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	5,499	237,839	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,676	199,807	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,955	220,802	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,450	212,829	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,980	181,285	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,028	224,348	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,869	203,643	A Moon Shaped Pool (75th)by Radiohead
2017	7,096	173,302	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,147	150,047	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (272nd)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,551	130,040	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (232nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,251	1,933,942

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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Carry On The Grudge

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

255

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991

Overall Rank:

5,247

Average Rating:

76 (32 votes)

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992.

Spirit

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

255

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993.

Revelator

Tedeschi Trucks Band

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

255

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994.

Flow State

Tash Sultana

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

255

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994

Overall Rank:

5,252

Average Rating:

79 (28 votes)

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995.

Strange Trails

Lord Huron

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

255

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996.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

255

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997.

Young The Giant

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

254

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997

Overall Rank:

5,269

Average Rating:

72 (72 votes)

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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:

5,281

Average Rating:

72 (156 votes)

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1000.

Kintsugi

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

254

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	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%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
Taylor Swift	5	1%
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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	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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