KCRW's Top 10 Albums of 2020
KCRW’s Best of 2020 Music showcases the best songs, best albums, and best artists picked by our DJs. And our Best New Artist represents a local, LA musician you oughta know.
Published: December 18, 2020

Hypebeast's Best Albums of 2020
The Best Albums of 2020: 20 selections curated by the HYPEBEAST editorial team.
Published: December 17, 2020

The Ringer's Best Albums of 2020
The year was long and difficult. The albums, however, were very good. The Ringer sorts through the lot to pick the best of the best, plus a handful of others worth highlighting.
Published: December 17, 2020

The Atlantic's 16 Best Albums of 2020
A selection of the most illuminating music to come out of a dark year, handpicked by our staffers
Published: December 16, 2020

Louder's 50 Best Albums of 2020
This year demanded one hell of a soundtrack – and these are the 50 albums that brought the noise
Published: December 16, 2020

Kerrang!'s 50 Greatest Albums of 2020
The only countdown that matters: Kerrang!’s 50 greatest albums of 2020.
Published: December 16, 2020

musicOMH's Top 50 Albums Of 2020
Lists: musicOMH's Top 50 Albums Of 2020
Published: December 16, 2020

Far Out Magazine's 50 Best Albums of 2020
As the end of 2020 beckons, we're looking back at the 50 best albums of the year including entries from The Strokes, Bob Dylan, Phoebe Bridgers, and more
Published: December 16, 2020

Dork's Albums Of The Year 2020

Published: December 15, 2020

The FADER's Best Albums of 2020
Our list of the albums that defined 2020 from Lady Gaga and Hayley Williams to Pink Siifu and J Hus.
Published: December 15, 2020

DIY's Albums of 2020
From incendiary debuts, through to unexpected returns, here are DIY’s favourite albums from across the past twelve months.
Published: December 15, 2020

Pitchfork's 35 Best Rock Albums of 2020
From Chubby and the Gang’s debut to Bob Dylan’s comeback, Bartees Strange’s genre-bending to Country Westerns’ classicism, these were the rock albums we loved most this year.
Published: December 15, 2020

The Alternative's 75 Best Albums of 2020
The Alternative Staff's 75 Favorite Releases of the Year + our winners of the 8th Annual The Alt Music Awards.
Published: December 15, 2020

USA Today's 10 Best Albums of 2020
USA TODAY music critic Patrick Ryan ranks his 10 favorite albums of the year, including Taylor Swift, Phoebe Bridgers and Ariana Grande.
Published: December 15, 2020

Fresh Air's Top 10 Albums of 2020
The pandemic, along with unprecedented political and social upheaval, created a year in which listeners sought to be transported. Enter these 10 albums. At the top of the list: X's Alphabetland.
Published: December 15, 2020

The A.V. Club's 20 Best Albums of 2020
Here are the 20 best albums we heard in 2020, as voted upon by The A.V. Club’s music critics. And if you’re curious, the contest for the top spot wasn’t even close.
Published: December 15, 2020

The A.V. Club's 20 Best Albums of 2020
Here are the 20 best albums we heard in 2020, as voted upon by The A.V. Club’s music critics. And if you’re curious, the contest for the top spot wasn’t even close.
Published: December 15, 2020

DIY's Albums of 2020
From incendiary debuts, through to unexpected returns, here are DIY’s favourite albums from across the past twelve months.
Published: December 15, 2020

Our Culture's 50 Best Albums of 2020

Published: December 14, 2020

Clash's Albums of the Year 2020
2020 has been a year unlike anything else we've ever experienced. The past 12 months have pushed us all to the brink, changing the role music plays in
Published: December 14, 2020

Variety: Andrew Barker's Best Albums of 2020
Variety critics' top 10 lists include Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Run the Jewels, Phoebe Bridgers, Fiona Apple, Sault, Bob Dylan and The Weeknd.
Published: December 14, 2020

Variety: Jem Aswad's Best Albums of 2020
Variety critics' top 10 lists include Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Run the Jewels, Phoebe Bridgers, Fiona Apple, Sault, Bob Dylan and The Weeknd.
Published: December 14, 2020

Variety: Chris Willman's Best Albums of 2020
Variety critics' top 10 lists include Taylor Swift, Dua Lipa, Run the Jewels, Phoebe Bridgers, Fiona Apple, Sault, Bob Dylan and The Weeknd.
Published: December 14, 2020

MondoSonoro's Best Albums of 2020
El álbum de Perfume Genius es el elegido en votación de nuestros colaboradores como número uno de los mejores discos internacionales de 2020.
Published: December 13, 2020

Stereogum's 10 Best Metal Albums of 2020
Looking back at the year in metal.
Published: December 11, 2020

The Vinyl Factory's 50 Favorite Albums of 2020
Vinyl Factory's favourite albums of 2020 – the fifty records that the editorial team loved during the past 12 months.
Published: December 11, 2020

Rolling Stone's 30 Best Country and Americana Albums of 2020
The 30 best country and Americana albums of 2020, including records by Ashley McBryde, Elizabeth Cook, Jason Isbell, and Hailey Whitters.
Published: December 11, 2020

Esquire's (UK) 50 Best Albums of 2020
The month's best releases and what to skip to
Published: December 11, 2020

NME's 50 Best Albums of 2020
We’ve collated our writers’ ‘best of’ lists and crunched the numbers to arrive at NME's 50 best albums of 2020
Published: December 11, 2020

American Songwriter's Top Albums of 2020

Published: December 10, 2020

The Sunday Times' Best Albums of 2020
Our music critics choose the albums that helped them through 2020
Published: December 10, 2020

Stereogum's 10 Best Jazz Albums Of 2020
Looking back at the year in jazz.
Published: December 10, 2020

The Forty-Five's 45 Best Albums of 2020
What was your album of the year? Our team of experts have ranked and reviewed the best albums of 2020. Enjoy.
Published: December 10, 2020

Pitchfork's Best Electronic Music Releases of 2020
Featuring Beatrice Dillon, Yaeji, Loraine James, Róisín Murphy, Autechre, and more
Published: December 10, 2020

Time Out's 15 Best Albums of 2020
From escapist pop to a good dose of ambient, these are the best albums of 2020, as chosen by Time Out staff around the world.
Published: December 10, 2020

Slant Magazine's 25 Best Albums of 2020
As we grappled with what it means to shut down and rise up, music in 2020 gave us an outlet, a voice, and an escape.
Published: December 09, 2020

Stereogum's 10 Best Country Albums Of 2020
Looking back at the year in country.
Published: December 09, 2020

The Associated Press's Top Albums of 2020
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Published: December 09, 2020

Los Angeles Times' Best Albums of 2020
Five women take the top 3 spots, with Taylor Swift's quarantine album leading our year's best.
Published: December 09, 2020

Vulture's Best Albums of 2020
2020 Best Albums: Including Fiona Apple’s “Fetch the Bolt Cutters,” The Weeknd’s “After Hours,” Mac Miller’s “Circles,” and more.
Published: December 09, 2020

Beats Per Minute's Top 50 Albums of 2020

Published: December 09, 2020

Double J's 50 Best Albums of 2020
The albums that helped us get through a difficult year
Published: December 09, 2020

The New Yorker: Sheldon Pearce's Favorite Albums of 2020
Sheldon Pearce lists his thirty favorite albums released in 2020, including works by Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, Moses Sumney, Bob Dylan, Jay Electronica, Bad Bunny, Perfume Genius, Adrianne Lenker, Fleet Foxes, Grimes, Run the Jewels, and Taylor Swift, among others.
Published: December 08, 2020

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

Treble's Top 50 Albums of 2020

Published: December 08, 2020

Billboard's 50 Best Albums of 2020
Whether they were reflecting our current condition or providing much-needed respite from it, these were the albums helped get us to December.
Published: December 07, 2020

Alternative Press's 50 Best Albums of 2020
If we could identify one incandescent moment to come out of the coronavirus pandemic, it would have to be having large stretches of time to listen to albums. Yes, in 2020, most of us binged on Netflix and chilled the best we could. But streaming services made access to music downright infinite. We could finally […]
Published: December 07, 2020

Stereogum's 10 Best Rap Albums Of 2020
You know the drill: The big line is coming up, so the DJ turns down the volume, and the whole crowd yells it. That’s what’s supposed to happen. That’s not what happened in 2020.
Published: December 07, 2020

Beats Per Minute's Top 25 EPs of 2020

Published: December 07, 2020

Slate's Best Albums of 2020
Plus the best songs.
Published: December 04, 2020