2020 in American music

The following is a list of events and releases that have happened or are expected to happen in 2020 in music in the United States.

List of years in American music

Events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

  • 6 – Charlie Daniels passed away at the age of 83.[11]
  • 10 – Rufus Wainwright released his first album in eight years, Unfollow The Rules.[12]
  • 17 - The Chicks, formerly known as the Dixie Chicks, released their first album in 14 years, Gaslighter. It will also be their first album under their new name. They had dropped "Dixie", which referenced the American Mason–Dixon line, separating the free and slave-owning southern states. The name change followed criticism that the word had connotations of American slavery.
  • 24 – Neon Trees released their first album in six years, I Can Feel You Forgetting Me.
    • Taylor Swift released her eighth studio album, Folklore. The album was announced on social media a day prior to its release.[14]
  • 31 – Brandy released her first album in eight years, B7.[15]

August

September

October

November

December

  • 4 – Geographer will release their first full-length album in five years, Down And Out In The Garden Of Earthly Delights


Bands reformed

Bands on hiatus


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 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[25] Little Big Town Country
Tullahoma[26] Dustin Lynch Country
Masquerade Mest Pop punk
Circles[27] 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
Treat Myself Meghan Trainor

February

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
7 Country Fuzz The Cadillac Three Country
Almost Forever[28] Cheerleader
Wake Up Fat Tony Hip hop
Father of All Motherfuckers Green Day
Limitless Richard Marx
Never Not Together Nada Surf Alternative rock
Perdida[29] Stone Temple Pilots
Play That Rock N' Roll The Supersuckers Rock
14 New Empire, Vol. 1 Hollywood Undead
Weather Huey Lewis and the News
Carly Pearce Carly Pearce Country
Swimmer Tennis
21 Always Tomorrow[30] Best Coast Indie pop
Dreamland COIN
The Studio album Collection Dio
BLACK[31] dirty Monster
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[32] Grouplove
A Written Testimony[33] Jay Electronica Hip hop
Possession[34] Joywave
Supernova Caitlyn Smith
Thrill Seeker Sub Urban
Pink[35] Two Feet Electronic rock
20 Kelsea Kelsea Ballerini Country pop
The Light Delta Rae
Kid Krow Conan Gray
Mabern Plays Mabern Harold Mabern
  • Jazz
  • blues
22 3.15.20 Childish Gambino
27 Future Nostalgia Dua Lipa
Decatur Country Red Jessi Alexander Country
Thirtes Jill Andrews
Mother In This Moment
Gigaton[36] Pearl Jam
Saint Cloud Waxahatchee

April

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
1 Tafelmuzik Means More When You're Alone[37] The Dandy Warhols
3 Wake Up, Sunshine[38] 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
The Way It Feels Maddie & Tae Country
Declaration Red
Trust the River[39] 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[40] 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[41] 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[42] 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[43] Run the Jewels Hip hop
12 Ungodly Hour Chloe x Halle R&B
Canyons Gone West Country
Choosen Family Tree Kree Harrison
Class of 98 Eric Hutchinson
Pick Me Up off The Floor Norah Jones
Self Made Man Larkin Poe
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[44] Phantom Planet
23 Inlet Hum
26 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 Lamastu 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 Sunday Drive Brett Eldredge Country pop
Brianwashed Generation Enuff Z'Nuff
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 Let There Be Nothing Judicator
Bad Vacation Liza Anne
  • Rock
  • 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[45] Tommy Walter Instrumental rock
31 Born Innocent Alcatrazz
B7 Brandy
Alphaville Imperial Triumphant
Sucker's Lunch Madeline Kenney Indie rock
Once In A Lifetime Mac McAnally Country

August

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
7 Just Coolin Art Blakey Jazz
Born Here Live Here Die Here Luke Bryan Country pop
Jumpin In The Night (Reissue) Flamin' Groovies
Eight Gates Jason Molina
Purple Noon[46] 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

List of albums to be released

August

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
21 Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was Bright Eyes Indie rock
Sugaregg[47] Bully
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
Here on Earth Tim McGraw Country
The Land That Time Forgot Chuck Prophet
28 Sunset Suburbia Diesel Hip hop
Blackbirds Bettye LaVette
The Barfly Sessions Heidi Newfield
The Room Ricky Reed
Smile Katy Perry
Stony Hill G.E. Smith

September

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
4 Gold Record Bill Callahan
When I Wait For You Dirk Powell
Chemtrails Over the Country Club Lana Del Rey
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 Find the Sun Deradoorian
No Good Left to Give[48] Movements
Trouble And Strife Joan Osborne
Paint Your Emotion The Ries Brothers
Two to One James Williamson
Nite Creatures Joe Wong
25 Gangsta's Paradise (25th Anniversary) Coolio
  • Hip-hop
  • rap
Building Shannon LaBrie
Blue Hearts[49] Bob Mould
The Ascension Sufjan Stevens
My Gift[50] Carrie Underwood

October

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
2 Gold The Bangles
Serpentine Prison Matt Berninger
All Love Everything Aloe Blacc
Bon Jovi: 2020 Bon Jovi
A Holly Dolly Christmas.[20] Dolly Parton
9 The Symbol Remains Blue Öyster Cult
TBA Jackson Browne
Dealing With Demons Part I DevilDriver
As Long as You Are[51] Future Islands Indie rock
Sliver Ladders Mary Lattimore
16 ANDRO Tommy Lee
Private Lives Low Cut Connie
Arm In Arm Steep Canyon Rangers Bluegrass
23 Punching the Sky Armored Saint Heavy metal
Forgotten Days Pallbearer
Living on Mercy Dan Penn
30 The Otherside Cam Country
Live at the Fillmore (vinyl) Dredg
All Rise Gregory Porter

November

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
6 The Glitz The Glamour Perry Farrell
The Return of The Queen Nicki Minaj Hip hop
13 Weekend in London George Benson
From Exile (Vinyl Reissue) The Menzingers
20 Wreckless Abandon Mike Campbell
Human OneRepublic
27 Black Coffee (Vinyl Reissue) Peggy Lee
Grandpa Metal Brian Posehn

December

Date Album Artist Genre (s)
4 Hyperspace (Deluxe Editon) Beck Alternative rock
Down and Out in the Garden of Earthly Delights Geographer
11 ALICIA Alicia Keys
18 As Daylight Dies (Vinyl Reissue) Killswitch Engage

Unknown date

Top songs on record

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

Billboard Hot 100 songs which have ranked within the Top 20

Deaths

See also

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