Consequence of Sound: Top 50 Albums of 2020
[see also 2010s, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011]
- Fiona Apple — Fetch the Bolt Cutters
- Run the Jewels — RTJ4
- Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher
- Perfume Genius — Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
- Dua Lipa — Future Nostalgia
- Waxahatchee — Saint Cloud
- Deftones — Ohms
- Lady Gaga — Chromatica
- Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist — Alfredo
- Pearl Jam — Gigaton
- Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit — Reunions
- BTS — Map of the Soul: 7
- Rina Sawayama — Sawayama
- Thundercat — It Is What It Is
- The Weeknd — After Hours
- Bad Bunny — YHLQMDLG
- Yves Tumor — Heaven to a Tortured Mind
- Charli XCX — how I'm feeling now
- Sufjan Stevens — The Ascension
- Lil Uzi Vert — Eternal Atake
- Hayley Williams — Petals for Armor
- Jay Electronica — A Written Testimony
- Beabadoobee — Fake It Flowers
- Frances Quinlan — Likewise
- Idles — Ultra Mono
- Pallbearer — Forgotten Days
- Taylor Swift — Folklore
- Caribou — Suddenly
- Princess Nokia — Everything is Beautiful
- Future Islands — As Long as You Are
- Oneohtrix Point Never — Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
- Fleet Foxes — Shore
- Bruce Springsteen — Letter to You
- Boldy James & The Alchemist — The Price of Tea in China
- Margo Price — That's How Rumors Get Started
- Anjimile — Giver Taker
- Burna Boy — Twice as Tall
- The Chicks — Gaslighter
- Shamir — Shamir
- Lamb of God — Lamb of God
- Westside Gunn — Pray for Paris
- Bartees Strange — Live Forever
- Becca Mancari — The Greatest Part
- AC/DC — Power Up
- Armani Caesar — The Liz
- Grimes — Miss Anthropocene
- The Flaming Lips — American Head
- Andy Shauf — The Neon Skyline
- Megan Thee Stallion — Good News
- Beach Bunny — Honeymoon