Year-End Lists

Chris Willman: The Best Albums of 2020, as published by Variety

1. Taylor Swift
   Folklore
1. Taylor Swift
   Evermore
2. Fiona Apple
   Fetch the Bolt Cutters
3. Bob Dylan
   Rough and Rowdy Ways
4. Dua Lipa
   Future Nostalgia
5. Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit
   Reunions
6. Haim
   Women in Music Pt. III
7. Phoebe Bridgers
   Punisher
8. Elvis Costello
   Hey Clockface
9. Chloe x Halle
   Ungodly Hour
10. Ashley McBryde
    Never Will

And a few more just as honorable

• 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