AOTY 2020

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1	Rank	Artist	Title	Genre	Release Date	Stream	Buy	Albumism	BPM	Billboard	CoS	Complex	Crack	DoubleJ	EsquireUK	Exclaim!	FADER	FarOut	Gigwise	GorillaVsBear	LesInrocks	LineOfBestFit	Louder	Mojo	NBHAP	NME	NPR	Noisey	Paste	Pitchfork	PopMatters	Quietus	RollingStone	RoughTrade	Stereogum	TheAlternative	TheVinylFactory	TheWire	Treble	Uncut	Uproxx

3	1	Phoebe Bridgers	Punisher	Singer-Songwriter	June 18, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp	13	21	15	3		10	15	1	3	5	2	15			4	12	9	1	5	4	22	14	4	1		10	2	28	14			2	3	15
4	2	Fiona Apple	Fetch the Bolt Cutters	Art Pop	April 17, 2020	Spotify		9	5	7	1	27	39	2	21	2	28	7				11	9	2	41	11	2	5	1	1	2		2		1	12		28	5	22	2
5	3	Run the Jewels	RTJ4	Hip Hop	June 3, 2020	Spotify		16		14	2	25		1	6	4		3	5			10	15	8	8	1	15		3	16	6		6	25	3	13			4		13
6	4	Waxahatchee	Saint Cloud	Alt-Country	March 27, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp		36		6		36	6	2	18	38	5	26			12					47	9	2	2	9		7	18	2	10			8	6	7
7	5	Yves Tumor	Heaven To A Tortured Mind	Neo-Psychedelia	April 3, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp		13		17		4		20	8	6		18		17	8						8	20	7	5			21	13		2		3		17
8	6	Dua Lipa	Future Nostalgia	Dance Pop	March 27, 2020	Spotify		11		2	5	34	5		23	46			14	21		40		37		3	14	34		21	11	40	5		50		13				5
9	7	Perfume Genius	Set My Heart on Fire Immediately	Art Pop	May 15, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp		2	26	4		17		3			10	2			7			10		35	30	5	5	18	21			15				6		26
10	8	Taylor Swift	folklore	Singer-Songwriter	July 24, 2020	Spotify		5		1	27	13			18	22			3			32		31	23	2				29	17		1		5	43					1
11	9	HAIM	Women in Music Pt. III	Indie Pop	June 26, 2020	Spotify				10					9	6	3	49	7			48		39	14	8	11		42	8	4		14		4						8
12	10	SAULT	UNTITLED (Black Is)	Neo-Soul	June 19, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp	3					31				2	6	4	2				19		42	1	1	17		8			1			1			17
13	11	Fleet Foxes	Shore	Indie Folk	September 22, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp		8		32			25		49		4				29		5	21			17	27	20	23		17		14				21	2	12
14	12	Bob Dylan	Rough and Rowdy Ways	Singer-Songwriter	June 19, 2020	Spotify										9		8			7	6	19	1		49			23	6	16		4		22			4	13	1
15	13	Moses Sumney	græ	Art Pop	May 15, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp	18	10					22	5	16	9		34			5		13					10	3			18		40				10	24
16	14	Thundercat	It Is What It Is	Psychedelic Soul	April 3, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp				14			27	49	12		23	38					29	34	37	31	3	15		12				27	47		42		5
17	15	Soccer Mommy	color theory	Singer-Songwriter	February 28, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp	19							12	41	44	15	16						20	35		31	7	26	43		37		10	8					24
18	16	Fontaines D.C.	A Hero's Death	Post-Punk	July 31, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp							36				1	25		4	25	47	3	2	15			40		10		33	23	44					15
19	17	Adrianne Lenker	songs	Folk	October 23, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp		11					33	11	45		14	41	16		27					29	39	9	11	19						43		12		39
20	18	Charli XCX	how i'm feeling now	Bubblegum Bass	May 15, 2020	Spotify					18		9				8		30	24		3			7	24	50	18		48					19	22			28		23
21	19	Rina Sawayama	SAWAYAMA	R&B	April 17, 2020	Spotify				20	13						14	19	1			1				7	39	23	8	41				3					42		35
22	20	Jessie Ware	What's Your Pleasure?	Dance Pop	June 26, 2020	Spotify		4	28					8	8	28			12	27		35							39	9	3		9		26
23	21	Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist	Alfredo	Hip Hop	May 29, 2020	Spotify					9	4	8			15	15	13		22								25	13	44					18		16		50
24	22	Bad Bunny	YHLQMDLG	Reggaeton	February 29, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp			4	16	16	19		13			47									7	14		10	15		3								28
25	23	Tame Impala	The Slow Rush	Neo-Psychedelia	February 14, 2020	Spotify				27		7		4	43			9			29		50	41	3	16	24													13	45
26	24	Lil Uzi Vert	Eternal Atake	Trap Rap	March 6, 2020	Spotify				23	20	3	29		45		49	21								20	9			12			8								4
27	25	Kelly Lee Owens	Inner Song	Tech House	August 28, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp								35			30		42		24			32	6			18	27	26		38	28	21				14
28	26	Bartees Strange	Live Forever	Indie Rock	October 2, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp		38		42		46		10		13										32	6	36	30			50		16	1					25
29	27	Caribou	Suddenly	Indietronica	February 28, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp			40	28			19	7	5	39								31				11		28			15	36				16
30	28	Laura Marling	Song For Our Daughter	Folk	April 10, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp	39	22					7	50			12	29					17	50	25								4	25					10
31	29	SAULT	Untitled (Rise)	Neo-Soul	September 18, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp	6						5				41		2								1	4			17			9		1
32	30	Deftones	Ohms	Alternative Metal	September 25, 2020	Spotify			14		7			34		19		50	8				2			13					20								26
33	31	Porridge Radio	Every Bad	Indie Rock	March 13, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp						50			38			44						4	18			6	23	32			9	39	28
34	32	Megan Thee Stallion	Good News	Trap Rap	November 20, 2020	Spotify				12	49	30						33	6			21				12				43			27			32					33
35	33	Róisín Murphy	Róisín Machine	Nu-Disco	October 2, 2020	Spotify		1					28	50	34		16				40					21				17	35								22	42
36	34	Grimes	Miss Anthropocene	Art Pop	February 21, 2020	Spotify				21	46		18		27	14	45	38		9					28	48				24
37	35	Chloe x Halle	Ungodly Hour	R&B	June 12, 2020	Spotify				17		15	14				34					9					23			28			19								9
38	36	Khruangbin	Mordechai	Psychedelic Rock	June 26, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp							18			24	35	17		24	45		26	18	30											50				36
39	37	Idles	Ultra Mono	Art Punk	September 25, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp				25			47				11			15		46	12	16	46								14			19
40	38	Adrianne Lenker	instrumentals	Ambient	October 23, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp		11						11			14		16										11	19						43		12		39
41	39	Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit	Reunions	Americana	May 15, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp			30	11			31									32						12		25		28		37				49	11
42	40	The Microphones	Microphones in 2020	Singer-Songwriter	August 7, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp		6				30			25													26	13	37				31		15		17
43	41	Flo Milli	Ho, why is you here ?	Trap Rap	July 24, 2020	Spotify				37		20	26				4										13	2					15								16
44	42	Beabadoobee	Fake It Flowers	Alternative Rock	October 16, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp			31	23						40	18					33			9							39			34	11				47
45	43	Jay Electronica	A Written Testimony	Abstract Hip Hop	March 13, 2020	Spotify		45		49	22	18	20		17													29			13							32			46
46	44	The Weeknd	After Hours	Alternative R&B	March 20, 2020	Spotify				3	15	1				26		27								29							32								10
47	45	Nubya Garcia	Source	Jazz	August 21, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp								22							33		20			8		38	25							24		27	25
48	46	Sufjan Stevens	The Ascension	Indietronica	September 25, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp				19			30	40	20		22			26			50	6														40
49	47	Beatrice Dillon	Workaround	Electroacoustic	February 7, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp						16		14															33	22	23					14	1
50	48	Hayley Williams	Petals for Armor	Art Pop	May 8, 2020	Spotify				41	21						12	29				36				17		50					31			37
51	49	J Hus	Big Conspiracy	UK Hip Hop	January 24, 2020	Spotify							6				1		43			15				10		36									18
52	50	Mac Miller	Circles	Neo-Soul	January 17, 2020	Spotify		34		16		8				32			9			44																			6
53	51	Lady Gaga	Chromatica	Dance Pop	May 29, 2020	Spotify				5	8		32				35					47				14							11
54	52	Bruce Springsteen	Letter To You	Heartland Rock	October 23, 2020	Spotify				34	33							39	42				8	45									12							20
55	53	Helena Deland	Someone New	Indie Pop	October 16, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp									39	18			1	5	30			13
56	54	The 1975	Notes on a Conditional Form	Art Pop	May 22, 2020	Spotify		20		29		33					46	40								43					38				17
57	55	Lianne La Havas	Lianne La Havas	Neo-Soul	July 17, 2020	Spotify		2	23						26	34								49			12		47
58	56	Destroyer	Have We Met	Synthpop	January 31, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp									17					37				19					18		39							35	36
59	57	Duval Timothy	Help	Neo-Soul	August 7, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp						1							25										38		6					7
60	58	Burna Boy	Twice As Tall	Afrobeats	August 14, 2020	Spotify					37						23					41				23		21		46											44
61	59	KeiyaA	Forever, Ya Girl	Neo-Soul	March 27, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp					50	43		15		37											26	44	22
62	60	Boldy James & The Alchemist	The Price of Tea in China	Hip Hop	February 7, 2020	Spotify			3		34	24																					46		35	30
63	61	Hum	Inlet	Shoegaze	June 23, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp																					24	28						11	23			18
64	62	The Strokes	The New Abnormal	Indie Rock	April 10, 2020	Spotify												37			1				12	4															50
65	63	Duma	Duma	Industrial	August 7, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp						7																			15					5	5
66	64	Four Tet	Sixteen Oceans	Microhouse	March 13, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp							11	31										35						46		30	30
67	65	King Krule	Man Alive!	Art Rock	February 21, 2020	Spotify			25				21					17		41	12
68	66	JARV IS...	Beyond the Pale	Art Rock	July 17, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp														27			7										5						8
69	67	Working Men's Club	Working Men's Club	Synthpop	October 2, 2020	Spotify													27		2				26	22														47
70	68	Lil Baby	My Turn	Trap Rap	February 28, 2020	Spotify				6		2															30														14
71	69	Lido Pimienta	Miss Colombia	Art Pop	April 17, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp						13			7											3		30
72	70	Moses Boyd	Dark Matter	Nu Jazz	February 14, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp						24											24		47											22			12
73	71	Oneohtrix Point Never	Magic Oneohtrix Point Never	Progressive Electronic	October 30, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp				31							28		18	45														7
74	72	Oklou	Galore	Ambient Pop	August 25, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp										17			7	22													12
75	73	Julianna Barwick	Healing Is a Miracle	Ambient	July 10, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp						22							29		14							24								47
76	74	Backxwash	God Has Nothing To Do With This Leave Him Out Of It	Experimental Hip Hop	May 28, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp									1							34						16									11
77	75	Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever	Sideways To New Italy	Jangle Pop	June 5, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp							10				20																10						26
78	76	The Soft Pink Truth	Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase?	Ambient	May 1, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp								46															31		2						26	38
79	77	U.S. Girls	Heavy Light	Art Pop	March 6, 2020	Spotify									24	11													19	15
80	78	Spillage Village	Spilligion	R&B	September 25, 2020	Spotify						43					20										5														3
81	79	Headie One	EDNA	UK Hip Hop	October 9, 2020	Spotify											30					49				27		4				37
82	80	Jeff Parker	Suite for Max Brown	Nu Jazz	January 24, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp																									27					29	6	11
83	81	Pa Salieu	Send Them to Coventry	UK Hip Hop	November 13, 2020	Spotify							47							3								15				9
84	82	Yaeji	WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던	Hip House	April 2, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp													13										49				40			27				22
85	83	Ela Minus	acts of rebellion	Electropop	October 23, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp		42											37	9					36			31
86	84	clipping.	Visions of Bodies Being Burned	Horrorcore	October 23, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp									47						18									44							38	9
87	85	Mary Lattimore	Silver Ladders	Ambient	October 9, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp													50							34			50		35						39	25
88	86	Cornershop	England is a Garden	Indie Pop	March 6, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp												37					6										11						30
89	87	Touché Amoré	Lament	Post-Hardcore	October 9, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp		40																			28							8	9
90	88	Special Interest	The Passion Of	Synth Punk	June 19, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp																							36		3						20	29
91	89	Jeff Rosenstock	NO DREAM	Pop Punk	May 20, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp		31								31																		24	2
92	90	Ariana Grande	Positions	R&B	October 30, 2020	Spotify				11		36																					22								20
93	91	Pearl Jam	Gigaton	Alternative Rock	March 27, 2020	Spotify					10							26					16	44
94	92	Kehlani	It Was Good Until It Wasn't	R&B	May 8, 2020	Spotify				32		23			37																				48						37
95	93	Doves	The Universal Want	Indie Rock	September 11, 2020	Spotify		10										32							22						39
96	94	Westside Gunn	Pray for Paris	Hip Hop	April 17, 2020	Spotify			48		41	9	41																												40
97	95	BTS	MAP OF THE SOUL : 7	K-Pop	February 21, 2020	Spotify				33	12															44							16
98	96	Lomelda	Hannah	Indie Folk	September 4, 2020	Spotify	Bandcamp		41						16															37					12
99	97	Lucinda Williams	Good Souls Better Angels	Blues Rock	April 24, 2020	Spotify				46														38							24		47							28
100	98	The Flaming Lips	American Head	Neo-Psychedelia	September 11, 2020	Spotify					47										21			10																32
101	99	Pop Smoke	Meet The Woo 2	Hip Hop	February 7, 2020	Spotify				9		19																11