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The best new artists, albums, and hits for your 2020 playlists, ranked by over 1 million votes. Click to make your opinion heard.

Hip-Hop / Rap

Dropping the <a href="/list/best-rap-songs-2020/music-lover" target="_blank">hottest new music</a>, here are the best rappers of 2020, ranked by fans everywhere. From new 2020 rappers, like young rising stars&nbsp;Roddy Ricch and Lil Nas X, to some of the best hip hop artists of the decade, like Eminem and Drake, all rappers are welcome here as long as they&#39;re&nbsp;among the best modern rappers releasing new music in 2020.

Featuring the most popular <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-famous-rappers-right-now/celebrity-lists?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">rappers right now</a>, like Cardi B and Young Thug, this list of good rappers in&nbsp;2020 is dominating hip hop charts. And, while many&nbsp;of the most famous rappers in this list are American rappers, some are Canadian, British, or even Indonesian.

Who are the top rappers today? Which of the hottest rappers right now do you think is the best rapper in the world? Which good female rappers belong in the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-rappers-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">top 10 rappers</a> of 2020?

Vote up the best rappers of 2020, and add your favorites if they deserve to be on this list.&nbsp;

Singers

New male singers come from a wide variety of platforms in terms of genre, background, and style. These famous, young singers are making big waves in the entertainment industry. You can also find new rappers and DJs here. Wondering what <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-male-artists-2019/ranker-music" target="_blank">male artists to watch</a>? Browse this list to find out. If you haven&#39;t already&nbsp;heard of these artists, you&#39;re likely to soon.&nbsp;How do these musicians compare&nbsp;to the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-female-artists/ranker-music" target="_blank">best new female artists</a>?

Some up-and-coming male singers have accomplished a lot at a relatively young age. Nominated for Best New Artist at the 2018 Grammys, Khalid&#39;s single &quot;Location&quot; went quadruple platinum and has been featured on many Billboard chart topping songs. Other new male artists&nbsp;to watch include Troye Sivan, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/famous-friends-of-shawn-mendes/celebrity-lists" target="_blank">Shawn Mendes</a>, MAX, Bryson Tiller, and Charlie Puth. For hip-hop heads, new&nbsp;rappers, like Lil Pump, Post Malone, and 21 Savage, are also featured on this list. Young actors who are singers&nbsp;are also on here, like Ansel Elgort. Don&#39;t forget about new country singers Devin Dawson and Morgan Evans.

Who were the best male pop singers in 2018 and 2019? Which rising male music stars are the best? Vote below to help decide, and be sure to add anyone you think is missing.&nbsp;

Indie

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Expand your music horizons with the best&nbsp;indie songs of 2020. Featuring underrated artists you&#39;ve never heard of (and some you have),&nbsp;this list of 2020 indie songs&nbsp;will go unnoticed by&nbsp;pop music&nbsp;lovers. Which new indie music do you like? Discover more music with the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-indie-songs-2019/music-lover/" target="_blank">best indie songs of 2019</a>.

From underground rap and indie folk&nbsp;to indie electronic and experimental music, the top 2020 indie songs showcase a variety of genres with up-and-coming musicians not considered mainstream who deserve more love.

Browse this list of top indie songs and vote up your favorites to help determine the best indie songs of the year. If you feel any 2020 popular indie songs are missing, feel free to add them to the list.&nbsp;

2020

Here&#39;s to another year (and decade) of good music with the best new albums of 2020. Featuring highly anticipated albums from the biggest artists right now, like Selena Gomez, this list of 2020 albums includes all genres. If you&#39;re looking for genre-specific lists, cast your votes for the&nbsp;<a href="/list/best-2020-pop-albums/music-lover" target="_blank">best pop albums of 2020</a>. What are the top 10 albums of 2020?&nbsp;

Vote up the best 2020 albums, and add your favorites if they deserve to be on the list. For more great music, check out who topped our<a href="/list/best-albums-2019/music-lover" target="_blank">&nbsp;album of the year 2019 list</a>.

A boatload of music comes out each day, making it a challenge to keep&nbsp;up with new artists. So, to help you learn about the big acts of tomorrow, we&#39;re running down the musical acts poised to break through in 2020.

From up-and-coming pop singers to <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-soundcloud-rappers/ranker-music" target="_blank">Soundcloud&nbsp;rappers</a>, these artists represent the emerging music trends of both today and tomorrow. Many of these upcoming stars are new bands, DJs and pop singers who are about to have a meteoric rise, while others were <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-movies-for-artists-to-watch/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">artists to watch</a> in 2019 who are about to hit the next level, such as Yaeji and Rosal&iacute;a. Some of the names on this list are first time Grammy nominees at the 2020 Grammy Awards.&nbsp;

As festivals begin releasing their lineups for 2020, expect&nbsp;many of these names to appear&nbsp;on the posters. And if you&#39;re annoyed waiting for any of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/upcoming-albums-2020/kareem-gantt" target="_blank">2020&#39;s most anticipated music</a>, let a few of these acts fill the void. Whether it&#39;s YBN Cordae&#39;s feature-packed debut rap album, The Lost Boy, or&nbsp;Khruangbin&#39;s&nbsp;jam-driven festival sets, this group of rising artists offers something for everybody.

Here are the best new female artists of 2020.&nbsp;Whether you like pop, indie,&nbsp;EDM, country, or cutting-edge rap and hip-hop, this list of the top new female artists today&nbsp;will have something for you. This list features the hottest new female artists right now, from breakout superstars King Princess and Summer Walker, to good new female artists who are just on the cusp of breaking out, like R&amp;B singer Mariah the Scientist and techno DJ Sara Landry.&nbsp;

Who do you think is the best new female rapper of 2020? Which 2020 <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-female-artists/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">new female singers</a> are destined for greatness?

Vote up the best new female singers of 2020 below, and be sure to add any that you feel we may have missed.

Songs

Here are the most played songs on Spotify, ranked by fans everywhere. In the modern music industry, there is perhaps no better barometer for an artist&#39;s popularity than how many streams their most popular songs boast. In 2020, going triple-platinum is a big achievement, but&nbsp;snagging triple commas is the real white whale for the most popular artists in the world. Indeed, of the top songs in Spotify&#39;s&nbsp;seemingly never-ending library, just over 50 tracks have crossed the 1 billion stream threshold.

The three comma club is an elite one, and while a number of&nbsp;rap, rock,&nbsp;and EDM&nbsp;hits have made it in, the list skews heavily toward pop. Ed Sheeran&#39;s&nbsp;&quot;Shape Of You&quot; has long been the most listened to song on Spotify, with over 2 billion plays since its release in 2017. And, with four total tracks holding over a billion plays each and three in the top 10, the British singer dominates the list of the most-streamed songs. Post Malone, too, has four 10-figure&nbsp;songs to his name, as does Justin Bieber (though, including features, he&#39;s responsible for six).&nbsp;

Unsurprisingly, the most played songs on Spotify&nbsp;are, overwhelmingly, from the 2010s. Of all the songs with 1 billion streams or more, the second oldest track, Passenger&#39;s &quot;Let Her Go,&quot; was released in 2012. The oldest, and the only entry from another decade thus far to rack up a billion Spotify plays, is Queen&#39;s &quot;Bohemian Rhapsody,&quot; released in 1975. Quite the age gap.&nbsp;

Because&nbsp;quality and quantity are, all too often, not one and the same, we&#39;ve compiled all 58 songs that have reached the milestone of 1 billion or more plays, so that you can decide which of the most popular songs on Spotify are actually the best.

Have you had Drake&#39;s &quot;God&#39;s Plan&quot; on repeat since it dropped in 2018? Did you listen to&nbsp;Billie Eilish&#39;s &quot;bad guy&quot; so much that it topped&nbsp;the Spotify-curated &quot;Your Top Songs 2019&quot; playlist? Vote up the most streamed songs on Spotify that deserve all the hype, and vote down the ones that you think are overrated, or flat-out bad.&nbsp;

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2021

Here are the&nbsp;most anticipated albums of 2021, ranked by hype.&nbsp;One of the most discussed albums coming out in 2021 is <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-drake-albums/ranker-music" target="_blank">Drake</a>&#39;s Certified Lover Boy, dropping in January. Back in October, the artist shared a <a href="https://variety.com/2020/music/news/drake-teaser-certified-lover-boy-january-2021-1234815224/" target="_blank">teaser trailer</a> for the upcoming album, adding to its hype.<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-kanye-west-songs-of-all-time/voteable" target="_blank"> Kanye West </a>has had quite a year, from winning Top Christian and Gospel awards at the Billboard Music Awards to appearing on the ballot for vice president. All of this leads up to his new album, Donda: With Child, which will hopefully&nbsp;be released&nbsp;sometime in 2021.

<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-lana-del-rey-albums/ranker-music" target="_blank">Lana Del Rey</a> stunned listeners with her critically acclaimed 2019 album Norman F&ndash;&ndash;ing Rockwell!. In spring 2021, she&#39;ll be back with a new LP titled Chemtrails over the Country Club. Both Rihanna and Adele have teased new albums for next year, although neither have revealed the titles of their upcoming releases.

Vote up the new album releases you&#39;re most looking forward to in 2021, and look out for surprise drops.&nbsp;

2020 Music

Here are the best new artists of 2020. This list of the top new artists today features the hottest new artists right now in pop, rap, rock,&nbsp;country, R&amp;B, indie,&nbsp;EDM, and a variety of subgenres within. Many good new artists in 2020 are among the most popular current musicians, from&nbsp;the best new 2020 R&amp;B artists, like Summer Walker and Normani, to the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-rappers-2020/jovaughnbrown" target="_blank">best new rap and hip hop artists of 2020</a>, like&nbsp;Roddy Ricch and Lil Tecca. Likewise for <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-pop-artists-2020/jovaughnbrown/" target="_blank">top new 2020 pop artists</a>, such as Lauv and Conan Gray.

While many&nbsp;of the entries on this list of new artists to watch in 2020 are rappers, singers, or producers who perform as solo artists, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-rock-bands-2020/jovaughnbrown" target="_blank">the best new bands of 2020</a>, like Inhaler and Dirty Honey, are eligible for inclusion&nbsp;as well.&nbsp;

Who do you think are the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-male-artists-2020/jovaughnbrown" target="_blank">best new 2020 male artists</a>? Which women are the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-female-artists-2020/jovaughnbrown" target="_blank">best new female artists of 2020</a>? Of all the upcoming 2020 artists, who will claim their spot among the greatest musical artists of all time?

Vote for the best new artists of 2020 below, and be sure to add any good new 2020 artists that you think we may have missed.

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Slow it down with the best R&amp;B songs of 2020. From smooth tracks to bedroom music, these new 2020 R&amp;B songs feature popular artists who consistently dominate the R&amp;B charts, like Alicia Keys, John Legend, and Khalid. Check out the latest R&amp;B hits and see how they compare to the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-rhythm-and-blues-songs-2019/music-lover/" target="_blank">top R&amp;B songs of 2019</a>.&nbsp;

There are plenty of good recent R&amp;B songs in 2020, but which of the newest R&amp;B songs will become the top R&amp;B song of the year in 2020?&nbsp;

Vote up the best 2020 R&amp;B songs, and add your favorites if they&#39;re missing from the list.&nbsp;

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Whether you like reggae rhythms or an irresistible hook, the best dancehall songs of 2020 provide the perfect soundtrack to any party. Each year a new collection of good dancehall songs emerges and time will tell which tune becomes the cut that defines 2020. Roots style, Jamaican sounds, and hip-hop flavors combine in the best new dancehall songs of 2020.

Featuring everyone from Vybz&nbsp;Kartel to Teejay, the best 2020&nbsp;dancehall songs were created by the top names in the game. As you wait for your favorite artists to release new 2020 dancehall jams, be sure to check out our list of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-dancehall-songs-2019/music-lover" target="_blank">best dancehall songs&nbsp;of 2019</a>, featuring living dancehall&nbsp;legends like Sean Paul.

Which dancehall song is your favorite? Check out this 2020&nbsp;dancehall playlist and vote the best tracks up to the top spot. Please feel free to add any great dance hall songs we may have missed.

The music industry has long been a place for rising young stars&mdash;with many of today&#39;s top singers under 25 years old. In fact, a great deal of pop singers and stars come to rise long before their 20s. Even the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/most-famous-singers-right-now/celebrity-lists" target="_blank">most popular singers</a> of the last few decades hit the scene at a young age. No matter the reason these kids get discovered so young, they&#39;ll all be more than established artists as they pass the quarter century mark. And while some may fade away and&nbsp;others will only accelerate through their careers, these are the best singers under 25 right now. Whether you&#39;re talking young female singers or top male artists, who do you think has the most talent?&nbsp;&nbsp;

From the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-country-artists/ranker-music" target="_blank">top country artists</a> like Kane Brown to new pop singers such as Zendaya, this list of singers under 25 features a broad range of young sensations&mdash;as well as some well-established artists who are still in their prime, including Justin Bieber and Halsey. Then you have kids like Jacob Sartorius and Loren Gray who are still teenagers. In short, all of these great young singers have made a name for themselves in the business, and they could all have long careers ahead of them. Of all the singers on this list of 25 under 25, do you have a favorite?

Check out all the singers under 25 years old below and vote up whoever you think are the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-current-pop-groups-and-singers/ranker-music" target="_blank">best artists out right now</a>. Of course, you can also add others who may be missing from the list, just ensure they&#39;re no older than 24.&nbsp;

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Ease the pain with the best breakup songs of 2020. Nobody likes breakups, but hopefully these new 2020 songs about breaking up will help you move on, forget about the past, or even mend your broken heart. Regardless of your relationship status, these 2020&nbsp;breakup songs are also just good songs, so check them out. If you want more, take a look at the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-breakup-songs-2019/music-lover/" target="_blank">best breakup songs of 2019</a>.

From R&amp;B and rap to country and pop, the top breakup songs of 2020 cover a variety of genres with new music from the biggest artists. Vote up the best 2020 breakup songs, and add any good&nbsp;songs about getting over someone if they&#39;re missing from the list. Warning: these songs might make you feel sad or angry; if that&#39;s the case, get in a good mood with the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-dance-songs-2020/music-lover/" target="_blank">best dance songs of 2020</a>.

Here are the most unexpected collaborations of 2020. Sometimes, the best music collaborations are the ones that take you by surprise. This list includes any weird music collaborations that seemed surprising, but are nevertheless surefire&nbsp;hits.&nbsp;

From Ozzy Osbourne teaming up with Elton John on &quot;Ordinary Man,&quot; to Kid Cudi&nbsp;featuring on the Selena Gomez track &quot;A Sweeter Place,&quot; these unlikely musical partnerships are some of our favorite 2020 songs. If you&#39;d like to listen to more good unexpected collaborations, check out our list of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-music-collaborations-2019/jovaughnbrown/" target="_blank">most unexpected collaborations of 2019</a>.&nbsp;

Vote now for your favorite music collaboration that took you by surprise in 2020!

Country Singers

Here are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/top-country-artists-of-all-time/samantha-dillinger?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best country artists</a> of 2021, ranked by fans everywhere. Only including popular artists releasing&nbsp;new music today, this list of current country singers&nbsp;features rising stars, like&nbsp;Parker McCollum and American Idol third place winner Gabby Barrett, as well as the most famous names of the genre, like Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert. And don&#39;t forget country music&#39;s biggest bands, like Lady A and Old Dominion. Who are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-country-artists/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">top country artists</a> dominating the charts in 2021?&nbsp;

Vote up the best country artists of the year, and add your favorites if they deserve a spot&nbsp;on this list.

Female Singers

Rising female stars represent a diverse range of voices in the current music industry. From country to rap to pop, new female singers&nbsp;are impressing both critics and fans with their quality, engaging music. You can also find female DJs and&nbsp;girl rappers here.&nbsp;If you're looking for some up-and-coming female <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/the-best-movies-for-artists-to-watch/ranker-film?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">artists to watch</a>, browse this list. How do these musicians compare&nbsp;to the <a href="/list/best-new-male-artists/ranker-music" target="_blank">best new male artists</a>?Some of these musicians will surprise you with how much they've achieved at such a young age. Some female singers are under 25&nbsp;or still in their teenage years!&nbsp;The 20-year-old Zara Larson, for example,&nbsp;has been big in Sweden since winning a talent competition in 2008. She's just now making her debut in the United States, launching her into international fame. Other female artists&nbsp;to watch include Dua Lipa, SZA, Halsey, and Alessia Cara. New female rappers, like CL, Bhad Bhabie, and Kodie Shane, are also featured on this list. Young actresses who are making music are also on here, like Hailee Steinfeld and Bella Thorne.&nbsp;Out of all of these talented young singers, which one is the best? Vote up your favorites to the top. Did we miss any? Feel free to add them at the bottom of the list.

Here are the best new male&nbsp;artists of 2020.&nbsp;Whether you like pop, indie,&nbsp;EDM, rock, country, or cutting-edge rap and hip-hop, this list of the top new male artists today&nbsp;will have something for you. This list features the hottest new male artists right now, from new&nbsp;top rappers Roddy Ricch and Lil Tecca, to good <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-male-artists/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">new male singers</a> who are just on the cusp of breaking out, like LoveLeo and BabyJake. Rising indie pop star Conan Gray and English pop punk&nbsp;singer Yungblud are among the top new male singers of 2020, while Shallou and Cautious Clay are&nbsp;popular new male music producers alongside their singing talents.

Who do you think is the best new&nbsp;male hip hop artist&nbsp;of 2020? Which 2020 new male pop singers from the UK, US, and beyond are destined for greatness?

Vote up the best new male artists&nbsp;of 2020 below, and be sure to add any that you feel we may have missed. If you need more good new artist recommendations, check out our list of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-artists-2020/jovaughnbrown" target="_blank">top 10 new artists of 2020</a>!

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From <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-country-pop-songs/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">pop and country</a> to rap and rock, here are the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/best-debut-albums-of-all-time?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best debut albums</a> of 2020. Featuring some of the best new artists right now, like rapper 070 Shake and EDM singer Chelsea Cutler, this list of 2020 debut albums shows off the latest music talents. If you&#39;re looking for more good recent debut albums, check out our list of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-debut-albums-2019/music-lover/" target="_blank">top 10 debut albums of 2019</a>.&nbsp;

Which new artist&#39;s first album belongs on the greatest albums of 2020?&nbsp;Vote up the top debut albums of 2020, and add your favorites if they belong on this list.&nbsp;

Music Videos

When ranking the best music videos of 2020, we&#39;re&nbsp;looking for sick visuals, creativity, or funny celebrity cameos. Featuring&nbsp;recent pop music, rap hits, and more, this list of the latest&nbsp;music videos includes&nbsp;music videos from some of the&nbsp;most popular artists right now, like Halsey, Drake, and Selena Gomez. What is your favorite music video of 2020?

Vote up all the good&nbsp;2020 music videos, and try to not vote based on the songs.

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Here are the best female R&amp;B singers of 2020, ranked by fans everywhere. Only including artists releasing&nbsp;new music, this list of current female R&amp;B singers&nbsp;features new artists and rising stars, like Summer Walker and Ella Mai,&nbsp;as well as famous singers, like Alicia Keys, Lizzo, H.E.R., and Janelle Monae.&nbsp;Who are the top&nbsp;female R&amp;B solo artists&nbsp;of 2020?

Vote up the best women of R&amp;B&nbsp;in 2020, and add any popular&nbsp;artists&nbsp;missing from the list.

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If you listened to the new Lil Nas X&nbsp;album, make your&nbsp;7&nbsp;review by ranking all the songs&nbsp;from best to worst. The debut EP&nbsp;from the one of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-new-artists-2019/ranker-music" target="_blank">hottest artists of 2019</a>&nbsp;features singles, like &quot;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-old-town-road-remix/ranker-music" target="_blank">Old Town Road</a>&quot; and &quot;Panini,&quot;&nbsp;and collaborations with Cardi B, Billy Ray Cyrus, and Travis Barker.&nbsp;This votable&nbsp;tracklist includes song names, featured artists, and music videos. &nbsp;

Vote up the best new songs on Lil Nas X&#39;s EP&nbsp;7.

Ranking All Songs on Lil Nas X's Debut EP '7', Best to Worst

The Best Songs on Lil Nas X's Debut EP '7'

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If you listened to the new Lil Nas X&nbsp;album, make your&nbsp;7&nbsp;review by ranking all the songs&nbsp;from best to worst. The debut EP&nbsp;from the one ...