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	5,473	238,977	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,659	200,287	Helplessness Blues (168th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,943	221,127	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,440	213,211	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,968	181,601	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,019	224,614	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,848	203,982	A Moon Shaped Pool (74th)by Radiohead
2017	7,081	173,175	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,134	150,274	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (272nd)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,544	129,573	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,109	1,936,822

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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261.

Nothing Was The Same

Drake

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

170 charts

Rank Score:

1,053

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

261

Overall Rank:

1,627

Average Rating:

70 (330 votes)

Comments:

262.

Before Today

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

207 charts

Rank Score:

1,051

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

262

Overall Rank:

1,630

Average Rating:

77 (282 votes)

Comments:

263.

6 Feet Beneath The Moon

King Krule

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

123 charts

Rank Score:

1,037

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

263

Overall Rank:

1,647

Average Rating:

77 (147 votes)

Comments:

264.

Ghost Stories

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

197 charts

Rank Score:

1,036

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

264

Overall Rank:

1,649

Average Rating:

60 (577 votes)

Comments:

265.

Capacity

Big Thief

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

167 charts

Rank Score:

1,032

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

265

Overall Rank:

1,655

Average Rating:

78 (178 votes)

Comments:

266.

Space Is Only Noise

Nicolas Jaar

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

176 charts

Rank Score:

1,027

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

266

Overall Rank:

1,664

Average Rating:

75 (222 votes)

Comments:

267.

Run The Jewels

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

231 charts

Rank Score:

1,026

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

267

Overall Rank:

1,666

Average Rating:

77 (380 votes)

Comments:

268.

I See You

The xx

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

245 charts

Rank Score:

1,009

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

268

Overall Rank:

1,689

Average Rating:

72 (449 votes)

Comments:

269.

Plowing Into The Field Of Love

Iceage

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

165 charts

Rank Score:

1,008

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

269

Overall Rank:

1,690

Average Rating:

78 (211 votes)

Comments:

270.

What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

The Vaccines

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

223 charts

Rank Score:

1,001

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

270

Overall Rank:

1,696

Average Rating:

73 (368 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	113	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%
Beach House	5	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Julia Holter	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	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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

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

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