The Los Angeles Times: The 10 Best Albums of 2020
- Taylor Swift — Folklore
- Fiona Apple — Fetch the Bolt Cutters
- The Chicks — Gaslighter
- Thundercat — It Is What It Is
- Bob Dylan — Rough and Rowdy Ways
- Ariana Grande — Positions
- Moses Sumney — Græ
- The Strokes — The New Abnormal
- Kali Uchis — Sin Miedo (del Amor y Otros Demonios)
- Megan Thee Stallion — Good News
- Haim — Women in Music Pt. III
- Phoebe Bridgers — Punisher
- Justin Bieber — Changes
- Childish Gambino — 3.15.20
- The Weeknd — After Hours
- Chris Stapleton — Starting Over
- Beach Bunny — Honeymoon
- Tame Impala — The Slow Rush
- Dua Lipa and The Blessed Madonna — Club Future Nostalgia
- The 1975 — Notes on a Conditional Form