Listen Up: These Are The Albums & Singles That Dominated 2020

You won't find many who weren't happy to bid farewell to 2020 but at least there was some great music to come out of it.

ARIA has today released its 2020 end of year figures which has delivered some shocks and some results you should have seen coming.

On the Albums front, the top three records of the year came from international artists - Harry Styles (Fine Line) which stayed in the top ten for 48 weeks in 2020, Taylor Swift (folklore) and Billie Eilish (When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?).

The only Australian act to feature in the top ten is rock icons AC/DC with their November-released PWR/UP which placed at #4, but it did top the Australian Artists Albums list which is a huge feat given it only had six weeks to make an impression on the chart.

2020 ARIA Albums - Top 10

1. Harry Styles - Fine Line

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2. Taylor Swift - folklore

3. Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

4. AC/DC - PWRϟUP

5. Luke Combs - What You See Is What You Get

6. Dua Lipa - Future Nostalgia

7. Post Malone - Hollywood’s Bleeding

8. Elton John - Diamonds

9. The Weeknd - After Hours

10. Eminem - Music To Be Murdered By

2020 ARIA Albums - Top 10

1. AC/DC - PWRϟUP

2. Tame Impala - The Slow Rush

3. Various - Music From The Home Front

4. Guy Sebastian - TRUTH

5. The Kid LAROI - F*ck Love (Savage)

6. Cold Chisel - The Best Of Cold Chisel: All For You

7. Lime Cordiale - 14 Steps To A Better You

8. INXS - The Very Best

9. 5 Seconds Of Summer - CALM

10. Tones & I - The Kids Are Coming EP

On the local list, Tame Impala's ARIA Award-winning album The Slow Rush came in at #2 just ahead of the Music From The Home Front soundtrack at #3, Guy Sebastian's TRUTH at #4 and rising star The Kid LAROI's Fuck Love at #5.

The top singles for 2020 was led by Canadian artist The Weeknd's global hit, Blinding Lights, which should come as no surprise, given that it stayed at #1 in 2020 for 10 straight weeks - a feat no other artist achieved last year.

Meanwhile, after placing at #2 last year, Aussie favourite Tones & I's Dance Monkey has remained in the top ten at #4, but did hit #1 on the local list.

The Victorian songwriter also impressively scored two other songs in the top ten - Never Seen The Rain (#2) and Bad Child (#8).

2020 ARIA Singles - Top 10

1. The Weeknd - Blinding Lights

2. SAINt JHN - Roses

3. Dua Lipa - Don’t Start Now

4. Tones & I - Dance Monkey

5. DaBaby feat. Roddy Rich - Rockstar

6. Harry Styles - Watermelon Sugar

7. Post Malone - Circles

8. Lewis Capaldi - Before You Go

9. Justin Bieber feat. Quavo - Intentions

10. Doja Cat - Say So

2020 ARIA Australian Artists Singles Top 10

1. Tones & I - Dance Monkey

2. Tones & I - Never Seen The Rain

3. Flume feat. Vera Blue - Rushing Back

4. The Rubens - Live In Life

5. Sam Fischer - This City

6. Dean Lewis - Be Alright

7. 5 Seconds Of Summer - Youngblood

8. Tones & I - Bad Child

9. Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better

10. Guy Sebastian - Choir

Other local names who scored a spot in the top ten include Flume, 5 Seconds Of Summer and Dean Lewis.

Vinyl lovers will be pleased to see that the top ten is littered with legendary bands like Queen and Powderfinger, Nirvana and AC/DC, however top spot has been taken out by The Slow Rush, which Tame Impala released last February.