As ever, the HP Top 50 provides ample evidence of the extraordinary depth and richness of the Irish music scene – boasting more homegrown goodness from acts as varied as JYellowL and Bitch Falcon. There's also art-pop gems from Gorillaz, The 1975 and HMLTD; another barnstormer from Bruce Springsteen; phenomenal offerings from Run The Jewels, HAIM and Childish Gambino - and much, much more.

More than ever, it was a year when music provided us with comfort, solace, escape and joy. Here’s to more unforgettable music next year - and maybe, just maybe, a return to live action. To quote one of the 20th century’s most revered songwriters, wouldn’t it be nice...

See the Hot Press Albums of 2020 Top 10 here.

11. Run The Jewels RTJ4 (Jewel Runners/BMG)

12. Bruce Springsteen Letter To
You (Columbia)

13. The 1975 Notes On A Conditional Form (Dirty Hit)

14. JyellowL 2020 D|Vision (JYellowL Records LTD)

15. Bitch Falcon Staring at Clocks (Bitch Falcon/Reckless)

16. Moses Sumney Græ (Jagjaguwar)

17. HAIM Women in Music Pt. III (Columbia)

18. Laura Marling Song For Our Daughter (Chrysalis Records / Partisan)

19. Dua Lipa Future Nostalgia (Warner Records)

20. Joshua Burnside Into The Depths Of Hell (Joshua Burnside Recordings)

21. Childish Gambino 3.15.20 (RCA)

22. Tricky Fall To Pieces (False Idols)

23. Jarv Is Beyond the Pale (Rough Trade Records)

24. Gorillaz Song Machine, Season One Strange Timez (Gorillaz Partnership / Parlophone)

25. Sault Untitled (Black Is) (Forever Living Originals)

26. Lianne La Havas Lianne La Havas (Warner / Nonesuch Records)

27. Tame Impala The Slow Rush (Caroline)

28. Roisin Murphy Roisin Machine (Skint)

29. The Coronas True Love Waits (So Far So Good)

30. Ciaran Lavery Plz Stay, bb (Soft Gut Records)
31. Idles Ultra Mono (Partisan)

32. Angel Olsen Whole New Mess (Jagjaguwar)

33. Ailbhe Reddy Personal History (Friends of The Family)

34. The Streets None of Us Are Getting Out Of This Life Alive (Mike Skinner / Universal)

35. Rina Sawayama Sawayama (Dirty Hit)

36. Caribou Suddenly (City Slang)

37. Nealo All The Leaves Are Falling (DFL Records)

38. Megan Thee Stallion Good News (1501 Certified Entertainment)

39. Matt Berninger Serpentine Prison (Caroline)

40. Lucinda Williams Good Souls, Better Angels (Thirty Tigers)

41. Kelly Lee Owens Inner Song (Small Town Super Sound)

42. Bright Eyes Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was (Dead Oceans)

43. The Boomtown Rats Citizens of Boomtown (BMG)

44. Jess Williamson Sorceress (Mexican Summer)

45. Mary Coughlan Life Stories (Hail Mary Records)

46. Jack Garratt Love, Death & Dancing (Island / Universal)

47. HMLTD West of Eden (Lucky Number Music)

48. Ásgeir Bury The Moon (Embassy of Music / AdP)

49. CFIT Vs. Gravity (Noël Duplaa)

50. Beabadobee Fake It Flowers (Dirty Hit)