Best Albums of 2020

Listed below are the best albums of 2020 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 57,000 greatest album charts.

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summaryThe best artists of 2020 were The Strokes, Phoebe Bridgers, Fiona Apple, Taylor Swift, Jessie Ware, The Weeknd, Charli XCX, Fleet Foxes, Run The Jewels and Tame Impala.
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Buy album United States
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Buy album United States
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2020
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14
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Buy album United States
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2020
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14
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Buy album United States
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2020
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14
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Buy album United States
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2020
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Best Albums of 2020 composition

Country Albums %


United States 482 48%
United Kingdom 191 19%
Canada 60 6%
Australia 36 4%
Mixed Nationality 27 3%
France 24 2%
Germany 21 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 984 98%
Yes 16 2%
Live? Albums %
No 971 97%
Yes 29 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 997 100%
Yes 3 0%
Best Albums of the 1990s
1. OK Computer by Radiohead
2. Nevermind by Nirvana
3. In The Aeroplane Over The Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
4. The Bends by Radiohead
5. Loveless by My Bloody Valentine
6. Automatic For The People by R.E.M.
7. Ten by Pearl Jam
8. Grace by Jeff Buckley
9. Siamese Dream by The Smashing Pumpkins
10. In Utero by Nirvana
11. (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis
12. Dummy by Portishead
13. Illmatic by Nas
14. Ágætis Byrjun by Sigur Rós
15. Weezer (Blue Album) by Weezer
16. Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness by The Smashing Pumpkins
17. Homogenic by Björk
18. Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) by Wu-Tang Clan
19. Spiderland by Slint
20. Violator by Depeche Mode
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