Year-End Lists

NME: The 50 Best Albums of 2020

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1. RTJ4
   Run the Jewels
2. Folklore
   Taylor Swift
3. Future Nostalgia
   Dua Lipa
4. The New Abnormal
   The Strokes
5. Punisher
   Phoebe Bridgers
6. Inner Song
   Kelly Lee Owens
7. Sawayama
   Rina Sawayama
8. Women in Music Pt. III
   Haim
9. Fake It Flowers
   Beabadoobee
10. Big Conspiracy
    J Hus
11. Fetch the Bolt Cutters
    Fiona Apple
12. Good News
    Megan Thee Stallion
13. Ohms
    Deftones
14. Chromatica
    Lady Gaga
15. A Hero's Death
    Fontaines D.C.
16. The Slow Rush
    Tame Impala
17. Petals for Armor
    Hayley Williams
18. Every Bad
    Porridge Radio
19. Imploding the Mirage
    The Killers
20. Eternal Atake
    Lil Uzi Vert
21. Róisín Machine
    Róisín Murphy
22. Working Men's Club
    Working Men's Club
23. Twice as Tall
    Burna Boy
24. how I'm feeling now
    Charli XCX
25. Song for Our Daughter
    Laura Marling
26. Night Network
    The Cribs
27. Edna
    Headie One
28. Foolish Loving Spaces
    Blossoms
29. After Hours
    The Weeknd
30. Mordechai
    Khruangbin
31. I'm Your Empress Of
    Empress Of
32. Plastic Hearts
    Miley Cyrus
33. Zeros
    Declan McKenna
34. Made in Lagos
    Wizkid
35. color theory
    Soccer Mommy
36. acts of rebellion
    ela minus
37. It Is What It Is
    Thundercat
38. weird!
    Yungblud
39. What Could Possibly Go Wrong
    Dominic Fike
40. Manic
    Halsey
41. Jp4
    Junglepussy
42. Untitled (Black Is)
    Sault
43. Notes on a Conditional Form
    The 1975
44. Map of the Soul: 7
    BTS
45. Everything is Beautiful
    Princess Nokia
46. Ultra Mono
    Idles
47. Dark Matter
    Moses Boyd
48. Miss Anthropocene
    Grimes
49. Rough and Rowdy Ways
    Bob Dylan
50. Nightmare Vacation
    Rico Nasty