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	5,466	239,120	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,651	200,499	Helplessness Blues (168th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,937	221,440	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (34th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,435	213,294	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,956	181,621	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,014	224,672	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,836	204,055	A Moon Shaped Pool (73rd)by Radiohead
2017	7,072	173,288	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,132	150,302	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (276th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,539	129,655	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,038	1,937,947

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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561.

青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

453

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

561

Overall Rank:

3,270

Average Rating:

80 (64 votes)

Comments:

562.

Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight

Travis Scott

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

452

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

562

Overall Rank:

3,278

Average Rating:

71 (125 votes)

Comments:

563.

Aventine

Agnes Obel

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

451

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

563

Overall Rank:

3,282

Average Rating:

79 (81 votes)

Comments:

564.

Freedom's Goblin

Ty Segall & Freedom Band

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

116 charts

Rank Score:

450

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

564

Overall Rank:

3,285

Average Rating:

75 (154 votes)

Comments:

565.

Smother

Wild Beasts

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

450

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

565

Overall Rank:

3,286

Average Rating:

76 (127 votes)

Comments:

566.

Interpol

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

110 charts

Rank Score:

450

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

566

Overall Rank:

3,287

Average Rating:

69 (230 votes)

Comments:

567.

99.9%

Kaytranada

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

120 charts

Rank Score:

449

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

567

Overall Rank:

3,292

Average Rating:

75 (162 votes)

Comments:

568.

Designer

Aldous Harding

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

120 charts

Rank Score:

448

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

568

Overall Rank:

3,296

Average Rating:

75 (95 votes)

Comments:

569.

Morbid Stuff

PUP

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

446

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

569

Overall Rank:

3,307

Average Rating:

74 (110 votes)

Comments:

570.

Lightning Bolt

Pearl Jam

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

109 charts

Rank Score:

445

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

570

Overall Rank:

3,311

Average Rating:

69 (270 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	98	10%
2015	106	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%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Beach House	5	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	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	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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