(See commentary at end of chart)
TOP 20 ALBUMS OF 2020
(based on points positions, 10 points for no.1 album, 9 points for no.2, 1 point for no.10 position etc)
*= consecutive weeks in the top 10 and still within current top 10
- Dermot Kennedy – Without Fear (6 wks no.1, 50* wks top 10) 330 points
- Sam Fender – Hypersonic Missiles (4 wks no.1, 44 wks top 10) 255 points
- The Weeknd – After Hours (4 wks no.1, 34 wks top 10) 203 points
- Taylor Swift – Folklore (9 wks no.1, 21* wks top 10) 177 points
- Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia (1 wk no.1, 31 wks top 10) 149 points
- Gabrielle Aplin – Dear Happy (4 wks no.1, 20 wks top 10) 112 points
- Jojo – Good to know (2 wks no.1, 21 wks top 10) 106 points
- The Killers – Imploding the mirage (2 wks no.1, 13 wks top 10) 84 points
- Eminem – Music to be murdered by (peak no.2, 14 wks top 10) 69 points
- HAIM – Women in Music Pt. III (3 wks no.1, 9 wks top 10) 67 points
- Lady Gaga – Chromatica (1 wk no.1, 12 wks top 10) 63 points
- Kygo - Golden Hour (1 wk no.1, 8 wks top 10) 62 points
- Ellie Goulding – Brightest Blue (1 wk no.1, 10 wks top 10) 61 points
- Grimes – Miss Anthropocene (peak no.2, 9 wks top 10) 52 points
- Taylor Swift – Lover (peak no. 5 in 2020 (released 2019) 16 wks top 10) 51 points
- Ariana Grande – Positions (1 wk no.1, 8* wks top 10) 49 points
- Alicia Keys – Alicia (1 wk no.1, 7 wks top 10) 49 points
- Lewis Capaldi – Divinely ... (peak no.4 in 2020(rel. 2019) 10 wks top 10) 48 points
- Lauv – How I’m Feeling (2 wks no.1, 9 wks top 10) 47 points
- Billie Eilish – When we fall asleep..(peak no.4 in 2020 (rel. 2019) 11 wks top 10) 43 points
Artists with more than 1 single in top 50 singles of 2020
The Weeknd/ Taylor Swift = 4
Ariana Grande/ Dermot Kennedy = 3
Alicia Keys/ Demi Lovato/ Dua Lipa/ Kygo/ Lady Gaga/ London Grammar/ Mabel/ Sam Fender/ The Killers = 2
No surprise to see The Weeknd's "Blinding Lights" become the biggest song of 2020 despite being released in December 2019. It spent a whole year (52 consecutive weeks) in the top 40 and may even re-enter the chart too (look out for this weeks chart). He also had the 3rd biggest album of 2020 with "After Hours". Dua Lipa's "Physical" keeps with the 80's trend and was the second biggest song of 2020 while her album "Future Nostalgia" ended as the 5th biggest album of 2020. Dermot Kennedy capped off a fine 2020 with 3 songs in the top 50 chart of the year. His current Xmas no.1 single in the official Irish charts "Giants" ended as my 3rd biggest song of 2020 and still remains in the top 40 after 26 weeks counting. For me, he had the best album of 2020 with "Without Fear" by a mile (despite being released in 2019 - and if you have not checked it out yet, it is amazing!)
Sam Fender was another new artist who entered the scene in 2019 but gained my attention in 2020. His album "Hypersonic Missiles" was my second biggest album of 2020 and he also had 2 songs in the top 50 chart of the year, his album titled track ending up as the 6th biggest song of 2020. Taylor Swift also had a great 2020, and had her album "Folklore" been released early in 2020, it may have battled for the number 1 album of the year but ends up as the 4th biggest album of 2020 and still remains in the current top 10 album charts. Expect "Evermore" to be up there as one of the biggest albums of 2021 on my chart given it was just released over a fortnight ago. She also bags 4 songs in the top 50 (Only The Weeknd also achieved this feat) as is the only artist in the top 50 to have a song not designated as a single to break the top 50 end of year chart (This is me trying).
Songs that just missed out of top 50 of 2020
51. Little Mix - Sweet Melody
52. Doja Cat - Say So
53. Demi Lovato - Anyone
54. The Weeknd - After Hours
55. Miley Cyrus/Dua Lipa - Prisoner
other notable songs missing out:
87. Cardi B/ Megan Thee Stallio - WAP
104. Stormzy/Ed Sheeran/ Burna Boy - Own It
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Fairytale of New York
The Pogues ft. featuring Kirsty MacColl
From the album: If I Should Fall from Grace with God
Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks6 - Number 2 Dropout
Peak2Weeks6 - Number 3 Dropout
Peak1 (for 1 weeks)Weeks2 - Number 4 DropoutPeak3Weeks4
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Peak2Weeks2 - Number 7 DropoutPeak7Weeks2
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Peak9Weeks5 - Number 10 Dropout
Peak10Weeks2 - Number 11 DropoutPeak7Weeks5
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Peak4Weeks2 - Number 14 Dropout Peak3Weeks2
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Peak19Weeks3 - Number 22 Dropout Peak7Weeks2
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Oh Santa!
Mariah Carey ft. featuring Ariana Grande & Jennifer Hudson
From the album: Mariah Carey's Magical Christmas Special
Peak15Weeks3 - Number 34 DropoutPeak34Weeks1
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Peak2Weeks5 - Number 37 Dropout
Peak5Weeks9 - Number 38 DropoutPeak21Weeks3
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Hey Sergej, thanks for the comment. Yeah we do share some common taste in music, particularly The Killers. London Grammar & The Weeknd. I also recall that you like OneRepublic just like me, although they didnt end up up having any big song in 2020 for me. I can't believe its almost 2021, although it feels like an extension to 2020 to be honest considering the current situation.
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Hie Zack incredible year in terms of music. I.m not surprised to see The Weekend dominance of 2020 as well Dermot Kennedy as the biggest album I predicted correctly.
On the Singles I'm happy to see #2
 I'm glad Dermot Kennedy had a great rotation on your playlist...Surprised Midnight sky charting so high but released late in comparison with other songs. I am happy Positions album and the titled song could sneak in two months before the end of year they could've been higher. I have really enjoyed the sound of Positions album without skipping..I'm happy to see the support you gave ALICIA considering how underrated the album. M happy The Weekend and Dua lipa in the top 5 of the album.....also Jojo made it that's supercool we have been good towards the album the both of us I mean jojo gave her all obviously the lack of promotion unlike Ariana and Taylor swift and the both have a huge following on social networks. Ellie Goulding Goulding sneaked in that's nice. Enjoy 2021 I will keep updating on my top 20.i wish we could chat on WhatsApp finding out how we doing in life even if you're antisocial who knows maybe we might encourage another
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Hey..yeah I was a bit surprised Miley ened up so high too (was based on score totals) but in the end perhaps not surprising considering 20 weeks in chart, was also a slow climber to number 1 almost 3 months after its release and the 80s vibe grew on me. I was really looking forward to Ariana's album but and it has done well for me but something still not clicking well with her album. But Taylor's "evermore" is just something else to keep me occupied at the moment. Brandy unfortunately just missed out on top 20 albums of the year, it initialy peaked at no.2 on my album chart. I also didn't realise how well Jojo had done when I calculated my weekly totals. Alicia is going to do well this week for me as a new years eve small personal concert of her greatest hits was televised in the UK just prior to midnight so you may wonder why her tracks have charted on my next weeks chart.
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When it comes to Ariana Grande Positions album I'm pretty addicted to that album it's f****ng awesome halfway into 2021 still be jamming to it
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Hi Zack!
Really like all of your top 10 songs of the year!
And there are a lot of songs that I like and which were in my Year-End chart as well, like "Save Your Tears", "Caution", "Rain On Me", "No Time To Die" and "Hallucinate"!
Great chart!