Rolling Stone's 50 Best Albums of 2020 So Far

Best music albums of 2020 (so far), including Bob Dylan, Lil Uzi Vert, Bad Bunny, Dua Lipa, Fiona Apple and more.

Published: June 17, 2020 14:55 Source

# 1

Modus Vivendi by 070 Shake

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

# 2

Never Will by Ashley McBryde

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Contemporary Country Singer-Songwriter

# 3

YHLQMDLG by Bad Bunny

Album • Feb 29 / 2020

# 4

Honeymoon by Beach Bunny

Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Indie Rock Power Pop Indie Pop

# 5

Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan

Album • Jun 19 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Americana

# 6

MAP OF THE SOUL : 7 by BTS

Album • Feb 21 / 2020 K-Pop

# 7

Making a Door Less Open by Car Seat Headrest

Album • May 01 / 2020 Indietronica Indie Rock

# 8

Suddenly by Caribou

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Indietronica

# 9

how i'm feeling now by Charli XCX

Album • May 15 / 2020 Hyperpop Electropop Bubblegum Bass

# 10

Ungodly Hour by Chloe x Halle

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Contemporary R&B

# 11

Underneath by Code Orange

Album • Mar 13 / 2020 Metalcore Industrial Metal

# 12

Future Nostalgia by Dua Lipa

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

# 13

Earth by EOB

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Art Rock

# 14

Fetch The Bolt Cutters by Fiona Apple

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

# 15

Likewise by Frances Quinlan

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Indie Pop Singer-Songwriter

# 16

High Off Life by Future

Album • May 15 / 2020 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 17

Father of All... by Green Day

Album • Feb 07 / 2020 Garage Rock Revival Pop Rock

# 18

Miss Anthropocene by Grimes

Album • Feb 21 / 2020 Art Pop Electronic

# 19

Manic by Halsey

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

# 20

Petals For Armor by Hayley Williams

Album • May 08 / 2020 Art Pop Alternative Dance

# 21

Reunions by Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit

Album • May 15 / 2020 Americana Contemporary Country

# 22

TO LOVE IS TO LIVE by Jehnny Beth

Album • Jun 12 / 2020 Art Pop

# 23

High Road by Kesha

Album • Jan 31 / 2020 Pop

# 24

Chromatica by Lady Gaga

Album • May 29 / 2020 Dance-Pop Euro House

# 25

Miss Colombia by Lido Pimienta

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Latin Electronic Art Pop

# 26

Eternal Atake by Lil Uzi Vert

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Trap Pop Rap

# 27

Good Souls Better Angels by Lucinda Williams

Album • Apr 24 / 2020 Blues Rock Americana

# 28

Circles by Mac Miller

Album • Jan 17 / 2020 Neo-Soul

# 29

Suga by Megan Thee Stallion

EP • Mar 06 / 2020 Trap Southern Hip Hop

# 30

Taken Away by Moodymann

Album • May 21 / 2020 Deep House

# 31

græ by Moses Sumney

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 32

Homegrown by Neil Young

Album • Jun 19 / 2020

# 33

Ghosts VI: Locusts by Nine Inch Nails

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Dark Ambient

# 34

Gigaton by Pearl Jam

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Alternative Rock

# 35

Set My Heart On Fire Immediately by Perfume Genius

Album • May 15 / 2020 Art Pop

# 36

SAWAYAMA by Rina Sawayama

Album • Apr 17 / 2020 Dance-Pop Contemporary R&B

# 37

Sideways to New Italy by Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

Album • Jun 05 / 2020 Jangle Pop Indie Rock

# 38

RTJ4 by Run The Jewels

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

# 39

SOUTHSIDE by Sam Hunt

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Bro-Country

# 40

Rare by Selena Gomez

Album • Jan 10 / 2020 Contemporary R&B Dance-Pop Electropop

# 41

color theory by Soccer Mommy

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

# 42

Traditional Techniques by Stephen Malkmus

Album • Mar 06 / 2020 Psychedelic Folk Folk Rock

# 43

Ghosts of West Virginia by Steve Earle

Album • May 22 / 2020 Americana

# 44

The Slow Rush by Tame Impala

Album • Feb 14 / 2020 Psychedelic Pop Neo-Psychedelia Synthpop

# 45

Saturn Return by The Secret Sisters

Album • Feb 28 / 2020 Americana Close Harmony

# 46

The New Abnormal by The Strokes

Album • Apr 10 / 2020 Indie Rock

# 47

It Is What It Is by Thundercat

Album • Apr 03 / 2020 Psychedelic Soul Neo-Soul Jazz-Funk

# 48

Rejoice by Hugh Masekela + Tony Allen

Album • Mar 20 / 2020 Afro-Jazz

# 49

Saint Cloud by Waxahatchee

Album • Mar 27 / 2020 Singer-Songwriter Alt-Country

# 50

ALPHABETLAND by X

Album • May 01 / 2020 Punk Rock