Best Albums of 2020

Listed below are the best albums of 2020 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 50,000 greatest album charts.

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

Country Albums %


United States 484 48%
United Kingdom 193 19%
Canada 62 6%
Australia 34 3%
Mixed Nationality 28 3%
France 24 2%
Germany 21 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 990 99%
Yes 10 1%
Live? Albums %
No 977 98%
Yes 23 2%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 996 100%
Yes 4 0%
Best Albums of 1953
1. Black Coffee With Peggy Lee by Peggy Lee
2. Chante Les Chansons Poétiques no1 by Georges Brassens
3. Sonny Rollins With The Modern Jazz Quartet by Sonny Rollins
4. Dean Martin Sings by Dean Martin
5. Songs By Tom Lehrer by Tom Lehrer
6. An Evening With Billie Holiday by Billie Holiday
7. Inca Taqui by Yma Sumac
8. Calamity Jane by Doris Day
9. Jazz At Oberlin by The Dave Brubeck Quartet
10. Puccini: Tosca by Maria Callas / Victor De Sabata
11. Moondog And His Friends by Moondog
12. Memorial Album by Hank Williams
13. Nat King Cole Sings For Two In Love by Nat King Cole
14. New Concepts Of Artistry In Rhythm by Stan Kenton
15. Charlie Parker by Charlie Parker
16. Vol. 2 by Georges Brassens
17. The Duke Plays Ellington by Duke Ellington
18. Young Man With A Horn by Miles Davis
19. Ludwig Van Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" by Wilhelm Furtwängler / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
20. Jay Jay Johnson With Clifford Brown by J.J. Johnson
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