Year-End Lists

A hand-curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

2020
Sawayama - Rina Sawayama

The Best Albums of 2020 Ranked The Line of Best Fit

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Best Albums of 2020 New York Times: Lindsay Zoladz

Southside - Sam Hunt

Best Albums of 2020 New York Times: Jon Caramanica

The Ascension - Sufjan Stevens

Best Albums of 2020 New York Times: Jon Pareles

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 NPR Music

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Top 50 Albums of 2020 Consequence

After Hours - The Weeknd

The Best Albums of 2020 Complex

The New Abnormal - The Strokes

Our Top 100 Albums of 2020 Les Inrocks

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The 50 Best Albums Of 2020 Stereogum

Folklore - Taylor Swift

The Best Albums Of 2020 Uproxx

God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It - Backxwash

50 Best Albums of 2020 Exclaim

Someone New - Helena Deland

Albums of 2020 Gorilla vs. Bear

God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It - Backxwash

Best Music of 2020 Artforum: Sasha Geffen

20 Best Albums of 2020 Glide

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Top 10 Albums of 2020 The Skinny

Dances / Curses - Hey Colossus

Albums of the Year 2020 Quietus

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

The 50 Best Albums of 2020 Paste

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Best Albums of 2020 Time

No. 1 - Etran de L'Aïr

The Best Music of 2020 New Yorker: Amanda Petrusich

Ohms - Deftones

25 Best Albums of 2020 Revolver

Best Music of 2020 Artforum: Perfume Genius

RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

Best Albums of 2020 BBC Culture: Nick Levine

Rough and Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan

75 Best Albums of 2020 Mojo

Rough and Rowdy Ways - Bob Dylan

75 Best Albums of 2020 Uncut