Year-End Lists

Billboard: The 50 Best Albums of 2020

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1. Folklore
   Taylor Swift
2. Future Nostalgia
   Dua Lipa
3. After Hours
   The Weeknd
4. YHLQMDLG
   Bad Bunny
5. Chromatica
   Lady Gaga
6. My Turn
   Lil Baby
7. Fetch the Bolt Cutters
   Fiona Apple
8. Gaslighter
   The Chicks
9. Meet the Woo 2
   Pop Smoke
10. Women in Music Pt. III
    Haim
11. Positions
    Ariana Grande
12. Good News
    Megan Thee Stallion
13. Starting Over
    Chris Stapleton
14. RTJ4
    Run the Jewels
15. Punisher
    Phoebe Bridgers
16. Circles
    Mac Miller
17. Ungodly Hour
    Chloe x Halle
18. Manic
    Halsey
19. Tickets to My Downfall
    Machine Gun Kelly
20. Sawayama
    Rina Sawayama
21. Miss Anthropocene
    Grimes
22. Rare
    Selena Gomez
23. Eternal Atake
    Lil Uzi Vert
24. Colores
    J Balvin
25. The Album
    Blackpink
26. Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
    Perfume Genius
27. The Slow Rush
    Tame Impala
28. Before Love Came to Kill Us
    Jessie Reyez
29. Notes on a Conditional Form
    The 1975
30. Reunions
    Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
31. Fake It Flowers
    Beabadoobee
32. It Was Good Until It Wasn't
    Kehlani
33. Map of the Soul: 7
    BTS
34. Letter to You
    Bruce Springsteen
35. Atrapado en un Sueño
    Junior H
36. The Album
    Teyana Taylor
37. Ho, Why Is You Here?
    Flo Milli
38. Emmanuel
    Anuel AA
39. Love Goes
    Sam Smith
40. Suddenly
    Caribou
41. Petals for Armor
    Hayley Williams
42. B7
    Brandy
43. Southside
    Sam Hunt
44. Mesa Para Dos
    Kany García
45. Savage Mode II
    21 Savage & Metro Boomin
46. Good Souls Better Angels
    Lucinda Williams
47. Kid Krow
    Conan Gray
48. Hecho En México
    Alejandro Fernández
49. A Written Testimony
    Jay Electronica
50. Blame It on Baby
    DaBaby