The top 50 albums of 2020, as chosen by WYEP’s music staff. Below the text list is a Spotify playlist in descending order.
| 1 | Devon Gilfillian | Black Hole Rainbow |
| 2 | Bob Dylan | Rough and Rowdy Ways |
| 3 | Kathleen Edwards | Total Freedom |
| 4 | Phoebe Bridgers | Punisher |
| 5 | Mac Miller | Circles |
| 6 | My Morning Jacket | The Waterfall II |
| 7 | Waxahatchee | Saint Cloud |
| 8 | Fantastic Negrito | Have You Lost Your Mind Yet? |
| 9 | Fleet Foxes | Shore |
| 10 | Marcus King | El Dorado |
| 11 | Fiona Apple | Fetch The Bolt Cutters |
| 12 | Michael Kiwanuka | KIWANUKA |
| 13 | Laura Marling | Song For Our Daughter |
| 14 | The Killers | Imploding The Mirage |
| 15 | Taylor Swift | folklore |
| 16 | Haim | Women In Music Pt. III |
| 17 | Nathaniel Rateliff | And It's Still Alright |
| 18 | Tame Impala | The Slow Rush |
| 19 | The Chicks | Gaslighter |
| 20 | Perfume Genius | Set My Heart on Fire Immediately |
| 21 | Peter Cottontale | Catch |
| 22 | Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit | Reunions |
| 23 | Mt. Joy | Rearrange Us |
| 24 | Margo Price | That's How Rumors Get Started |
| 25 | Bahamas | Sad Hunk |
| 26 | Bruce Springsteen | Letter To You |
| 27 | Katie Pruitt | Expectations |
| 28 | Flaming Lips | American Head |
| 29 | Sylvan Esso | Free Love |
| 30 | Lucinda Williams | Good Souls Better Angels |
| 31 | Sufjan Stevens | The Ascension |
| 32 | Lianne La Havas | Lianne La Havas |
| 33 | The Strokes | The New Abnormal |
| 34 | Songhoy Blues | Optimisme |
| 35 | The War and Treaty | Hearts Town |
| 36 | Beabadoobee | Fake It Flowers |
| 37 | Pearl Jam | Gigaton |
| 38 | Soccer Mommy | Color Theory |
| 39 | Alanis Morissette | Such Pretty Forks in the Road |
| 40 | Nicole Atkins | Italian Ice |
| 41 | Khruangbin | Mordechai |
| 42 | Hazel English | Wake Up! |
| 43 | Early James & The Latest | Singing For My Supper |
| 44 | Future Islands | As Long as You Are |
| 45 | Ray Lamontagne | Monovision |
| 46 | Dawes | Good Luck With Whatever |
| 47 | Norah Jones | Pick Me Up Off The Floor |
| 48 | Jealous Of the Birds | Peninsula |
| 49 | Low Cut Connie | Private Lives |
| 50 | The Jayhawks | XOXO |