Cultural Highlights of 2020
- Mar 2020: Global Pandemic Halts Live Music and Shifts Industry to Livestreams – The global music industry was brought to an abrupt, historic standstill in March 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic forced worldwide lockdowns. The trillion-dollar live concert touring industry vanished overnight, prompting artists, venues, and festival organizers to rapidly pivot toward virtual living room concert livestreams, interactive gaming concerts on platforms like *Fortnite*, and home-studio album production.
- Aug 2020: Taylor Swift Surprises Fans with Indie-Folk Masterpiece *Folklore* – Isolated during pandemic lockdowns, pop superstar Taylor Swift executed a breathtaking artistic pivot with the surprise release of her eighth studio album, *Folklore*. Collaborating remotely with Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff, Swift abandoned glossy stadium pop in favor of intimate acoustic indie-folk, poetic lyricism, and organic instrumentation, earning universal critical acclaim and sweeping the Grammy Awards for Album of the Year.
- Oct 2020: BTS Makes Historic Billboard Chart History – South Korean global phenomenon BTS achieved unprecedented music history by occupying the top two spots simultaneously on the Billboard Hot 100 with 'Dynamite' and their featured remix on Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo's 'Savage Love (Laxed - Siren Beat).' The milestone cemented the group's undisputed reign as global pop royalty and highlighted the unstoppable borderless power of digital streaming fandoms.
- Dec 2020: The Weeknd Dominates Airwaves with Record-Breaking 'Blinding Lights' – Canadian pop visionary The Weeknd secured an immortal place in chart history as his blockbuster retro-synth-pop anthem 'Blinding Lights' completed a historic run dominating global radio airwaves. Capturing the isolated, nocturnal mood of the pandemic era, the track became the longest-charting song in Billboard Hot 100 history, defining the vibrant 1980s synth-revival sound of the early 2020s.
Medium
By MediuM
Label: Transcending Obscurity Records
Released: 2020
Americana
By The Offspring
Label: Columbia
Released: 2020
Hollywood’s Bleeding
By Post Malone
Label: Republic Records
Released: 2020
Hysterical Cold Side and Dark Memories
By The Krueggers
Label: Eclipse Records
Released: 2020
Bonny Light Horseman
By Bonny Light Horseman
Label: 37d03d
Released: 2020
The Final Piano Pieces
By Brahms
Label: Hyperion
Released: 2020
Hellinck: Missa Surrexit pastor / Lupi: Te Deum & Motets
By Lupus Hellinck
Label: Hyperion
Released: 2020
Bury the Moon
By Ásgeir
Label: Embassy of Music
Released: 2020
SOUND & FURY
By Sturgill Simpson
Label: Elektra
Released: 2020
Seeking Thrills
By Georgia
Label: Domino
Released: 2020
Dream On
By Alice Boman
Label: Play It Again Sam
Released: 2020
Golem
By Tarek K.I.Z
Label: Eklat Tonträger
Released: 2020
Depressedelica
By Elvis Depressedly
Label: Run for Cover Records
Released: 2020
Night
By Gazpacho
Label: Kscope
Released: 2020
Sorta Kinda
By BXTH
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
Live in Oslo
By Siv Jakobsen
Label: [no label]
Released: 2020
Your world is not all correct
By MYY.
Label: Dewfall Records
Released: 2020
Jelly Tones
By Ken Ishii
Label: R&S Records
Released: 2020
Volume 1: 1988-1990
By Bomb Bay Babies
Label: Blonde Vinyl Records
Released: 2020
Guitarisma
By Torben Enevoldsen
Label: Lion Music
Released: 2020
Heaven, Heartache and the Power of Love
By Trisha Yearwood
Label: Gwendolyn Records
Released: 2020
Big Bubble
By Dixie Bubbles
Label: [no label]
Released: 2020
Rage Against the Machine
By Rage Against the Machine
Label: Epic
Released: 2020
The Fragile Army
By The Polyphonic Spree
Label: TVT Records
Released: 2020
chante Piaf
By Ingrid Caven
Label: Tricatel
Released: 2020
Nunca amutuy, ¡quedémonos!
By Chewelche
Label: Icarus Music
Released: 2020
Will I Fly?
By Miwa Gemini
Label: Miwa Gemini
Released: 2020
Aldemar Valentín
By Aldemar Valentín
Label: [no label]
Released: 2020
Quantum Entanglement
By Cybered
Label: Manifold Studio
Released: 2020
12
By Dirty Bourbon River Show
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
the silhouettes of trees + explosions
By William Henry Meung
Label: Chemical Imbalance.
Released: 2020
LIL BAGGIES OF PILLS FOR 5$(effects unknown)
By rockin' riley
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
Blitz
By Jung
Label: Universal Music Group
Released: 2020
Soul of Christ
By Dominican Liturgical Center
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
Volume Six
By Marc Johnce
Label: [no label]
Released: 2020
Capel Beulah
By Capel Beulah
Label: Inferna Profundus Records
Released: 2020
As You Hunger for Pardon
By Dysmorphic Demiurge
Label: Inherited Suffering Records
Released: 2020
Dua Liphop: Tracks of Future Past
By Kyle Brauch
Label: [no label]
Released: 2020
Cobid - 20
By Bisse
Label: Showbisse Inc.
Released: 2020
Ashiato
By Tatsuhisa Yamamoto
Label: NEWHERE MUSIC
Released: 2020
now that's what i call: NOTHING!
By rockin' riley
Label: CRASH BLOSSOMS
Released: 2020
Heart of This Man
By Carson Jeffrey
Label: Carson Jeffrey
Released: 2020
Juan Piña Con La Revelacion
By Juan Piña con La Revelación
Label: Vampi Soul
Released: 2020
Further Nostalgia: The Mashup Album
By Blanter Co
Label: [no label]
Released: 2020
Frankenhorn
By Audrey Ochoa
Label: Chronograph Records
Released: 2020
Tårefilm
By Bisse
Label: Showbisse Inc.
Released: 2020
45 Days Inside
By DreamedWave
Label: [no label]
Released: 2020
don't go(yet.)
By rockin' riley
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
Loudest Whisper
By Loudest Whisper
Label: Sunbeam Records
Released: 2020
Weltkarte - 子午線と空のあわいで
By Yuto Ohashi
Label: 梅レコード
Released: 2020
Small Moments
By Michael Manring
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
In the Absence of Discernable Thought
By Shadows Cast in Low Light
Label: sans documents
Released: 2020
The Blue Bus
By Mistura Pura
Label: Ubiquity
Released: 2020
Untitled Four Way
By Gaseous Acolyte
Label: Small Worm
Released: 2020
Aja
By Suodeth
Label: [no label]
Released: 2020
Homework
By 盧冠廷
Label: Universal Music Hong Kong
Released: 2020
Wheels on the Bus & Other Nursery Rhymes with Little Baby Bum
By Little Baby Bum Nursery Rhyme Friends
Label: Moonbug Entertainment
Released: 2020
Lagoon Blues
By The Bathers
Label: Marina Records
Released: 2020
Thug Ambient
By Dale Cornish
Label: Vanity Publishing
Released: 2020
Untitled (Chicago March 2020)
By Robert Stokowy
Label: [no label]
Released: 2020
Beyond Images
By Jordan Seigel
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
Baptism Of Solitude
By Illuminine
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
Portret muzykanta
By Aleksander Bobowski
Label: In crudo
Released: 2020
A Story of Excalibur: Part II
By Ned Greenough
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
Earthlings
By Little Lizard
Label: Guilt Ridden Pop
Released: 2020
Coffee Rings - II
By Electronic Orchestra Charlottenburg
Label: [no label]
Released: 2020
Here Be Dragons
By Oded Tzur
Label: ECM Records
Released: 2020
Metamorphosis
By sharkkymarky
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
A Cult Of Opposition
By Contracult Collective
Label: Hogwasche Music
Released: 2020
The Best of Tommysongs
By Tommy Emmanuel
Label: CGP Sounds
Released: 2020
Frankly Fiona
By Fiona Richmond
Label: Trunk Records
Released: 2020
No pierdas la simpleza
By Luca Bocci
Label: Indie Folks
Released: 2020
Splendor Falls on Everything Around
By Realtree
Label: Eh?
Released: 2020
Along Came iiickyb0iii
By g00db0iii
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
SEX, SCHNÀPPS ÙN ROCK'N'ROLL
By Schnapps
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
Saturnia
By Sundaze
Label: Melusine Records
Released: 2020
(Cuddly One) Break My Ribs
By Apistat Commander
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
Catch as Catch Can
By Kim Wilde
Label: Cherry Pop
Released: 2020
Lost Bytes: 2001-2017
By 8 Bit Weapon
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
Featherhammer
By Steal My Hope
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
Villains (Acoustic Anniversary Edition)
By Emma Blackery
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
Rising Again to Fight
By blastrabbit
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
The Unfit
By The Unfit
Label: Share It Music
Released: 2020
Silence II
By E‐Mantra
Label: Melusine Records
Released: 2020
Béri Béri
By Victor Torpedo
Label: Lux Records
Released: 2020
Fringements One
By Cheer-Accident
Label: Skin Graft Records
Released: 2020
Lost Art of Listening
By Randy Stonehill
Label: [no label]
Released: 2020
Episodes
By Florian Christl
Label: Sony Classical
Released: 2020
Ghosts
By DPS
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
Mecha Technology
By Farfacid
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
A Love Sublime
By Art Ruprecht
Label: Flame Productions
Released: 2020
Tribal Pack
By SKRY
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
Serranias
By Abstract Aeon
Label: [no label]
Released: 2020
Never Work
By Ariel Sharratt & Mathias Kom
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
Spirit of Rebellion
By Mortiis
Label: Omnipresence
Released: 2020
Rise of the Common Woodpile
By Caroliner Rainbow Open Wound Chorale
Label: [no label]
Released: 2020
The Universe
By Niek
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020
EMC!D01 – ElectroMagnetic Compilation Disc 01
By Electromagnetic Compact Discs
Label: Unknown Label
Released: 2020