Best Albums of the 2010s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 2010s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

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2010s decade summary

Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
2010	5,468	238,963	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,653	200,312	Helplessness Blues (168th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,939	221,202	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (34th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,438	213,289	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,956	181,457	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,017	224,716	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,845	203,988	A Moon Shaped Pool (73rd)by Radiohead
2017	7,076	173,140	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,134	150,197	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (275th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,540	129,663	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,066	1,936,927

The best artists of the 2010s were Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Tame Impala, Arcade Fire, Beach House, Frank Ocean, Sufjan Stevens, Radiohead, The National and Nick Cave.

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151.

Angles

The Strokes

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

336 charts

Rank Score:

1,699

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

151

Overall Rank:

1,042

Average Rating:

72 (858 votes)

Comments:

152.

'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!

Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

283 charts

Rank Score:

1,697

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

152

Overall Rank:

1,043

Average Rating:

80 (401 votes)

Comments:

153.

This Is All Yours

alt-J

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

260 charts

Rank Score:

1,692

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

153

Overall Rank:

1,046

Average Rating:

72 (511 votes)

Comments:

154.

Polygondwanaland

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

174 charts

Rank Score:

1,689

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

154

Overall Rank:

1,049

Average Rating:

80 (254 votes)

Comments:

155.

A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships

The 1975

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

217 charts

Rank Score:

1,683

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

155

Overall Rank:

1,051

Average Rating:

74 (260 votes)

Comments:

156.

Morning Phase

Beck

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

315 charts

Rank Score:

1,671

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

156

Overall Rank:

1,060

Average Rating:

74 (535 votes)

Comments:

157.

TA13OO

Denzel Curry

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

218 charts

Rank Score:

1,648

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

157

Overall Rank:

1,073

Average Rating:

81 (334 votes)

Comments:

158.

You Want It Darker

Leonard Cohen

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

326 charts

Rank Score:

1,638

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

158

Overall Rank:

1,077

Average Rating:

79 (333 votes)

Comments:

159.

Grey Area

Little Simz

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

311 charts

Rank Score:

1,618

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

159

Overall Rank:

1,087

Average Rating:

78 (365 votes)

Comments:

160.

1989

Taylor Swift

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

255 charts

Rank Score:

1,606

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

160

Overall Rank:

1,096

Average Rating:

66 (436 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	98	10%
2015	107	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	107	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	72	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Kanye West	5	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	226	23%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	18	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	995	100%
Yes	5	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

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