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 54,000 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	5,610	234,282	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,803	198,004	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,055	216,902	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,563	209,888	Modern Vampires Of The City (124th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,091	179,723	Lost In The Dream (163rd)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,125	222,352	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,994	202,344	A Moon Shaped Pool (77th)by Radiohead
2017	7,182	173,826	Damn. (247th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,236	149,909	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (278th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,665	130,785	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (220th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,324	1,918,015

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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401.

Arca

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

136 charts

Rank Score:

640

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

401

Overall Rank:

2,481

Average Rating:

73 (198 votes)

Comments:

402.

Visions Of A Life

Wolf Alice

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

147 charts

Rank Score:

637

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

402

Overall Rank:

2,487

Average Rating:

77 (165 votes)

Comments:

403.

Wounded Rhymes

Lykke Li

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

154 charts

Rank Score:

635

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

403

Overall Rank:

2,489

Average Rating:

75 (195 votes)

Comments:

404.

Kindred

Burial

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

129 charts

Rank Score:

633

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

404

Overall Rank:

2,492

Average Rating:

80 (215 votes)

Comments:

405.

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Beach House

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

154 charts

Rank Score:

633

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

405

Overall Rank:

2,494

Average Rating:

76 (259 votes)

Comments:

406.

Nostalgia, Ultra.

Frank Ocean

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

132 charts

Rank Score:

631

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

406

Overall Rank:

2,501

Average Rating:

77 (214 votes)

Comments:

407.

DS2

Future (Rap)

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

630

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

407

Overall Rank:

2,503

Average Rating:

72 (140 votes)

Comments:

408.

Traveller

Chris Stapleton

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

109 charts

Rank Score:

628

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

408

Overall Rank:

2,511

Average Rating:

76 (114 votes)

Comments:

409.

Safe In The Hands Of Love

Yves Tumor

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

155 charts

Rank Score:

627

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

409

Overall Rank:

2,516

Average Rating:

76 (156 votes)

Comments:

410.

Multi-Love

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

148 charts

Rank Score:

626

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

410

Overall Rank:

2,519

Average Rating:

75 (189 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	122	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	109	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Drake	6	1%
Death Grips	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Beach House	5	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Taylor Swift	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	552	55%
	223	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	20	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

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

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

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