Best Albums

NME

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Highest Rated Albums of 2020

Decade

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

Source

Genre

All
- All
- Alternative R&B
- Art Pop
- Contemporary R&B
- Dance
- Electronic
- Electronic Dance Music
- Folk
- Hip Hop
- House
- Indie Pop
- Indie Rock
- Pop
- Pop Rap
- Pop Rock
- Post-Punk
- Psychedelic
- R&B
- Rock
- Singer-Songwriter
- Soul
- Synthpop
- Trap
- UK Hip Hop

2020

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, Singer-Songwriter, Americana

Score

100

2. YUNGBLUD - weird!

December 4, 2020

Alternative Rock, Pop Rock

Score

100

3. The Cribs - Night Network

November 20, 2020

Indie Rock

Score

100

4. Bruce Springsteen - Letter To You

October 23, 2020

Heartland Rock, Singer-Songwriter

Score

100

5. Ela Minus - acts of rebellion

October 23, 2020

Electropop

Score

100

6. Joesef - Does It Make You Feel Good?

October 9, 2020

Neo-Soul

Score

100

7. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - SAVAGE MODE II

October 2, 2020

Trap, Gangsta Rap, Southern Hip Hop

Score

100

8. Beabadoobee - Fake It Flowers

October 16, 2020

Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

Score

100

9. Working Men's Club - Working Men's Club

October 2, 2020

Synthpop, Dance Punk, Post-Punk

Score

100

10. Róisín Murphy - Róisín Machine

October 2, 2020

Nu-Disco, Disco

Score

100

11. Deftones - Ohms

September 25, 2020

Alternative Metal

Score

100

12. Marilyn Manson - WE ARE CHAOS

September 11, 2020

Alternative Rock, Glam Rock, Gothic Rock

Score

100

13. Kelly Lee Owens - Inner Song

August 28, 2020

Tech House, Art Pop, Electronic, Ambient Techno, Ambient Pop

Score

100

14. Alex The Astronaut - The Theory Of Absolutely Nothing

August 21, 2020

Singer-Songwriter, Indie Pop

Score

100

15. The Killers - Imploding The Mirage

August 21, 2020

Heartland Rock, Pop Rock, New Wave, Post-Punk Revival

Score

100

16. Holly Humberstone - Falling Asleep At The Wheel

August 14, 2020

Indie Pop

Score

100

17. Cub Sport - LIKE NIRVANA

July 24, 2020

Alternative R&B, Ambient Pop, Indie Pop

Score

100

18. Martha Skye Murphy - Heal

July 10, 2020

Score

100

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19. bdrmm - Bedroom

July 3, 2020

Dream Pop, Post-Punk Revival, Shoegaze

Score

100

20. Khruangbin - Mordechai

June 26, 2020

Psychedelic Rock, Funk Rock

Score

100

21. Neil Young - Homegrown

June 19, 2020

Singer-Songwriter, Country Rock

Score

100

22. Phoebe Bridgers - Punisher

June 18, 2020

Singer-Songwriter, Indie Folk, Indie Rock

Score

100

23. HAIM - Women in Music Pt. III

June 26, 2020

Indie Pop, Soft Rock, Folk Rock

Score

100

24. Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways

June 19, 2020

Singer-Songwriter, Blues Rock, Americana, Folk Rock, Folk

Score

100

25. Run the Jewels - RTJ4

June 3, 2020

Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, Conscious Hip Hop

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.