Best Albums of 2020

Listed below are the best albums of 2020 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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2020 year summaryThe best artists of 2020 were The Strokes, Fiona Apple, Phoebe Bridgers, Taylor Swift, Jessie Ware, Fleet Foxes, Charli XCX, Run The Jewels, The Weeknd and Tame Impala.
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4,036
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1,910
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1,482
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1,471
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1,462
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Best Albums of 2020 composition

Country Albums %


United States 486 49%
United Kingdom 192 19%
Canada 59 6%
Australia 33 3%
Mixed Nationality 28 3%
France 23 2%
Germany 21 2%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 987 99%
Yes 13 1%
Live? Albums %
No 973 97%
Yes 27 3%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 997 100%
Yes 3 0%
Best Albums of the 2000s
1. Kid A by Radiohead
2. In Rainbows by Radiohead
3. Funeral by Arcade Fire
4. Is This It by The Strokes
5. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
6. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
7. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
8. Madvillainy by Madvillain
9. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
10. Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol
11. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
12. A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay
13. Elephant by The White Stripes
14. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
15. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
16. Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age
17. Amnesiac by Radiohead
18. Demon Days by Gorillaz
19. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
20. Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal Collective
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