Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2020, as published by Variety
[see also 2019]
- Taylor Swift — Folklore
- Taylor Swift — Evermore
- Fiona Apple — Fetch the Bolt Cutters
- Bob Dylan — Rough and Rowdy Ways
- Dua Lipa — Future Nostalgia
- Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit — Reunions
- Haim — Women in Music Pt. III
- Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher
- Elvis Costello — Hey Clockface
- Chloe x Halle — Ungodly Hour
- Ashley McBryde — Never Will
- Bettye LaVette — Blackbirds
- Brandy Clark — Your Life Is a Record
- The Chicks — Gaslighter
- Dawes — Good Luck with Whatever
- Lucinda Williams — Good Souls Better Angels
- Run the Jewels — RTJ4
- Margo Price — That's How Rumors Get Started
- Sufjan Stevens — The Ascension