Best Albums

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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade

2020s
- All Time
- 2020s
- 2010s
- 2000s
- 1990s

Source

Genre

All
- All
- Alternative R&B
- Alternative Rock
- Art Pop
- Dance Pop
- Electronic
- Electropop
- Folk
- Hip Hop
- Indie Pop
- Indie Rock
- Indietronica
- Metal
- Pop
- Pop Rap
- Pop Rock
- Post-Punk
- Psychedelic
- R&B
- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Synthpop
- Trap Rap
- UK Hip Hop

2020s

2020

2021

This is an ordered list of NME's highest rated albums of 2020. Check out NME's Year End List.

1. Taylor Swift - evermore

December 11, 2020

Folk Pop

Score

100

2. Joesef - Does It Make You Feel Good?

October 9, 2020

Score

100

3. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Savage Mode II

October 2, 2020

Trap Rap

Score

100

4. YUNGBLUD - weird!

December 4, 2020

Alternative Rock

Score

100

5. Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You

October 23, 2020

Heartland Rock

Score

100

6. Ela Minus - acts of rebellion

October 23, 2020

Electropop

Score

100

7. Deftones - Ohms

September 25, 2020

Alternative Metal

Score

100

8. The Cribs - Night Network

November 20, 2020

Indie Rock

Score

100

9. Holly Humberstone - Falling Asleep At The Wheel

August 14, 2020

Indie Pop

Score

100

10. Róisín Murphy - Róisín Machine

October 2, 2020

Nu-Disco

Score

100

11. Marilyn Manson - WE ARE CHAOS

September 11, 2020

Alternative Rock

Score

100

12. Beabadoobee - Fake It Flowers

October 16, 2020

Alternative Rock

Score

100

13. Martha Skye Murphy - Heal

July 10, 2020

Score

100

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14. bdrmm - Bedroom

July 3, 2020

Dream Pop

Score

100

15. Neil Young - Homegrown

June 19, 2020

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

16. Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways

June 19, 2020

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

17. Alex The Astronaut - The Theory Of Absolutely Nothing

August 21, 2020

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

18. India Jordan - For You

May 20, 2020

House

Score

100

19. Khruangbin - Mordechai

June 26, 2020

Psychedelic Rock

Score

100

20. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher

June 18, 2020

Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

21. Cadet - The Rated Legend

April 10, 2020

Hip Hop

Score

100

22. Laura Marling - Song For Our Daughter

April 10, 2020

Folk

Score

100

23. Headie One & Fred Again... - GANG

April 3, 2020

UK Hip Hop

Score

100

24. Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club

October 2, 2020

Synthpop

Score

100

25. Empress Of - I'm Your Empress Of

April 3, 2020

Electropop

Score

100

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NOTE: This is not a year end list. This list is ordered by the ratings NME awarded albums throughout 2020.

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