Noisey's 100 Best Albums of 2020

2020 may have taken away live music, but it couldn't stop artists from putting out great albums. Here are the best records this year had to offer, handpicked by the Noisey staff.

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# 51
Album • Oct 16 / 2020 East Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap Hardcore Hip Hop
# 52
Album • May 22 / 2020 Black Metal Death Metal
# 53
Album • Oct 30 / 2020 Progressive Electronic Neo-Psychedelia
# 54
Album • May 29 / 2020 Corrido tumbado
# 55
Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Gangsta Rap
# 56
Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Alternative R&B
# 57
Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Deconstructed Club
# 58
Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Neo-Soul
# 59
Album • Jul 17 / 2020 UK Drill UK Hip Hop Gangsta Rap
# 60
Album • Sep 18 / 2020 Neo-Soul
# 61
Album • Apr 02 / 2020 Hip House Ambient House UK Bass
# 62
Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Indie Rock Post-Punk
# 63
Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Hardcore Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 64
Album • May 29 / 2020 Dance-Pop Euro House
# 65
Album • Jul 10 / 2020 Ambient
# 66
Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Alternative Rock Shoegaze Post-Hardcore
# 67
Album • Jan 24 / 2020 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter
# 68
Album • Apr 10 / 2020 UK Drill East Coast Hip Hop Gangsta Rap
# 69
Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Art Pop Electronic
# 70
Album • Jun 21 / 2020 Abstract Hip Hop Experimental Hip Hop East Coast Hip Hop
# 71
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Post-Punk Indie Rock
# 72
Album • May 22 / 2020 West Coast Hip Hop Contemporary R&B
# 73
Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Deconstructed Club Glitch Pop Post-Industrial
# 74
Album • Oct 29 / 2020 Afrobeats
# 75
Album • Feb 27 / 2020 Digital Hardcore
# 76
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Contemporary R&B
# 77
Album • May 01 / 2020 Slacker Rock Dream Pop
# 78
EP • Aug 07 / 2020 Pop Rap
# 79
Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Indie Pop Soft Rock
# 80
Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Alt-Country Singer-Songwriter
# 81
Album • Nov 13 / 2020 Southern Hip Hop Trap
# 82
Album • Aug 28 / 2020 UK Hip Hop Trap
# 83
Album • May 07 / 2020 East Coast Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Drumless
# 84
Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Southern Hip Hop Trap Pop Rap
# 85
Album • Sep 11 / 2020 Americana Progressive Country
# 86
Album • Aug 14 / 2020 Psychedelic Soul Contemporary R&B
# 87
Album • Jul 31 / 2020 Post-Punk Art Punk
# 88
Album • Aug 12 / 2020 Electronic
# 89
Album • Jul 17 / 2020
# 90
Album • Aug 14 / 2020 Sludge Metal Doom Metal
# 91
Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Pop Rap Neo-Soul
# 92
Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Avant-Garde Jazz Jazz Fusion
# 93
Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Metalcore Industrial Metal
# 94
Album • May 15 / 2020 Dembow
# 95
Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Neo-Soul Singer-Songwriter
# 96
Album • Oct 16 / 2020 Ambient Electronic IDM
# 97
Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Folk Pop
# 98
Album • Sep 23 / 2020 West Coast Hip Hop Trap Gangsta Rap
# 99
Album • Jun 12 / 2020
# 100
Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Southern Hip Hop