Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2020

The albums that got us through this chaotic year, featuring Fiona Apple, Bad Bunny, Lil Uzi Vert, Phoebe Bridgers, and more

Published: December 08, 2020 14:03 Source

# 1
Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Art Pop Singer-Songwriter Progressive Pop
# 2
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country
# 3
Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop
# 4
Album • Jun 18 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk
# 5
Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop
# 6
Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Americana
# 7
Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Neo-Psychedelia Art Rock
# 8
Album • Feb 19 / 2021 Indie Pop Soft Rock
# 9
Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Dance-Pop Disco
# 10
Album • Feb 29 / 2020
# 11
Album • Oct 23 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Contemporary Folk
# 12
Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Trap Pop Rap
# 13
Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Folk Avant-Folk
# 14
Album • Oct 05 / 2020 Southern Hip Hop Conscious Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Drumless
# 15
Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Art Pop Pop Soul
# 16
Album • Jun 03 / 2020 Hardcore Hip Hop Political Hip Hop
# 17
Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Nu-Disco
# 18
Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Art Pop Synthpop
# 19
Album • Nov 12 / 2020 Afrobeats Alternative R&B
# 20
Album • Mar 19 / 2021 Indie Folk Chamber Pop
# 21
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Dance-Pop Nu-Disco
# 22
Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Neo-Soul
# 23
Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Indie Rock Post-Punk
# 24
Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Art Pop Electronic
# 25
Album • Aug 21 / 2020 Spiritual Jazz Afro-Jazz
# 26
Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Indie Pop Bedroom Pop
# 27
Album • Aug 28 / 2020 Tech House Art Pop
# 28
Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Contemporary R&B
# 29
Album • Jul 24 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Folk Pop
# 30
Album • Oct 02 / 2020 Indie Rock
# 31
Album • May 01 / 2020 Ambient Ambient Techno
# 32
Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Gangsta Rap West Coast Hip Hop Nervous Music
# 33
Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Electroacoustic IDM
# 34
Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Emo Post-Hardcore
# 35
Album • May 07 / 2020 East Coast Hip Hop Abstract Hip Hop Drumless
# 36
Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Synth Punk Industrial Rock
# 37
Album • Sep 04 / 2020 Indie Folk Indie Rock
# 38
Album • Aug 07 / 2020 Nu Jazz
# 39
Album • Jul 17 / 2020 Indie Rock
# 40
Album • Jun 26 / 2020 Deconstructed Club
# 41
Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Dance-Pop Contemporary R&B
# 42
Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Art Pop Progressive Pop
# 43
Album • Nov 20 / 2020 Southern Hip Hop Trap Pop Rap
# 44
Album • May 29 / 2020 Gangsta Rap
# 45
Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Ambient A cappella
# 46
Album • Aug 13 / 2020 Afrobeats
# 47
Album • Feb 28 / 2020
# 48
Album • May 15 / 2020 Hyperpop Electropop Bubblegum Bass
# 49
Album • Apr 02 / 2020 Hip House Ambient House UK Bass
# 50
Album • Oct 09 / 2020 Ambient New Age