
# 30
Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Southern Hip Hop Trap Pop Rap
# 31
Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Southern Hip Hop Trap
# 32
Album • Nov 30 / 2020 East Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Drumless
# 33
Album • May 22 / 2020 Electronic Art Pop Pop Rock
# 34
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Dance-Pop Nu-Disco
# 35
Album • May 15 / 2020 Gangsta Rap East Coast Hip Hop Drill
# 36
Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Contemporary R&B Pop
# 37
Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Pop Rap West Coast Hip Hop Trap
# 38
EP • Feb 07 / 2020 Hardcore Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop
# 39
Album • Feb 24 / 2020 Trap Southern Hip Hop
# 40
Album • Jul 10 / 2020 Trap Emo Rap
# 41
EP • Mar 13 / 2020 Conscious Hip Hop Southern Hip Hop Pop Rap
# 42
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 East Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Drumless
# 43
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Contemporary R&B Southern Hip Hop
# 44
Album • Aug 21 / 2020 East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop
# 45
Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Trap Pop Rap
# 46
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Jazz Rap East Coast Hip Hop
# 47
Album • May 08 / 2020 Trap Pop Rap
# 48
Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Contemporary R&B Pop Rap West Coast Hip Hop
# 49
Album • Sep 04 / 2020 Pop Rap Trap
# 50
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Neo-Soul