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	5,611	234,169	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,812	197,884	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,054	216,595	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,566	209,787	Modern Vampires Of The City (124th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,093	179,460	Lost In The Dream (164th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,129	222,028	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,992	202,007	A Moon Shaped Pool (77th)by Radiohead
2017	7,190	173,936	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,240	149,869	Twin Fantasy (2018) (280th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,690	130,569	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (222nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,377	1,916,303

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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Boarding House Reach

Jack White

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

554

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

461

Overall Rank:

2,761

Average Rating:

72 (311 votes)

Comments:

462.

Public Strain

Women

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

124 charts

Rank Score:

553

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

462

Overall Rank:

2,763

Average Rating:

76 (145 votes)

Comments:

463.

I'm All Ears

Let's Eat Grandma

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

135 charts

Rank Score:

553

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

463

Overall Rank:

2,765

Average Rating:

75 (152 votes)

Comments:

464.

Recovery

Eminem

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

134 charts

Rank Score:

553

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

464

Overall Rank:

2,766

Average Rating:

62 (424 votes)

Comments:

465.

Painted Shut

Hop Along

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

553

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

465

Overall Rank:

2,767

Average Rating:

74 (119 votes)

Comments:

466.

Now Only

Mount Eerie

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

142 charts

Rank Score:

552

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

466

Overall Rank:

2,772

Average Rating:

74 (228 votes)

Comments:

467.

Speak Now

Taylor Swift

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

546

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

467

Overall Rank:

2,799

Average Rating:

57 (259 votes)

Comments:

468.

Faces

Mac Miller

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

545

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

468

Overall Rank:

2,803

Average Rating:

80 (89 votes)

Comments:

469.

Hadestown

Anaïs Mitchell

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

88 charts

Rank Score:

544

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

469

Overall Rank:

2,814

Average Rating:

79 (95 votes)

Comments:

470.

Chasing Yesterday

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

102 charts

Rank Score:

539

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

470

Overall Rank:

2,832

Average Rating:

73 (213 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	94	9%
2011	122	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	88	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%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Kanye West	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	553	55%
	223	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	19	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

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

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

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