Top 100 Music Albums of 2020
by 
EyeKanFly 
2020 was a milestone year for women in music: women in familiar genres (pop, dance, indie rock), women in male-dominated genres (jazz, ambient, EDM), and even women in production, mixing, and engineering. It was a year for women uplifting women, from Nadia Shah's encouraging young Muslim women to get into music to The Chicks' putdown of toxic masculinity to Fiona Apples' threatening to boycott the Grammy's due to Ke$ha's abuser's nomination. And it was also a milestone year for trans musicians in a variety of genres.
Let's hope this is a sign for music to come.
- Chart updated: 06/06/2024 23:15
- (Created: 03/24/2020 20:01).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Chamber pop; folk rock
feel a bit basic putting this at #1, but hey, it's a great album [First added to this chart: 10/29/2020]
feel a bit basic putting this at #1, but hey, it's a great album [First added to this chart: 10/29/2020]
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2020
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Art rock
there's a reason this album was so universally acclaimed, Fiona Apple's best in my opinion [First added to this chart: 06/04/2020]
there's a reason this album was so universally acclaimed, Fiona Apple's best in my opinion [First added to this chart: 06/04/2020]
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2020
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4,029
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Indie rock
more than just Kyoto, this album is so much more than the "emo" label thrown on her last album [First added to this chart: 12/21/2020]
more than just Kyoto, this album is so much more than the "emo" label thrown on her last album [First added to this chart: 12/21/2020]
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2020
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3,925
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Technopop
when the clubs are closed, how do you write club music? [First added to this chart: 01/07/2021]
when the clubs are closed, how do you write club music? [First added to this chart: 01/07/2021]
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Gothic rock, glam rock, emo
Creeper's best album thus far, a concept album of an angel falling from grace as they begin to understand love [First added to this chart: 02/28/2022]
Creeper's best album thus far, a concept album of an angel falling from grace as they begin to understand love [First added to this chart: 02/28/2022]
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Hip hop
"Look at all these slave masters posing on your dollar" [First added to this chart: 06/05/2020]
"Look at all these slave masters posing on your dollar" [First added to this chart: 06/05/2020]
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2020
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1,969
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Jazz
the absolute best of the current London jazz scene, rivaling LA's 2015 jazz scene (when Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Miles Mosley and others performed on Kendrick Lamar's albums and then went on to put out their own albums) [First added to this chart: 12/21/2020]
the absolute best of the current London jazz scene, rivaling LA's 2015 jazz scene (when Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, Miles Mosley and others performed on Kendrick Lamar's albums and then went on to put out their own albums) [First added to this chart: 12/21/2020]
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Art pop; avant-garde jazz
hard to pin down a genre on this one; it's all over the place but still so coherent, in a way you don't see much in music not by Sufjan Stevens [First added to this chart: 06/06/2024]
hard to pin down a genre on this one; it's all over the place but still so coherent, in a way you don't see much in music not by Sufjan Stevens [First added to this chart: 06/06/2024]
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2020
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720
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Indie pop; power pop
Indonesian power pop, this is a fun listen [First added to this chart: 01/07/2021]
Indonesian power pop, this is a fun listen [First added to this chart: 01/07/2021]
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Indie pop
some of Haim's best songs are from their first album, but this album is more consistent and overall better [First added to this chart: 10/29/2020]
some of Haim's best songs are from their first album, but this album is more consistent and overall better [First added to this chart: 10/29/2020]
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2020
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Top 100 Music Albums of 2020 composition
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| Taylor Swift | 2 | 2% | |
| Sault | 2 | 2% | |
| Adrianne Lenker | 2 | 2% | |
| Lido Pimienta | 1 | 1% | |
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 1 | 1% | |
| Baxter Dury | 1 | 1% | |
| Moses Boyd | 1 | 1% | |
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37 | 37% | |
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16 | 16% | |
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9 | 9% | |
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6 | 6% | |
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4 | 4% | |
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From EyeKanFly 01/05/2021 15:12 in Chart talk
EyeKanFly 01/05/2021 15:12 in Chart talk“I think for the first time ever I've listened to over 100 albums from a single year. Such has been lockdown during the pandemic. I think I listened to about 200 total albums from 2020, and I feel fairly confident picking out 100+ that I actually like. I've also added notes to every album in the…”
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LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/05/2021 16:02 | #263858
LedZep TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/05/2021 16:02 | #263858
That Nubya Garcia album is brilliant, nice to see it in the top 10.
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Repo TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/19/2021 17:35 | #264671
Repo TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/19/2021 17:35 | #264671
Where's your 2021 chart?! ;)
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