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	5,464	239,421	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,646	200,533	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,935	221,648	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,431	213,424	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,956	181,700	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,013	225,000	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,833	203,871	A Moon Shaped Pool (72nd)by Radiohead
2017	7,068	173,479	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,127	150,217	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (276th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,538	129,684	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,011	1,938,977

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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The Seer

Swans

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

453 charts

Rank Score:

4,047

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

446

Average Rating:

81 (647 votes)

Comments:

62.

Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit

Courtney Barnett

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

551 charts

Rank Score:

3,913

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

455

Average Rating:

79 (673 votes)

Comments:

63.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

475 charts

Rank Score:

3,852

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

468

Average Rating:

80 (611 votes)

Comments:

64.

Lemonade

Beyoncé

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

478 charts

Rank Score:

3,830

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

472

Average Rating:

77 (633 votes)

Comments:

65.

St. Vincent

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

544 charts

Rank Score:

3,829

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

473

Average Rating:

79 (787 votes)

Comments:

66.

Kaputt

Destroyer

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

458 charts

Rank Score:

3,783

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

478

Average Rating:

79 (577 votes)

Comments:

67.

Sunbather

Deafheaven

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

396 charts

Rank Score:

3,741

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

480

Average Rating:

79 (569 votes)

Comments:

68.

Slowdive

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

474 charts

Rank Score:

3,663

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

491

Average Rating:

80 (592 votes)

Comments:

69.

E•MO•TION

Carly Rae Jepsen

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

337 charts

Rank Score:

3,538

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

507

Average Rating:

77 (405 votes)

Comments:

70.

We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service

A Tribe Called Quest

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

480 charts

Rank Score:

3,510

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

514

Average Rating:

82 (560 votes)

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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	88	9%
2017	106	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	73	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	0%
Taylor Swift	5	0%
The Weeknd	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	225	22%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	18	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	996	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

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