Uproxx's Best Albums Of 2020 So Far

In a year unlike any other, the best music has either reflected the current times or provided a temporary reprieve.

Published: June 22, 2020 04:00 Source

Rank Album Artist Info
#1 Fetch The Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple Apr-17-2020, Art Pop
#2 Eternal Atake Lil Uzi Vert Mar-06-2020, Trap
#3 Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa Mar-27-2020, Dance-Pop
#4 Circles Mac Miller Jan-17-2020, Neo-Soul
#5 Saint Cloud Waxahatchee Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#6 After Hours The Weeknd Mar-20-2020, Alternative R&B
#7 Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial Roddy Ricch Dec-06-2019, Trap
#8 RTJ4 Run The Jewels Jun-03-2020, Hardcore Hip Hop
#9 WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 Yaeji Apr-02-2020, Hip House
#10 Heaven To a Tortured Mind Yves Tumor Apr-03-2020, Neo-Psychedelia
#11 Fine Line Harry Styles Dec-13-2019, Pop Rock
#12 Black Habits D Smoke Feb-07-2020, Conscious Hip Hop
#13 Punisher Phoebe Bridgers Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#14 how i'm feeling now Charli XCX May-15-2020, Hyperpop
#15 color theory Soccer Mommy Feb-28-2020, Singer-Songwriter
#16 My Turn Lil Baby Feb-28-2020, Trap
#17 Set My Heart On Fire Immediately Perfume Genius May-15-2020, Art Pop
#18 YHLQMDLG Bad Bunny Feb-29-2020,
#19 THE GOAT Polo G May-15-2020, Trap
#20 Rare Selena Gomez Jan-10-2020, Contemporary R&B
#21 WUNNA Gunna May-22-2020, Trap
#22 Ungodly Hour Chloe x Halle Jun-12-2020, Contemporary R&B
#23 Melee Dogleg Mar-13-2020, Emo
#24 A Written Testimony Jay Electronica Mar-13-2020, Conscious Hip Hop
#25 SAWAYAMA Rina Sawayama Apr-17-2020, Dance-Pop
#26 Got It Made Kamaiyah Feb-21-2020, West Coast Hip Hop
#27 Lyrics to Go, Vol. 1 Kota the Friend Jan-20-2020, East Coast Hip Hop
#28 Reunions Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit May-15-2020, Americana
#29 Pray for Paris Westside Gunn Apr-17-2020, East Coast Hip Hop
#30 Kid Krow Conan Gray Mar-20-2020, Alt-Pop
#31 The New Abnormal The Strokes Apr-10-2020, Indie Rock
#32 It Is What It Is Thundercat Apr-03-2020, Psychedelic Soul
#33 The Slow Rush Tame Impala Feb-14-2020, Psychedelic Pop
#34 INDUSTRY GAMES CHIKA Mar-13-2020, Conscious Hip Hop
#35 Son Of A Gun Key Glock May-22-2020, Southern Hip Hop
#36 Miss Anthropocene Grimes Feb-21-2020, Art Pop
#37 Heavy Is The Head Stormzy Dec-13-2019, UK Hip Hop
#38 I'm Your Empress Of Empress Of Apr-03-2020, Synthpop
#39 Dark Lane Demo Tapes Drake May-01-2020, Pop Rap
#40 It Was Good Until It Wasn't Kehlani May-08-2020, Contemporary R&B
#41 NO DREAM Jeff Rosenstock May-20-2020, Pop Punk
#42 Anyways Young Nudy Feb-24-2020, Trap
#43 Manic Halsey Jan-17-2020, Alt-Pop
#44 BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US Jessie Reyez Mar-27-2020, Contemporary R&B
#45 Beyond Bulletproof Mozzy May-01-2020, West Coast Hip Hop
#46 BETTER Deante' Hitchcock May-13-2020, Southern Hip Hop
#47 ~how i'm feeling~ Lauv Mar-06-2020, Electropop
#48 TAKE TIME GIVĒON Mar-27-2020, Contemporary R&B
#49 Heaven Or Hell Don Toliver Mar-13-2020, Trap
#50 PARTYMOBILE PARTYNEXTDOOR Mar-27-2020, Contemporary R&B
Markdown

| Rank | Album | Artist | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Fetch The Bolt Cutters | Fiona Apple | Album, Apr-17-2020, Art Pop |
| #2 | Eternal Atake | Lil Uzi Vert | Album, Mar-06-2020, Trap |
| #3 | Future Nostalgia | Dua Lipa | Album, Mar-27-2020, Dance-Pop |
| #4 | Circles | Mac Miller | Album, Jan-17-2020, Neo-Soul |
| #5 | Saint Cloud | Waxahatchee | Album, Mar-27-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #6 | After Hours | The Weeknd | Album, Mar-20-2020, Alternative R&B |
| #7 | Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial | Roddy Ricch | Album, Dec-06-2019, Trap |
| #8 | RTJ4 | Run The Jewels | Album, Jun-03-2020, Hardcore Hip Hop |
| #9 | WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 | Yaeji | Album, Apr-02-2020, Hip House |
| #10 | Heaven To a Tortured Mind | Yves Tumor | Album, Apr-03-2020, Neo-Psychedelia |
| #11 | Fine Line | Harry Styles | Album, Dec-13-2019, Pop Rock |
| #12 | Black Habits | D Smoke | Album, Feb-07-2020, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #13 | Punisher | Phoebe Bridgers | Album, Jun-18-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #14 | how i'm feeling now | Charli XCX | Album, May-15-2020, Hyperpop |
| #15 | color theory | Soccer Mommy | Album, Feb-28-2020, Singer-Songwriter |
| #16 | My Turn | Lil Baby | Album, Feb-28-2020, Trap |
| #17 | Set My Heart On Fire Immediately | Perfume Genius | Album, May-15-2020, Art Pop |
| #18 | YHLQMDLG | Bad Bunny | Album, Feb-29-2020,  |
| #19 | THE GOAT | Polo G | Album, May-15-2020, Trap |
| #20 | Rare | Selena Gomez | Album, Jan-10-2020, Contemporary R&B |
| #21 | WUNNA | Gunna | Album, May-22-2020, Trap |
| #22 | Ungodly Hour | Chloe x Halle | Album, Jun-12-2020, Contemporary R&B |
| #23 | Melee | Dogleg | Album, Mar-13-2020, Emo |
| #24 | A Written Testimony | Jay Electronica | Album, Mar-13-2020, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #25 | SAWAYAMA | Rina Sawayama | Album, Apr-17-2020, Dance-Pop |
| #26 | Got It Made | Kamaiyah | Album, Feb-21-2020, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #27 | Lyrics to Go, Vol. 1 | Kota the Friend | Album, Jan-20-2020, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #28 | Reunions | Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit | Album, May-15-2020, Americana |
| #29 | Pray for Paris | Westside Gunn | Album, Apr-17-2020, East Coast Hip Hop |
| #30 | Kid Krow | Conan Gray | Album, Mar-20-2020, Alt-Pop |
| #31 | The New Abnormal | The Strokes | Album, Apr-10-2020, Indie Rock |
| #32 | It Is What It Is | Thundercat | Album, Apr-03-2020, Psychedelic Soul |
| #33 | The Slow Rush | Tame Impala | Album, Feb-14-2020, Psychedelic Pop |
| #34 | INDUSTRY GAMES | CHIKA | EP, Mar-13-2020, Conscious Hip Hop |
| #35 | Son Of A Gun | Key Glock | Album, May-22-2020, Southern Hip Hop |
| #36 | Miss Anthropocene | Grimes | Album, Feb-21-2020, Art Pop |
| #37 | Heavy Is The Head | Stormzy | Album, Dec-13-2019, UK Hip Hop |
| #38 | I'm Your Empress Of | Empress Of | Album, Apr-03-2020, Synthpop |
| #39 | Dark Lane Demo Tapes | Drake | Album, May-01-2020, Pop Rap |
| #40 | It Was Good Until It Wasn't | Kehlani | Album, May-08-2020, Contemporary R&B |
| #41 | NO DREAM | Jeff Rosenstock | Album, May-20-2020, Pop Punk |
| #42 | Anyways | Young Nudy | Album, Feb-24-2020, Trap |
| #43 | Manic | Halsey | Album, Jan-17-2020, Alt-Pop |
| #44 | BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US | Jessie Reyez | Album, Mar-27-2020, Contemporary R&B |
| #45 | Beyond Bulletproof | Mozzy | Album, May-01-2020, West Coast Hip Hop |
| #46 | BETTER | Deante' Hitchcock | Album, May-13-2020, Southern Hip Hop |
| #47 | ~how i'm feeling~ | Lauv | Album, Mar-06-2020, Electropop |
| #48 | TAKE TIME | GIVĒON | Album, Mar-27-2020, Contemporary R&B |
| #49 | Heaven Or Hell | Don Toliver | Album, Mar-13-2020, Trap |
| #50 | PARTYMOBILE | PARTYNEXTDOOR | Album, Mar-27-2020, Contemporary R&B |