“Best of” listsare subjective.

Calling this year horrifying is not.

A decade on, the title still holds.

Best Music of 2020

Credit: Illustration by EW

A.S.

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7.Women in Music Pt.

In a year filled with backbreaking news cycles,WIMPIIIdelivered a necessary escape.

“Whenever you want to begin, begin/We don’t have to go back to where we been.”

Hayley Williams — Petals for Armor

Atlantic

Brandy Clark — Your Life is a Record

Warner Bros.

Perfume Genius — Set My Heart on Fire Immediately

Matador Records

Butch Walker American Love Story

Ruby Red Recordings, Inc

Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia

Warner Records

Untitled (Black is) by Sault

Forever Living Originals

YHLQDLG by Bob Bunny

Rimas Entertainment LLC

Jay Electronica A Written Testimony

HAIM

THE CHICKS

Columbia

Taylor Swift

Universal Music

Rough and Rowdy Ways by Bob Dylan

Columbia

RTj4 by Run The Jewels

BMG Rights Management

After Hours by The Weeknd

XO Records

Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Epic