Year-End Lists

NPR Music: The 50 Best Albums of 2020

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1. Untitled (Black Is)
   Sault
2. Fetch the Bolt Cutters
   Fiona Apple
3. Miss Colombia
   Lido Pimienta
4. Punisher
   Phoebe Bridgers
5. Spilligion
   Spillage Village
6. Adès Conducts Adès
   Boston Symphony Orchestra & Thomas Adès & Kirill Gerstein & Christianne Stotijn & Mark Stone
7. YHLQMDLG
   Bad Bunny
8. SOURCE
   Nubya Garcia
9. Eternal Atake
   Lil Uzi Vert
10. Blue Eyes, The Harlot, The Queer, The Pusher & Me
    Waylon Payne
11. Women in Music Pt. III
    Haim
12. Lianne La Havas
    Lianne La Havas
13. Ho, Why Is You Here?
    Flo Milli
14. Future Nostalgia
    Dua Lipa
15. RTJ4
    Run the Jewels
16. Expectations
    Katie Pruitt
17. Data Lords
    Maria Schneider Orchestra
18. Underneath
    Code Orange
19. On the Tender Spot of Every Calloused Moment
    Ambrose Akinmusire
20. Jaguar
    Victoria Monét
21. Regresa
    Buscabulla
22. Negro Folk Symphony
    ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra
23. Ungodly Hour
    Chloe x Halle
24. The Slow Rush
    Tame Impala
25. A Small Death
    Samantha Crain
26. Pauline
    Ashley Ray
27. Mama, You Can Bet!
    Jyoti
28. Siti of Unguja (Romance Revolution On Zanzibar)
    Siti Muharam
29. songs
    Adrianne Lenker
30. My Turn
    Lil Baby
31. It Is What It Is
    Thundercat
32. Live Forever
    Bartees Strange
33. Spider Tales
    Jake Blount
34. Silver Ladders
    Mary Lattimore
35. Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
    Perfume Genius
36. Fuck The World
    Brent Faiyaz
37. Debussy - Rameau
    Vikingur Ólafsson
38. Muthaland
    Bbymutha
39. Sawayama
    Rina Sawayama
40. En Español
    The Mavericks
41. Thank You for Using GTL
    Drakeo the Ruler
42. The experience of repetition as death
    Clarice Jensen
43. Inside
    X Alfonso
44. Total Freedom
    Kathleen Edwards
45. Savage Mode II
    21 Savage & Metro Boomin
46. Some Kind of Peace
    Ólafur Arnalds
47. Saint Cloud
    Waxahatchee
48. Giver Taker
    Anjimile
49. Don't Feed The Monster
    Homeboy Sandman
50. how I'm feeling now
    Charli XCX