Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2020

This was a year of solitude and introspection, whether we wanted it or not. It was a year that forced everyone to confront their deepest, da...

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# 1
Album • May 28 / 2020 Industrial Hip Hop Horrorcore
# 2
Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter Progressive Pop
# 3
Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 4
Album • Jun 03 / 2020 Hardcore Hip Hop Political Hip Hop
# 5
Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Indietronica
# 6
Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Indie Pop Soft Rock
# 7
Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Latin Electronic Art Pop
# 8
Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock
# 9
Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Americana
# 10
Album • May 08 / 2020 Art Pop
# 11
Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Art Pop Pop Soul
# 12
Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Psychedelic Soul Neo-Soul Jazz-Funk
# 13
Album • Jan 24 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Chamber Pop
# 14
Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Art Pop Electronic
# 15
Album • May 29 / 2020 Gangsta Rap
# 16
Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop
# 17
Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Art Pop Synthpop
# 18
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country
# 19
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Alternative Metal
# 20
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Indietronica Art Pop
# 21
Album • May 08 / 2020 Rhythm & Blues
# 22
Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Folk Pop
# 23
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Black Metal
# 24
Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Psychedelic Pop
# 25
Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Avant-Folk
# 26
Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Alternative R&B Synthpop
# 27
Album • Oct 16 / 2020 East Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Hardcore Hip Hop
# 28
Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Dance-Pop Disco
# 29
Album • Mar 24 / 2020 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B
# 30
Album • Apr 13 / 2020 Electro-Industrial Industrial Rock
# 31
Album • Aug 14 / 2020 Deathcore Brutal Death Metal
# 32
Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Neo-Soul
# 33
Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Post-Industrial House
# 34
Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Neo-Soul Singer-Songwriter
# 35
Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Funeral Doom Metal
# 36
Album • Oct 21 / 2020 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B
# 37
Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Folk Rock Singer-Songwriter
# 38
Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Indie Rock Post-Punk
# 39
Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Indie Pop
# 40
Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Southern Hip Hop Trap
# 41
Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop Bedroom Pop
# 42
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Psychedelic Folk
# 43
Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Downtempo Ambient
# 44
Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Metalcore Industrial Metal
# 45
Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 46
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Dance-Pop Nu-Disco
# 47
Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Horrorcore Industrial Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop
# 48
Album • Aug 14 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Heartland Rock Americana
# 49
Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Indie Folk Chamber Pop
# 50
Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Indie Rock Art Punk Noise Rock