2020 in American music

The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2020 in music in the United States.

List of years in American music

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

  • 4 – Geographer released their first full-length album in five years, Down And Out In The Garden Of Earthly Delights.
  • 7 – It is announced that Bob Dylan has sold all rights in his entire song catalog to Universal Music Publishing Group.[21]
  • 11 – M. Ward released his first album in four years, Think of Spring.
    • Less Than Jake released their first album in seven years, Silver Linings; it is also their first album without founding drummer Vinnie Fiorello, who left the band in 2018.
    • Kid Cudi released his first solo album in four years, Man on the Moon III: The Chosen.
    • Taylor Swift released her ninth studio album, Evermore, only five months after her previous record Folklore and the album was announced on social media a day prior to its release as well.
  • 12 – Charley Pride, the first Black superstar of country music died at age 86, due to complications of COVID-19.[22]

Bands reformed

Bands on hiatus

Bands disbanded

Albums released in 2020

January

Date Album Artist Genre
3 Psychonavagation Bill Laswell
Dead and Gone (EP) Stabbing Westward
10 Re-Dunn Ronnie Dunn
Lonely Generation Echosmith
Rare Selena Gomez Pop
I Disagree Poppy Pop-metal
17 20/20 Vision Anti-Flag Punk rock
How to Be Human Chelsea Cutler EDM
Music to Be Murdered By Eminem
The Juice G. Love & Special Sauce Alternative rock
Manic Halsey
Nothing But Love Jana Herzen
Nightfall[27] Little Big Town Country
Tullahoma[28] Dustin Lynch Country
Masquerade Mest Pop punk
Circles[29] Mac Miller Hip hop
UR FUN of Montreal
Born to Rule Transviolet
24 Aurora Breaking Benjamin
Leave What's Lost Behind Colony House Indie rock
Good Good Man Vance Gilbert Folk
1000 Faces Jason Ross
31 The Best Ones of The Best Ones Dashboard Confessional
Ice Cream Hell Tinsley Ellis
High Road Kesha
Likewise Frances Quinlan
Treat Myself Meghan Trainor

February

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
7 Country Fuzz The Cadillac Three Country
Almost Forever[30] Cheerleader
Wake Up Fat Tony Hip hop
Father of All Motherfuckers Green Day
Limitless Richard Marx
Never Not Together Nada Surf Alternative rock
Perdida[31] Stone Temple Pilots
Play That Rock N' Roll The Supersuckers Rock
14 Honeymoon Beach Bunny
New Empire, Vol. 1 Hollywood Undead
Weather Huey Lewis and the News
Carly Pearce Carly Pearce Country
Swimmer Tennis
Baby Gravy 2 Yung Gravy & bbno$ Hip hop
21 Always Tomorrow[32] Best Coast Indie pop
Dreamland COIN
The Studio album Collection Dio
Envy Framing Hanley Alternative rock
Surrender Your Poppy Field Guided by Voices
Wild Wild West Sunny Jain
From This Place Pat Metheny
28 F8 Five Finger Death Punch
Brain Pain Four Year Strong
It's Easy To Feel Like A Nobody Juiceboxxx Hip hop
Saturn Return The Secret Sisters
Color Theory Soccer Mommy

March

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
6 Chilombo Jhene' Aiko Contemporary R&B
Kids Like Us The Grahams
You'll Be Fine Hot Mulligan Pop punk
How I'm Feeling Lauv Pop
Eternal Atake Lil Uzi Vert
Silver Landings Mandy Moore Pop
Ceremony Phantogram Electronic rock
Bone Structure Ron Pope
Superstar Caroline Rose
PLACEMENT Watsky Alternative hip hop
13 Darwin Deez 10 Yearz Darwin Deez Indie rock
You Know I'm Not Going Anywhere The Districts
Healer[33] Grouplove
A Written Testimony[34] Jay Electronica Hip hop
Possession[35] Joywave
Supernova Caitlyn Smith
Thrill Seeker (EP) Sub Urban
Pink[36] Two Feet Electronic rock
20 Kelsea Kelsea Ballerini Country pop
The Light Delta Rae
Kid Krow Conan Gray
Mabern Plays Mabern Harold Mabern
22 3.15.20 Childish Gambino
26 Ghosts V: Together Nine Inch Nails
Ghosts VI: Locusts
27 Decatur Country Red Jessi Alexander Country
Thirtes Jill Andrews
Mother In This Moment
Gigaton[37] Pearl Jam
Saint Cloud Waxahatchee

April

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
1 Tafelmuzik Means More When You're Alone[38] The Dandy Warhols
3 Wake Up, Sunshine[39] All Time Low
Southside Sam Hunt Country pop
The Mike & Micky Show Live The Monkees
Titans of Creation Testament Thrash metal
Migration Stories M. Ward
10 It's Spooky (30th Anniversary) Jad Fair & Daniel Johnston
The Loves of Your Life Hamilton Leithauser Indie rock
LIFERS Local H Alternative rock
The Way It Feels Maddie & Tae Country
Declaration Red
Trust the River[40] Sparta
The New Abnormal The Strokes
17 Fetch the Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple Art pop
Trust Fall (Side B) (EP) Incubus Alternative rock
Illusory Jarboe
Harmonic Disruptor Julien-K
Shelby Lynne Shelby Lynne
22 Alphabetland X Punk rock
23 Flowers on the Weekend Asher Roth Hip hop
24 Shortly After Take Off BC Camplight Indie rock
Afterburner[41] Dance Gavin Dance
For Their Love Other Lives Indie rock
Heartwork The Used
Good Souls Better Angels Lucinda Williams Country

May

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
1 Making a Door Less Open Car Seat Headrest
Invasion of the B-Girls Josie Cotton
Flowers For You Sawyer Fredericks
Good to Know JoJo Pop
8 It Was Good Until It Wasn't Kehlani R&B
That's How Rumors Get Started Margo Price
Half Written Story Hailee Steinfeld
Petals for Armor Hayley Williams
15 All Visible Objects Moby
Set My Heart on Fire Immediately[42] Perfume Genius
The Album Part II Chase Rice
In The Dark Moving Emily Wells
22 Hollywood Park The Airborne Toxic Event
Ghosts of West Virginia Steve Earle
I Don't Have To Be Good Emily Keener
Colour Vision MAX
29 These Two Windows Alec Benjamin Pop
Life on the Flip Side Jimmy Buffett Americana
Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil Diplo
Chromatica Lady Gaga
The Bastards[43] Palaye Royale

June

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
5 Blues With Friends Dion
Everything's Strange Here G-Eazy
What In The World Michael McDermott Americana
Rearrange Us Mt. Joy Indie rock
RTJ4[44] Run the Jewels Hip hop
12 Ungodly Hour Chloe x Halle R&B
Canyons Gone West Country
Chosen Family Tree Kree Harrison
Class of 98 Eric Hutchinson
Pick Me Up off The Floor Norah Jones
Self Made Man Larkin Poe
18 Punisher Phoebe Bridgers
19 You Make Me Feel Don Bryant
South Front Street Retrosepctive 1997-2019 Grayson Capps
Rough and Rowdy Ways Bob Dylan
Lamb of God Lamb of God
A Wonderful Life Mushroomhead
Forever + Ever x Infinity New Found Glory Pop punk
Devastator[45] Phantom Planet
23 Inlet Hum
26 Speak of the Devil Mickey Avalon Hip hop
Women in Music Pt. III Haim
The Absence of Presence Kansas
I Can Feel You Forgetting Me Neon Trees
Soul Food Cooking with Maceo Maceo Parker
A Portrait of an Ugly Man Remo Drive
Keepin' It Real Bobby Watson

July

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
3 Scourge of Lamashtu Black Funeral Black metal
The Black Hole Understands Cloud Nothings Indie rock
So Icey Summer Gucci Mane Hip hop
First Rose of Spring Willie Nelson Country
The Things That Got Us Here Sidewalk Prophets
A Steady Drip Drip Drip Sparks
Shadow Work Trapt
10 1000 Gecs and The Tree of Clues 100 Gecs
Sunday Drive Brett Eldredge Country pop
Brianwashed Generation Enuff Z'Nuff
Legends Never Die Juice Wrld
The Waterfall II My Morning Jacket Indie rock
Round Again Joshua Redman Jazz
Q36 The Rentals
Project Regeneration Vol. 1 Static-X Industrial metal
Unfollow the Rules Rufus Wainwright
17 Species Bing & Ruth
Gaslighter The Chicks Country
A Small Death Samantha Crain Folk
Rosewood Mike Dillon
Ugly Is Beautiful Oliver Tree Alternative rock
My Love Is A Hurricane David Ramirez Americana
24 Into the Raging Sea Broadside
Let There Be Nothing Judicator
Bad Vacation Liza Anne
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  • alternative rock
Superbloom MisterWives
Look For The Good Jason Mraz
The Balladeer Lori McKenna
Folklore Taylor Swift
Endless Space (Between You And I) Winter
29 Supraliminal[46] Tommy Walter Instrumental rock
31 Born Innocent Alcatrazz
B7 Brandy
What Could Possibly Go Wrong Dominic Fike
Alphaville Imperial Triumphant
Sucker's Lunch Madeline Kenney Indie rock
Once In A Lifetime Mac McAnally Country

August

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
7 Anywhere Else But Here (EP) American Hi-Fi Rock
Just Coolin Art Blakey Jazz
Born Here Live Here Die Here Luke Bryan Country pop
Mukiltearth The Fall of Troy
Jumpin In The Night (Reissue) Flamin' Groovies
Eight Gates Jason Molina
Purple Noon[47] Washed Out
14 5 Hot August Nights Neil Diamond
Tanya Donelly & The Parkington Sisters Tanya Donelly
If It Wasn't For You Caylee Hammack
Gift Of Sacrifice King Buzzo
Matt Rollings Mosaic Matt Rollings
21 Beneath the Black Palms Blaqk Audio
Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was Bright Eyes Indie rock
Sugaregg[48] Bully
In Sickness & In Flames The Front Bottoms
Mirrored Aztec Guided By Voices Indie rock
The Beatuiful Madness Jerry Joseph
Imploding the Mirage The Killers
Songs For The General Public The Lemon Twigs
En Español The Mavericks
Here on Earth Tim McGraw Country
The Land That Time Forgot Chuck Prophet
28 Sunset Suburbia Diesel Hip hop
B4 The Storm Internet Money Hip hop
Blackbirds Bettye LaVette
Conversations with Myself About You lovelytheband
The Barfly Sessions Heidi Newfield
The Room Ricky Reed
Smile Katy Perry
Stony Hill G.E. Smith

September

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
4 Detroit 2 Big Sean Hip hop
Gold Record Bill Callahan
When I Wait For You Dirk Powell
Sun Racket Throwing Muses Alternative rock
AngelHead Hipster Songs of T Rex Various Artists
11 Holy Smokes Future Jokes Blitzen Trapper
Aftermath Elizabeth Cook
Yellow Coat Matt Costa
American Head The Flaming Lips
The Essential Gary Lucas Gary Lucas
18 Host Cults
Find the Sun Deradoorian
ALICIA Alicia Keys
No Good Left to Give[49] Movements
Trouble And Strife Joan Osborne
Paint Your Emotion The Ries Brothers
Two to One James Williamson
Nite Creatures Joe Wong
22 Shore Fleet Foxes Indie folk
25 Gangsta's Paradise (25th Anniversary) Coolio
Ohms Deftones Alternative metal
Building Shannon LaBrie
Tickets to My Downfall Machine Gun Kelly
Blue Hearts[50] Bob Mould
Chip Chrome & The Mono-Tones[51] The Neighbourhood
The Ascension Sufjan Stevens
Free Love[52] Sylvan Esso
My Gift[53] Carrie Underwood

October

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
2 Gold The Bangles
All Love Everything Aloe Blacc
Bon Jovi: 2020 Bon Jovi
A Holly Dolly Christmas[19] Dolly Parton
Gasanova Yung Gravy
9 The Symbol Remains Blue Öyster Cult
Dealing With Demons Part I DevilDriver
As Long as You Are[54] Future Islands Indie rock
Sliver Ladders Mary Lattimore
16 Serpentine Prison Matt Berninger
ANDRO Tommy Lee
Private Lives Low Cut Connie
Closer To Mars Mario R&B
Wildflowers & All The Rest Tom Petty
Arm In Arm Steep Canyon Rangers Bluegrass
23 Punching the Sky Armored Saint Heavy metal
This Is What I Live For Blue October
Volume 2 The Bouncing Souls Punk rock
Razzmatazz[55] I Dont Know How But They Found Me
Getting Into Knives The Mountain Goats Indie rock
Forgotten Days Pallbearer
Living on Mercy Dan Penn
Love Is the King Jeff Tweedy Indie rock
My Echo Laura Veirs
30 The Human Condition Black Stone Cherry
Extinction Level Event 2: The Wrath of God Busta Rhymes
The Otherside Cam Country
Live at the Fillmore (vinyl) Dredg
Earth to Dora Eels Indie rock
It's Christmas All Over Goo Goo Dolls
Positions Ariana Grande
A Tori Kelly Christmas [56] Tori Kelly
The Raging Wrath of the Easter Bunny Demo Mr. Bungle Thrash metal
All Rise Gregory Porter
Existential Reckoning Puscifer

November

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
6 A View From The Inside Reb Beach
The Glitz The Glamour Perry Farrell
Long Day Good Night Fates Warning
American Dream Larry Keel
Get Closer Linda Ronstadt
13
Weekend in London George Benson
Renegades L.A. Guns
From Exile (Vinyl Reissue) The Menzingers
Staunch Honey David Nance
Starting Over Chris Stapleton Country
20 Hey World Lee Brice
Wreckless Abandon Mike Campbell
A Decade of Destruction Vol 2 Five Finger Death Punch
Harmony Josh Groban
20 Matchbox Twenty
27 Plastic Hearts Miley Cyrus
Weight of the False Self Hatebreed
Black Coffee (Vinyl Reissue) Peggy Lee
Grandpa Metal Brian Posehn
For Such A Time As This Eric Reed
Cyr The Smashing Pumpkins Alternative rock

December

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
4 Hyperspace (Deluxe Edition) Beck Alternative rock
Life Is Only One Event Cloud Nothings Indie rock
Southern Symphony Russell Dickerson
Down and Out in the Garden of Earthly Delights Geographer
Never Look Back Goldfinger
The End Three 6 Mafia
Sabbath Sessions Vol. 1 Craig Wedren
11 George Coleman Quintet in Baltimore George Coleman
Burn Foxy Shazam
Man on the Moon III: The Chosen Kid Cudi Hip hop
Silver Linings[57] Less Than Jake
I Can See Your House From Here (Vinyl Reissue) Pat Metheny
Alter Egos Ingrid Michaelson
Evermore Taylor Swift
Think of Spring M. Ward
18 The New OK Drive-By Truckers Southern rock
As Daylight Dies (Vinyl Reissue) Killswitch Engage
Swimming In Circles Mac Miller Hip hop
Influence Shane Ochsner
Notes From The Archive Maggie Rogers
25 Space Camp Audio Karate
Buzz (Reissue) Autograph
Piano Solos Dustin O'Halloran
Headstrong Greatest Hits Trapt
Whole Lotta Red Playboi Carti Hip Hop, Rap

Top songs on record

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

Billboard Hot 100 songs which have ranked within the Top 20

Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2020

Deaths

See also

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