Uproxx's Best Albums of 2020

From Taylor Swift to Phoebe Bridgers to Lil Uzi Vert, artists pushed through a difficult year to make impactful new music.

Published: December 01, 2020 17:47 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 folklore Taylor Swift Jul-24-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#2 Fetch The Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple Apr-17-2020, Art Pop
#3 Spilligion Spillage Village, JID, EARTHGANG Sep-25-2020, Contemporary R&B
#4 Eternal Atake Lil Uzi Vert Mar-06-2020, Trap
#5 Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa Mar-27-2020, Dance-Pop
#6 Circles Mac Miller Jan-17-2020, Neo-Soul
#7 Saint Cloud Waxahatchee Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#8 Women In Music Pt. III HAIM Feb-19-2021, Indie Pop
#9 Ungodly Hour Chloe x Halle Jun-12-2020, Contemporary R&B
#10 After Hours The Weeknd Mar-20-2020, Alternative R&B
#11 Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial Roddy Ricch Dec-06-2019, Trap
#12 Shore Fleet Foxes Mar-19-2021, Indie Folk
#13 RTJ4 Run The Jewels Jun-03-2020, Hardcore Hip Hop
#14 My Turn Lil Baby Feb-28-2020, Trap
#15 Punisher Phoebe Bridgers Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#16 Ho, why is you here ? Flo Milli Jul-24-2020,
#17 Heaven To a Tortured Mind Yves Tumor Apr-03-2020, Neo-Psychedelia
#18 Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions) Sturgill Simpson Oct-16-2020,
#19 Fine Line Harry Styles Dec-13-2019, Pop Rock
#20 Positions Ariana Grande Oct-30-2020, Contemporary R&B
#21 Black Habits D Smoke Feb-07-2020, Conscious Hip Hop
#22 WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 Yaeji Apr-02-2020, Hip House
#23 how i'm feeling now Charli XCX May-15-2020, Hyperpop
#24 color theory Soccer Mommy Feb-28-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#25 Live Forever Bartees Strange Oct-02-2020, Indie Rock
#26 Set My Heart On Fire Immediately Perfume Genius May-15-2020, Art Pop
#27 Limbo Aminé Aug-07-2020, Pop Rap
#28 YHLQMDLG Bad Bunny Feb-29-2020,
#29 THE GOAT Polo G May-15-2020, Trap
#30 Rare Selena Gomez Jan-10-2020, Contemporary R&B
#31 Talk About It Blimes and Gab Jun-26-2020, West Coast Hip Hop
#32 EVERYTHING Kota the Friend May-22-2020, East Coast Hip Hop
#33 Good News Megan Thee Stallion Nov-20-2020, Southern Hip Hop
#34 WUNNA Gunna May-22-2020, Trap
#35 SAWAYAMA Rina Sawayama Apr-17-2020, Dance-Pop
#36 Mordechai Khruangbin Jun-26-2020, Psychedelic Rock
#37 It Was Good Until It Wasn't Kehlani May-08-2020, Contemporary R&B
#38 Imploding The Mirage The Killers Jan-29-2021, Pop Rock
#39 instrumentals Adrianne Lenker Oct-22-2020, Ambient
#40 Pray for Paris Westside Gunn Apr-17-2020, East Coast Hip Hop
#41 THE ALBUM BLACKPINK Oct-02-2020, K-Pop
#42 BETTER Deante' Hitchcock May-13-2020, Southern Hip Hop
#43 Queen of Da Souf Latto Aug-21-2020, Trap
#44 Twice As Tall Burna Boy Aug-13-2020, Afrobeats
#45 The Slow Rush Tame Impala Feb-14-2020, Psychedelic Pop
#46 A Written Testimony Jay Electronica Mar-13-2020, Conscious Hip Hop
#47 Fake It Flowers beabadoobee Oct-16-2020, Alternative Rock
#48 My Agenda Dorian Electra Oct-16-2020, Hyperpop
#49 Heaven Or Hell Don Toliver Mar-13-2020, Trap
#50 The New Abnormal The Strokes Apr-10-2020, Indie Rock
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | folklore | Taylor Swift | Album, Jul-24-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #2 | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple | Album, Apr-17-2020, Art Pop |
| #3 | Spilligion | Spillage VillageJIDEARTHGANG | Album, Sep-25-2020, Contemporary R&B |
| #4 | Eternal Atake | Lil Uzi Vert | Album, Mar-06-2020, Trap |
| #5 | Future Nostalgia | Dua Lipa | Album, Mar-27-2020, Dance-Pop |
| #6 | Circles | Mac Miller | Album, Jan-17-2020, Neo-Soul |
| #7 | Saint Cloud | Waxahatchee | Album, Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #8 | Women In Music Pt. III | HAIM | Album, Feb-19-2021, Indie Pop |
| #9 | Ungodly Hour | Chloe x Halle | Album, Jun-12-2020, Contemporary R&B |
| #10 | After Hours | The Weeknd | Album, Mar-20-2020, Alternative R&B |
| #11 | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | Album, Dec-06-2019, Trap |
| #12 | Shore | Fleet Foxes | Album, Mar-19-2021, Indie Folk |
| #13 | RTJ4 | Run The Jewels | Album, Jun-03-2020, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #14 | My Turn | Lil Baby | Album, Feb-28-2020, Trap |
| #15 | Punisher | Phoebe Bridgers | Album, Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #16 | Ho, why is you here ? | Flo Milli | Album, Jul-24-2020,  |
| #17 | Heaven To a Tortured Mind | Yves Tumor | Album, Apr-03-2020, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #18 | Cuttin' Grass - Vol. 1 (Butcher Shoppe Sessions) | Sturgill Simpson | Album, Oct-16-2020,  |
| #19 | Fine Line | Harry Styles | Album, Dec-13-2019, Pop Rock |
| #20 | Positions | Ariana Grande | Album, Oct-30-2020, Contemporary R&B |
| #21 | Black Habits | D Smoke | Album, Feb-07-2020, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #22 | WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 | Yaeji | Album, Apr-02-2020, Hip House |
| #23 | how i'm feeling now | Charli XCX | Album, May-15-2020, Hyperpop |
| #24 | color theory | Soccer Mommy | Album, Feb-28-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #25 | Live Forever | Bartees Strange | Album, Oct-02-2020, Indie Rock |
| #26 | Set My Heart On Fire Immediately | Perfume Genius | Album, May-15-2020, Art Pop |
| #27 | Limbo | Aminé | Album, Aug-07-2020, Pop Rap |
| #28 | YHLQMDLG | Bad Bunny | Album, Feb-29-2020,  |
| #29 | THE GOAT | Polo G | Album, May-15-2020, Trap |
| #30 | Rare | Selena Gomez | Album, Jan-10-2020, Contemporary R&B |
| #31 | Talk About It | Blimes and Gab | Album, Jun-26-2020, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #32 | EVERYTHING | Kota the Friend | Album, May-22-2020, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #33 | Good News | Megan Thee Stallion | Album, Nov-20-2020, Southern Hip Hop |
| #34 | WUNNA | Gunna | Album, May-22-2020, Trap |
| #35 | SAWAYAMA | Rina Sawayama | Album, Apr-17-2020, Dance-Pop |
| #36 | Mordechai | Khruangbin | Album, Jun-26-2020, Psychedelic Rock |
| #37 | It Was Good Until It Wasn't | Kehlani | Album, May-08-2020, Contemporary R&B |
| #38 | Imploding The Mirage | The Killers | Album, Jan-29-2021, Pop Rock |
| #39 | instrumentals | Adrianne Lenker | Album, Oct-22-2020, Ambient |
| #40 | Pray for Paris | Westside Gunn | Album, Apr-17-2020, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #41 | THE ALBUM | BLACKPINK | Album, Oct-02-2020, K-Pop |
| #42 | BETTER | Deante' Hitchcock | Album, May-13-2020, Southern Hip Hop |
| #43 | Queen of Da Souf | Latto | Album, Aug-21-2020, Trap |
| #44 | Twice As Tall | Burna Boy | Album, Aug-13-2020, Afrobeats |
| #45 | The Slow Rush | Tame Impala | Album, Feb-14-2020, Psychedelic Pop |
| #46 | A Written Testimony | Jay Electronica | Album, Mar-13-2020, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #47 | Fake It Flowers | beabadoobee | Album, Oct-16-2020, Alternative Rock |
| #48 | My Agenda | Dorian Electra | Album, Oct-16-2020, Hyperpop |
| #49 | Heaven Or Hell | Don Toliver | Album, Mar-13-2020, Trap |
| #50 | The New Abnormal | The Strokes | Album, Apr-10-2020, Indie Rock |