Year-end list aggregation website
albumoftheyear.org analyzed the placement of 2020 albums on 87 year-end lists, and it's official: Fetch the Bolt Cutters, Fiona Apple's critically-lauded fifth studio album, is the album of the year with a total of 368 points. (This time
last year, Lana Del Rey topped the list with 159 points for Norman Fucking Rockwell!)
Point System:
• 1st Place = 10 points
• 2nd Place = 8 points
• 3rd Place = 6 points
• Top 10 = 5 points
• Top 25 = 3 points
• Other = 1 point
2. Phoebe Bridgers, Punisher (328 points)
3. Run the Jewels, RTJ4 (272 points)
4. Taylor Swift, folklore (221 points)
5. Dua Lipa, Future Nostalgia (178 points)
#6-50 and lists analyzed at the
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