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2020 Music

The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2020

10 December 2020

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

The Forty-Five: The 45 Best Albums of 2020

[see also 2023 • 2022 • 2021]

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

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