Good Morning America's 50 Best Albums of 2020

Like 2020 itself, the records released this year offered many surprises.

Published: December 28, 2020 09:00 Source

# 1

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter Progressive Pop

# 2

RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

Album • Jun 03 / 2020 Hardcore Hip Hop Political Hip Hop

# 3

3.15.20 by Childish Gambino

Album • Mar 22 / 2020 Neo-Soul Contemporary R&B

# 4

SUGAREGG by Bully

Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 5

color theory by Soccer Mommy

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop Bedroom Pop

# 6

We Will Always Love You by The Avalanches

Album • Dec 11 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Electronic

# 7

evermore by Taylor Swift

Album • Dec 11 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Folk Pop

# 8

Manic by Halsey

Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Alt-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 9

After Hours by The Weeknd

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Alternative R&B Synthpop

# 10

The New Abnormal by The Strokes

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 11

Sixteen Oceans by Four Tet

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Microhouse Ambient

# 12

Never Not Together by Nada Surf

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Indie Pop Indie Rock

# 13

Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Dance-Pop Nu-Disco

# 14

Made of Rain by The Psychedelic Furs

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Art Rock Post-Punk

# 15

Sun Racket by Throwing Muses

Album • Sep 04 / 2020 Alternative Rock

# 16

Saving for a Custom Van by Various Artists + Adam Schlesinger

Album • Jun 16 / 2020 Power Pop

# 17

McCartney III by Paul McCartney

Album • Dec 18 / 2020 Pop Rock Art Pop

# 18

The Universal Want by Doves

Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Indie Rock Alternative Rock

# 19

Fall to Pieces by Tricky

Album • Sep 04 / 2020 Trip Hop

# 20

Streams of Thought, Vol. 3: Cane and Abel by Black Thought

Album • Oct 16 / 2020

# 21

Punisher by Phoebe Bridgers

Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk

# 22

Blue Hearts by Bob Mould

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Alternative Rock

# 23

Thank U 4 Taking Me 2 The Disco by MEG MYERS

EP • Nov 13 / 2020 Alternative Dance Post-Punk Revival Art Pop

# 24

Whole New Mess by Angel Olsen

Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Contemporary Folk Singer-Songwriter

# 25

Women In Music Pt. III by HAIM

Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Indie Pop Soft Rock

# 26

Jump Rope Gazers by The Beths

Album • Jul 10 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 27

Inlet by Hum

Album • Jun 24 / 2020 Shoegaze Alternative Metal

# 28

What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down? by Public Enemy

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 East Coast Hip Hop Political Hip Hop

# 29

Gigaton by Pearl Jam

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Alternative Rock

# 30

Bigger Love by John Legend

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Contemporary R&B Neo-Soul

# 31

Haunted Painting by Sad13

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Indie Rock Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop

# 32

Pick Me Up Off The Floor by Norah Jones

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Vocal Jazz Jazz Pop

# 33

Trust Fall (Side B) by Incubus

EP • Apr 17 / 2020 Alternative Rock Pop Rock

# 34

Surrender by Lisa Ramey

Album • Mar 27 / 2020

# 35

Such Pretty Forks in the Road by Alanis Morissette

Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Pop Rock

# 36

Devastator by Phantom Planet

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Pop Rock

# 37

Old Flowers by Courtney Marie Andrews

Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter

# 38

Imploding The Mirage by The Killers

Album • Jan 29 / 2021 Pop Rock Heartland Rock New Wave

# 39

Fake It Flowers by beabadoobee

Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Alternative Rock

# 40

Perdida by Stone Temple Pilots

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Acoustic Rock Contemporary Folk

# 41

Death Is the Best Thing for You Now by Supermilk

Album • Mar 27 / 2020

# 42

Miss Anthropocene by Grimes

Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Art Pop Electronic

# 43

how i'm feeling now by Charli XCX

Album • May 15 / 2020 Hyperpop Electropop Bubblegum Bass

# 44

Dedicated Side B by Carly Rae Jepsen

Album • May 21 / 2020 Dance-Pop Synthpop

# 45

Song Machine, Season One: Strange Timez (Deluxe) by Gorillaz

Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Art Pop Synthpop

# 46

What's Your Pleasure? by Jessie Ware

Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Dance-Pop Disco

# 47

Closer Than They Appear by Lyric Jones

Album • Oct 27 / 2020 Neo-Soul

# 48

Milestones by Skyzoo

EP • Jun 19 / 2020 Jazz Rap East Coast Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Boom Bap

# 49

Ohms by Deftones

Album • Sep 25 / 2020 Alternative Metal

# 50

Plastic Hearts by Miley Cyrus

Album • Nov 27 / 2020 Pop Rock