NME's 50 Best Albums of 2020

Markdown

| Rank | Score | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |  | RTJ4 | Run The Jewels | Album, Jun-03-2020, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #2 |  | folklore | Taylor Swift | Album, Jul-24-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #3 |  | Future Nostalgia | Dua Lipa | Album, Mar-27-2020, Dance-Pop |
| #4 |  | The New Abnormal | The Strokes | Album, Apr-10-2020, Indie Rock |
| #5 |  | Punisher | Phoebe Bridgers | Album, Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #6 |  | Inner Song | Kelly Lee Owens | Album, Aug-28-2020, Tech House |
| #7 |  | SAWAYAMA | Rina Sawayama | Album, Apr-17-2020, Dance-Pop |
| #8 |  | Women In Music Pt. III | HAIM | Album, Feb-19-2021, Indie Pop |
| #9 |  | Fake It Flowers | beabadoobee | Album, Oct-16-2020, Alternative Rock |
| #10 |  | Big Conspiracy | J Hus | Album, Jan-24-2020, UK Hip Hop |
| #11 |  | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple | Album, Apr-17-2020, Art Pop |
| #12 |  | Good News | Megan Thee Stallion | Album, Nov-20-2020, Southern Hip Hop |
| #13 |  | Ohms | Deftones | Album, Sep-25-2020, Alternative Metal |
| #14 |  | Chromatica | Lady Gaga | Album, May-29-2020, Dance-Pop |
| #15 |  | A Hero's Death | Fontaines D.C. | Album, Jul-31-2020, Post-Punk |
| #16 |  | The Slow Rush | Tame Impala | Album, Feb-14-2020, Psychedelic Pop |
| #17 |  | Petals For Armor | Hayley Williams | Album, May-08-2020, Art Pop |
| #18 |  | Every Bad | Porridge Radio | Album, Mar-13-2020, Indie Rock |
| #19 |  | Imploding The Mirage | The Killers | Album, Jan-29-2021, Pop Rock |
| #20 |  | Eternal Atake | Lil Uzi Vert | Album, Mar-06-2020, Trap |
| #21 |  | Róisín Machine | Róisín Murphy | Album, Oct-02-2020, Nu-Disco |
| #22 |  | Working Men's Club | Working Men's Club | Album, Oct-02-2020, Synthpop |
| #23 |  | Twice As Tall | Burna Boy | Album, Aug-13-2020, Afrobeats |
| #24 |  | how i'm feeling now | Charli XCX | Album, May-15-2020, Hyperpop |
| #25 |  | Song For Our Daughter | Laura Marling | Album, Apr-10-2020, Contemporary Folk |
| #26 |  | Night Network | The Cribs | Album, Nov-20-2020, Post-Punk Revival |
| #27 |  | EDNA | Headie One | Album, Oct-09-2020, UK Drill |
| #28 |  | Foolish Loving Spaces | Blossoms | Album, Jan-31-2020, Indie Pop |
| #29 |  | After Hours | The Weeknd | Album, Mar-20-2020, Alternative R&B |
| #30 |  | Mordechai | Khruangbin | Album, Jun-26-2020, Psychedelic Rock |
| #31 |  | I'm Your Empress Of | Empress Of | Album, Apr-03-2020, Synthpop |
| #32 |  | Plastic Hearts | Miley Cyrus | Album, Nov-27-2020, Pop Rock |
| #33 |  | Zeros | Declan McKenna | Album, Sep-04-2020, Glam Rock |
| #34 |  | Made In Lagos | Wizkid | Album, Oct-29-2020, Afrobeats |
| #35 |  | color theory | Soccer Mommy | Album, Feb-28-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #36 |  | acts of rebellion | Ela Minus | Album, Oct-23-2020, Electropop |
| #37 |  | It Is What It Is | Thundercat | Album, Apr-03-2020, Psychedelic Soul |
| #38 |  | weird! | YUNGBLUD | Album, Dec-04-2020, Alternative Rock |
| #39 |  | What Could Possibly Go Wrong | Dominic Fike | Album, Jul-31-2020, Alternative R&B |
| #40 |  | Manic | Halsey | Album, Jan-17-2020, Alt-Pop |
| #41 |  | Jp4 | Junglepussy | Album, Oct-23-2020, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #42 |  | Untitled (Black Is) | Sault | Album, Jun-19-2020, Neo-Soul |
| #43 |  | Notes On A Conditional Form | The 1975 | Album, May-22-2020, Electronic |
| #44 |  | MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 | BTS | Album, Feb-21-2020, K-Pop |
| #45 |  | Everything is Beautiful | Princess Nokia | Album, Feb-26-2020, Pop Rap |
| #46 |  | Ultra Mono | IDLES | Album, Sep-25-2020, Post-Punk |
| #47 |  | Dark Matter | Moses Boyd | Album, Feb-14-2020, Nu Jazz |
| #48 |  | Miss Anthropocene | Grimes | Album, Feb-21-2020, Art Pop |
| #49 |  | Rough and Rowdy Ways | Bob Dylan | Album, Jun-19-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #50 |  | Nightmare Vacation | Rico Nasty | Album, Dec-04-2020, Trap |