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A few weeks ago, we launched the Pitchfork 2020 Readers’ Poll, in which we asked you to tell us your favorite songs and albums of this crazy year. Thousands of you did. (Thank you!) Below, find the results, and compare them to Pitchfork’s own list of the 100 best songs and 50 best albums of 2020. And check out all of our end-of-year wrap-up coverage here.
Top 50 Albums
50. clipping.: Visions of Bodies Being Burned
49. IDLES: Ultra Mono
48. Oneohtrix Point Never: Magic Oneohtrix Point Never
47. Dehd: Flower of Devotion
46. Kelly Lee Owens: Inner Song
45. Thundercat: It Is What It Is
44. Dogleg: Melee
43. King Krule: Man Alive!
42. Jeff Rosenstock: NO DREAM
41. Lianne La Havas: Lianne La Havas
40. Porridge Radio: Every Bad
39. Arca: KiCk i
38. The Microphones: Microphones in 2020
37. Bad Bunny: YHLQMDLG
36. Selena Gomez: Rare
35. Destroyer: Have We Met
34. BTS: Be
33. Laura Marling: Song for Our Daughter
32. The 1975: Notes on a Conditional Form
31. Mac Miller: Circles
30. Fontaines D.C.: A Hero’s Death
29. Ariana Grande: Positions
28. Caribou: Suddenly
27. Freddie Gibbs / The Alchemist: Alfredo
26. Sufjan Stevens: The Ascension
25. Róisín Murphy: Róisín Machine
24. Soccer Mommy: color theory
23. Moses Sumney: græ
22. Bob Dylan: Rough and Rowdy Ways
21. Chloe x Halle: Ungodly Hour
20. Grimes: Miss Anthropocene
19. The Strokes: The New Abnormal
18. Yves Tumor: Heaven to a Tortured Mind
17. Lady Gaga: Chromatica
16. Tame Impala: The Slow Rush
15. Adrianne Lenker: songs
14. Charli XCX: how i’m feeling now
13. Rina Sawayama: SAWAYAMA
12. The Weeknd: After Hours
11. Jessie Ware: What’s Your Pleasure?
10. Run the Jewels: RTJ4
9. Fleet Foxes: Shore
8. Waxahatchee: Saint Cloud
7. Perfume Genius: Set My Heart on Fire Immediately
6. BTS: Map of the Soul: 7
5. Haim: Women in Music Pt. III
4. Dua Lipa: Future Nostalgia
3. Taylor Swift: folklore
2. Phoebe Bridgers: Punisher
1. Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters
Top 100 Songs
100. Perfume Genius: “Nothing at All”
99. Dehd: “Loner”
98. BLACKPINK: “How You Like That”
97. Soccer Mommy: “yellow is the color of her eyes”
96. Jeff Rosenstock: “Scram!”
95. Lianne La Havas: “Bittersweet”
94. Car Seat Headrest: “Can’t Cool Me Down”
93. Adrianne Lenker: “dragon eyes”
92. Dua Lipa: “Don’t Start Now (Yaeji Remix)”
91. Fleet Foxes: “A Long Way Past the Past”
90. Mac Miller: “Good News”
89. Beyoncé: “BLACK PARADE”
88. Angel Olsen: “Whole New Mess”
87. Protomartyr: “Processed by the Boys”
86. Sufjan Stevens: “My Rajneesh”
85. Thundercat: “Dragonball Durag”
84. BLACKPINK: “Ice Cream” [ft. Selena Gomez]
83. The Chicks: “Gaslighter”
82. Róisín Murphy: “Murphy’s Law”
81. Dua Lipa: “Levitating”
80. Phoebe Bridgers: “Halloween”
79. Dogleg: “Kawasaki Backflip”
78. Porridge Radio: “Sweet”
77. Megan Thee Stallion: “Savage”
76. Bob Dylan: “I Contain Multitudes”
75. Moses Sumney: “Me in 20 Years”
74. Taylor Swift: “august”
73. Destroyer: “Cue Synthesizer”
72. Fontaines D.C.: “A Hero’s Death”
71. Sufjan Stevens: “Video Game”
70. Tame Impala: “One More Year”
69. U.S. Girls: “4 American Dollars”
68. Run the Jewels: “yankee and the brave (ep.4)”
67. Jessie Ware: “Save a Kiss”
66. Sufjan Stevens: “The Ascension”
65. Charli XCX: “party 4 u”
64. Phoebe Bridgers: “I See You”
63. Rina Sawayama: “Bad Friend”
62. Bad Bunny: “Safaera” [ft. Jowell & Randy and Ñengo Flow]
61. Gorillaz: “Aries” [ft. Peter Hook and Georgia]
60. Rina Sawayama: “Comme des Garçons (Like the Boys)”
59. 070 Shake: “Guilty Conscience”
58. Lady Gaga: “Stupid Love”
57. Sufjan Stevens: “America”
56. Lady Gaga: “Sour Candy” [ft. BLACKPINK]
55. Moses Sumney: “Cut Me”
54. Chloe x Halle: “Ungodly Hour”
53. The Weeknd: “After Hours”
52. Fiona Apple: “Shameika”
51. Chloe x Halle: “Do It”
50. BTS: “Black Swan”
49. Tame Impala: “Breathe Deeper”
48. BTS: “ON”
47. Ariana Grande: “positions”
46. Haim: “I Know Alone”
45. Haim: “Gasoline”
44. Bob Dylan: “Murder Most Foul”
43. The Strokes: “At the Door”
42. Perfume Genius: “Describe”
41. The 1975: “If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)”
40. Tame Impala: “Lost in Yesterday”
39. Megan Thee Stallion: “Savage Remix” [ft. Beyoncé]
38. Run the Jewels: “ooh la la” [ft. Greg Nice and DJ Premier]
37. Miley Cyrus: “Midnight Sky”
36. Dua Lipa: “Break My Heart”
35. 100 gecs: “ringtone (remix)” [ft. Charli XCX, Rico Nasty, Kero Kero Bonito]
34. Charli XCX: “claws”
33. Run the Jewels: “walking in the snow”
32. Jessie Ware: “What’s Your Pleasure?”
31. Yves Tumor: “Gospel for a New Century”
30. Yves Tumor: “Kerosene!”
29. Christine and the Queens: “People, I’ve been sad”
28. Charli XCX: “forever”
27. Waxahatchee: “Lilacs”
26. Soccer Mommy: “circle the drain”
25. BTS: “Life Goes On”
24. Taylor Swift: “peace”
23. Fleet Foxes: “Sunblind”
22. Grimes: “Delete Forever”
21. Jessie Ware: “Spotlight”
20. Rina Sawayama: “XS”
19. Adrianne Lenker: “anything”
18. Haim: “The Steps”
17. Waxahatchee: “Fire”
16. Cardi B: “WAP” [ft. Megan Thee Stallion]
15. Taylor Swift: “mirrorball”
14. Taylor Swift: “invisible string”
13. Dua Lipa: “Physical”
12. Lady Gaga / Ariana Grande: “Rain on Me”
11. Phoebe Bridgers: “Garden Song”
10. Perfume Genius: “On the Floor”
9. Taylor Swift: “betty”
8. Fiona Apple: “Cosmonauts”
7. The Weeknd: “Blinding Lights”
6. Taylor Swift: “cardigan”
5. Fiona Apple: “I Want You to Love Me”
4. Phoebe Bridgers: “I Know the End”
3. BTS: “Dynamite”
2. Taylor Swift: “exile” [ft. Bon Iver]
1. Phoebe Bridgers: “Kyoto”
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