Year-End Lists

The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2020

[see also 2025 • 2024 • 2023 • 2022 • 2021]

1. Phoebe Bridgers
   Punisher
2. Fiona Apple
   Fetch the Bolt Cutters
3. Haim
   Women in Music Pt. III
4. Taylor Swift
   Folklore
5. Dua Lipa
   Future Nostalgia
6. Moses Sumney
   Græ
7. Grimes
   Miss Anthropocene
8. Rina Sawayama
   Sawayama
9. Perfume Genius
   Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
10. Sorry
    925
11. Yves Tumor
    Heaven to a Tortured Mind
12. Bright Eyes
    Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
13. Megan Thee Stallion
    Good News
14. Run the Jewels
    RTJ4
15. Porridge Radio
    Every Bad
16. Lady Gaga
    Chromatica
17. Jessie Ware
    What's Your Pleasure?
18. Hayley Williams
    Petals for Armor
19. Tame Impala
    The Slow Rush
20. Georgia
    Seeking Thrils
21. The Killers
    Imploding the Mirage
22. Soccer Mommy
    color theory
23. Lianne La Havas
    Lianne La Havas
24. KeiyaA
    Forever, Ya Girl
25. Kelly Lee Owens
    Inner Song
26. Denai Moore
    Modern Dread
27. Róisín Murphy
    Róisín Machine
28. Kehlani
    It Was Good Until It Wasn't
29. Laura Jane Grace
    Stay Alive
30. J Hus
    Big Conspiracy
31. Bully
    SUGAREGG
32. Conan Gray
    Kid Krow
33. Laura Marling
    Song for Our Daughter
34. Ariana Grande
    Positions
35. Glass Animals
    Dreamland
36. The Big Moon
    Walking Like We Do
37. Waxahatchee
    Saint Cloud
38. Jehnny Beth
    To Love Is to Live
39. Fontaines D.C.
    A Hero's Death
40. Sault
    Untitled (Rise)
41. Nubya Garcia
    SOURCE
42. Mac Miller
    Circles
43. The Weeknd
    After Hours
44. Declan McKenna
    Zeros
45. Jarv Is
    Beyond the Pale