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	5,491	238,473	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,668	200,051	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,949	220,764	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,443	212,981	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,977	181,447	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,021	224,520	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,852	203,707	A Moon Shaped Pool (75th)by Radiohead
2017	7,087	173,401	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,141	150,277	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (272nd)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,548	129,842	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (232nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,177	1,935,463

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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Revelator

Tedeschi Trucks Band

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

256

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992.

Government Plates

Death Grips

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

256

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993.

Strange Trails

Lord Huron

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

256

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994.

Spirit

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

255

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995.

Safe Mode: On

Carry On The Grudge

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

255

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995

Overall Rank:

5,250

Average Rating:

76 (32 votes)

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996.

Young The Giant

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

255

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996

Overall Rank:

5,252

Average Rating:

72 (72 votes)

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997.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

255

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998.

Who Told You To Think??!!?!?!?!

Milo

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

254

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999.

Jónsi

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

88 charts

Rank Score:

254

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999

Overall Rank:

5,277

Average Rating:

71 (157 votes)

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1000.

Home Again

Michael Kiwanuka

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

254

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	101	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	113	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	106	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	72	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Julia Holter	5	0%
Kendrick Lamar	5	0%
Kanye West	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	227	23%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	18	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	10	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,000	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	999	99%
Yes	6	1%

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Recognised Decade Charts (2020s)
1. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)
2. BrooklynVegan's Top Albums of 2010s by BrooklynVegan (2020)
3. The A.V. Club's 50 best albums of the 2010s by The A.V. Club (2019)
4. All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked by Uproxx (2019)
5. Gorilla vs. Bear Albums of the 2010s by Gorilla vs. Bear (2019)
6. Top 100 Albums of the Decade by Crack Magazine (2019)
7. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
8. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s by The Wild Honey Pie (2019)
9. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)
10. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
11. The Needle Drop's Top Albums Of The 2010s by The Needle Drop (2019)
12. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2019)
13. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s by Stereogum (2019)
14. The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s by Spin (2020)
15. The 50 Best Albums of the Decade by Deep Cuts (2019)
16. Top 100 Albums of the 2010s by Consequence of Sound (2019)
17. Die 100 besten Alben der 10er Jahre by Musikexpress.de (2020)
18. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Paste (2019)
19. Die besten Platten 2010-2019 by Spex (2019)
20. BEST OF 2011 - 2020: Die besten Alben des Jahrzehnts by laut (2020)