
The 50 Best Songs of 2020
Highlights from a hard year — featuring a disco revival, K-pop kings and queens, new hip-hop rockstars, and some country wisdom

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Highlights from a hard year — featuring a disco revival, K-pop kings and queens, new hip-hop rockstars, and some country wisdom

From Taylor’s folk surprise to Bob Dylan’s best album in 20 years to cathartic country, indie-rock and pop releases, these great albums helped us power through a lonely year.

From Shania Twain and Orville Peck to Kelsea Ballerini and Halsey, the must-hear pairings of the past year

From Willie’s weed to Cash’s coke, we count down the greatest songs about illegal recreation

The definitive guide to his post-Beatles best – chart smashes, psychedelic curiosities, punk, folk, disco, and plenty of silly love songs

His hits have defined rock radio since the Seventies, and he never stopped writing great music. Here’s the definitive guide to his best songs

From Seventies and Eighties studio gems to top-shelf live recordings from throughout their career to Jerry Garcia’s finest solo record.

Beyond the dance floor: hear the best songs from the Bee Gee’s discography

What came out of all this was, arguably, the greatest year for great albums ever

While BIGSOUND 2020‘s virtual conference experience has just officially wrapped up, its highlighting of up-and-coming local talent is far from over. In absence of the annual conference’s live program in Brisbane this year, organisers are using BIGSOUND50 as the next best thing. “The BIGSOUND50 are the 50 artists BIGSOUND believes the world should be paying attention […]