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	239,042	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,657	200,243	Helplessness Blues (168th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,943	221,116	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (34th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,440	213,298	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,967	181,519	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,018	224,594	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,846	203,909	A Moon Shaped Pool (73rd)by Radiohead
2017	7,080	173,083	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,134	150,247	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (275th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,541	129,603	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,099	1,936,654

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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41.

The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

Fiona Apple

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

566 charts

Rank Score:

5,645

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

318

Average Rating:

81 (747 votes)

Comments:

42.

Titanic Rising

Weyes Blood

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

591 charts

Rank Score:

5,438

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

334

Average Rating:

82 (676 votes)

Comments:

43.

The Age Of Adz

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

561 charts

Rank Score:

5,147

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

350

Average Rating:

80 (823 votes)

Comments:

44.

Brothers

The Black Keys

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

703 charts

Rank Score:

5,119

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

352

Average Rating:

79 (1,217 votes)

Comments:

45.

The King Of Limbs

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

842 charts

Rank Score:

5,035

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46.

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

547 charts

Rank Score:

5,007

Rank in 2017:

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Overall Rank:

362

Average Rating:

84 (786 votes)

Comments:

47.

Have One On Me

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

488 charts

Rank Score:

4,934

Rank in 2010:

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Overall Rank:

366

Average Rating:

81 (508 votes)

Comments:

48.

Benji

Sun Kil Moon

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

550 charts

Rank Score:

4,845

Rank in 2014:

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Overall Rank:

370

Average Rating:

80 (767 votes)

Comments:

49.

22, A Million

Bon Iver

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

522 charts

Rank Score:

4,805

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

373

Average Rating:

78 (700 votes)

Comments:

50.

Innerspeaker

Tame Impala

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

655 charts

Rank Score:

4,744

Rank in 2010:

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Overall Rank:

379

Average Rating:

80 (1,039 votes)

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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	109	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%
Kanye West	5	0%
Beach House	5	0%
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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	992	99%
Yes	10	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	6	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	6	1%

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