Music is always shaped by the times, and in 2020 it was impossible to separate the year's top albums from the pandemic and the Black Lives Matters movement.
The pandemic may have interrupted Bob Dylan's never-ending tour, but in 2020 he released his first album of original songs in eight years. AP
Silent concert halls. Empty stages. Shuttered band rooms. For the local and international music industry, 2020 has mostly been a year to forget.
While many have predicted that musicians will produce a flood of finely crafted lockdown records in the coming years, it's fair to say 2020's output has been patchy at times, with many artists seemingly deciding it wasn't worth putting out music when touring was impossible.
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