Year-End Lists

A curated, browsable index
of notable year-end lists.

Music
Folklore - Taylor Swift

Callie Ahlgrim: Business Insider The 20 Best Albums of 2020

Workaround - Beatrice Dillon

The Wire Top 50 Albums of 2020

RTJ4 - Run the Jewels

Flood The Best Albums of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Pitchfork The 50 Best Albums of 2020

May Our Chambers Be Full - Emma Ruth Rundle & Thou

Treble Top 50 Albums of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Billboard The 50 Best Albums of 2020

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

PopMatters The 60 Best Albums of 2020

Sawayama - Rina Sawayama

Gigwise 51 Best Albums of 2020

Songs Of An Unknown Tongue - Zara McFarlane

Ann Powers: NPR The Best Albums of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Entertainment Weekly The 15 Best Albums of 2020

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

Carl Wilson: Slate The Best Albums of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Rolling Stone Best Albums of 2020

Punisher - Phoebe Bridgers

Hazel Cills 10 Favorite New Albums of 2020

Rock Sutra - Sun Araw

Jennifer Lucy Allan: Quietus The Best Music of 2020

Sawayama - Rina Sawayama

The Line of Best Fit The Best Albums of 2020 Ranked

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Lindsay Zoladz: New York Times Best Albums of 2020

Southside - Sam Hunt

Jon Caramanica: New York Times Best Albums of 2020

The Ascension - Sufjan Stevens

Jon Pareles: New York Times Best Albums of 2020

Untitled (Black Is) - Sault

NPR Music The 50 Best Albums of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Consequence of Sound Top 50 Albums of 2020

After Hours - The Weeknd

Complex The Best Albums of 2020

The New Abnormal - The Strokes

Les Inrocks Our Top 100 Albums of 2020

Fetch the Bolt Cutters - Fiona Apple

Stereogum The 50 Best Albums Of 2020

Folklore - Taylor Swift

Uproxx The Best Albums Of 2020