As the year is coming to an end, Rolling Stone recently unveiled their list of The 50 Best Albums of 2020. Giving a major surprise to all, Taylor Swift's quarantine album Folkore topped the chart. The album has also several Grammys 2021 nominations. Rolling Stone honored the album by writing, "Swift shed the über-pop trappings of her previous album, Lover, for a project that put her once-in-a-generation songwriting talent front and center."
BTS' Map of the Soul: 7 was the only Korean act that made to Rolling Stone's list. It secured the 16th position. Rolling Stone wrote, "Seven years on top of the world, and yet BTS still make it all sound like they’ve only just begun to shine. The South Korean pop kings didn’t water down their style (or language) to conquer America — they just won the audience on their own terms. On Map of the Soul: 7, their most complex and personal album yet, they keep pursuing their loftiest creative ambitions. Map lives up to its title with heartfelt individual confessions like Suga’s rap-star space fantasy “Interlude: Shadow.” But the high point is “Moon,” Jin’s wonderstruck love song to the audience, where he pledges his devotion over jangling guitars"
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Other albums that made it to the list are Lady Gaga's Chromatica, Ariana Grande's Positions, Miley Cyrus' Plastic Hearts, Selena Gomez's Rare, Halsey's Manic and The Weeknd's After Hours among several others.
(Source: Rolling Stone)
