Best Albums of 2020

Listed below are the best albums of 2020 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 56,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade
Decade:
Year:
summaryThe best artists of 2020 were The Strokes, Phoebe Bridgers, Fiona Apple, Taylor Swift, Jessie Ware, The Weeknd, Fleet Foxes, Charli XCX, Run The Jewels and Tame Impala.
View chart at point in time
 Show this chart as it was on the following date
Share this chart
Collector's summary (top 484) (filtered)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

This chart is currently filtered to only show albums from United States. (Remove this filter)

Sort by
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
2020
Appears in:
Rank Score:
4,563
Rank in 2020:
Rank in 2020s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
2020
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,273
Rank in 2020:
Rank in 2020s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
2020
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,214
Rank in 2020:
Rank in 2020s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
2020
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,872
Rank in 2020:
Rank in 2020s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
2020
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,612
Rank in 2020:
Rank in 2020s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
2020
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,586
Rank in 2020:
Rank in 2020s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
2020
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,110
Rank in 2020:
Rank in 2020s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
2020
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,027
Rank in 2020:
Rank in 2020s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
2020
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,011
Rank in 2020:
Rank in 2020s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album United States
  • Amazon
  • eBay
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • #Sponsored
Year of Release:
2020
Appears in:
Rank Score:
1,011
Rank in 2020:
Rank in 2020s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Total albums: 484. Page 1 of 49

Best Albums of 2020 composition

Country Albums %


United States 484 48%
United Kingdom 194 19%
Canada 57 6%
Australia 34 3%
Mixed Nationality 27 3%
France 25 3%
Germany 19 2%
Show all
Compilation? Albums %
No 986 99%
Yes 14 1%
Live? Albums %
No 970 97%
Yes 30 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 996 100%
Yes 4 0%
Best Artists of 1962
1. Ray Charles
2. Bill Evans
3. Bill Evans Trio
4. Howlin' Wolf
5. Charles Mingus
6. Bob Dylan
7. John Coltrane
8. Booker T. & The M.G.'s
9. Dexter Gordon
10. Françoise Hardy
11. Sonny Rollins
12. Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd
13. Art Blakey
14. Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
15. Roy Orbison
16. Herbie Hancock
17. Peter, Paul And Mary
18. The Beach Boys
19. Jacques Brel
20. Sam Cooke
Back to Top