Consequence of Sound's Top 25 Albums of 2020 (So Far)

Fiona Apple, Pearl Jam, and Run the Jewels all put out records that we've leaned on during the tumultuous first six months of the year.

Published: June 22, 2020 06:00 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Fetch The Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple Apr-17-2020, Art Pop
#2 Set My Heart On Fire Immediately Perfume Genius May-15-2020, Art Pop
#3 RTJ4 Run The Jewels Jun-03-2020, Hardcore Hip Hop
#4 Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa Mar-27-2020, Dance-Pop
#5 Saint Cloud Waxahatchee Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#6 Chromatica Lady Gaga May-29-2020, Dance-Pop
#7 A Written Testimony Jay Electronica Mar-13-2020, Conscious Hip Hop
#8 Petals For Armor Hayley Williams May-08-2020, Art Pop
#9 Gigaton Pearl Jam Mar-27-2020, Alternative Rock
#10 Punisher Phoebe Bridgers Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#11 Reunions Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit May-15-2020, Americana
#12 YHLQMDLG Bad Bunny Feb-29-2020,
#13 Heaven To a Tortured Mind Yves Tumor Apr-03-2020, Neo-Psychedelia
#14 SAWAYAMA Rina Sawayama Apr-17-2020, Dance-Pop
#15 It Is What It Is Thundercat Apr-03-2020, Psychedelic Soul
#16 After Hours The Weeknd Mar-20-2020, Alternative R&B
#17 Likewise Frances Quinlan Jan-31-2020, Indie Pop
#18 how i'm feeling now Charli XCX May-15-2020, Hyperpop
#19 Suddenly Caribou Feb-28-2020, Indietronica
#20 Everything is Beautiful Princess Nokia Feb-26-2020, Pop Rap
#21 Honeymoon Beach Bunny Feb-14-2020, Indie Rock
#22 Alfredo Freddie Gibbs, The Alchemist May-29-2020, Gangsta Rap
#23 MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 BTS Feb-21-2020, K-Pop
#24 NO DREAM Jeff Rosenstock May-20-2020, Pop Punk
#25 Miss Anthropocene Grimes Feb-21-2020, Art Pop
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple | Album, Apr-17-2020, Art Pop |
| #2 | Set My Heart On Fire Immediately | Perfume Genius | Album, May-15-2020, Art Pop |
| #3 | RTJ4 | Run The Jewels | Album, Jun-03-2020, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #4 | Future Nostalgia | Dua Lipa | Album, Mar-27-2020, Dance-Pop |
| #5 | Saint Cloud | Waxahatchee | Album, Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #6 | Chromatica | Lady Gaga | Album, May-29-2020, Dance-Pop |
| #7 | A Written Testimony | Jay Electronica | Album, Mar-13-2020, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #8 | Petals For Armor | Hayley Williams | Album, May-08-2020, Art Pop |
| #9 | Gigaton | Pearl Jam | Album, Mar-27-2020, Alternative Rock |
| #10 | Punisher | Phoebe Bridgers | Album, Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #11 | Reunions | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Album, May-15-2020, Americana |
| #12 | YHLQMDLG | Bad Bunny | Album, Feb-29-2020,  |
| #13 | Heaven To a Tortured Mind | Yves Tumor | Album, Apr-03-2020, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #14 | SAWAYAMA | Rina Sawayama | Album, Apr-17-2020, Dance-Pop |
| #15 | It Is What It Is | Thundercat | Album, Apr-03-2020, Psychedelic Soul |
| #16 | After Hours | The Weeknd | Album, Mar-20-2020, Alternative R&B |
| #17 | Likewise | Frances Quinlan | Album, Jan-31-2020, Indie Pop |
| #18 | how i'm feeling now | Charli XCX | Album, May-15-2020, Hyperpop |
| #19 | Suddenly | Caribou | Album, Feb-28-2020, Indietronica |
| #20 | Everything is Beautiful | Princess Nokia | Album, Feb-26-2020, Pop Rap |
| #21 | Honeymoon | Beach Bunny | Album, Feb-14-2020, Indie Rock |
| #22 | Alfredo | Freddie GibbsThe Alchemist | Album, May-29-2020, Gangsta Rap |
| #23 | MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 | BTS | Album, Feb-21-2020, K-Pop |
| #24 | NO DREAM | Jeff Rosenstock | Album, May-20-2020, Pop Punk |
| #25 | Miss Anthropocene | Grimes | Album, Feb-21-2020, Art Pop |