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	5,495	237,964	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,673	199,887	Helplessness Blues (168th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,955	220,824	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,451	212,859	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,978	181,199	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,026	224,419	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,869	203,637	A Moon Shaped Pool (75th)by Radiohead
2017	7,091	173,307	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,146	150,091	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (272nd)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,550	130,074	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (231st)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,234	1,934,262

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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711.

The Hunter

Mastodon

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

364

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

711

Overall Rank:

3,945

Average Rating:

75 (142 votes)

Comments:

712.

Who Built The Moon?

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

363

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

712

Overall Rank:

3,949

Average Rating:

74 (99 votes)

Comments:

713.

A Mulher Do Fim Do Mundo

Elza Soares

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

362

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

713

Overall Rank:

3,960

Average Rating:

80 (52 votes)

Comments:

714.

Collapse Into Now

R.E.M.

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

107 charts

Rank Score:

361

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

714

Overall Rank:

3,963

Average Rating:

70 (229 votes)

Comments:

715.

Firepower

Judas Priest

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

361

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

715

Overall Rank:

3,966

Average Rating:

78 (138 votes)

Comments:

716.

Is The Is Are

DIIV

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

361

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

716

Overall Rank:

3,968

Average Rating:

72 (166 votes)

Comments:

717.

All We Love We Leave Behind

Converge

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

360

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

717

Overall Rank:

3,973

Average Rating:

78 (98 votes)

Comments:

718.

Le Noise

Neil Young

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

360

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

718

Overall Rank:

3,976

Average Rating:

71 (130 votes)

Comments:

719.

Beyoncé

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

359

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

719

Overall Rank:

3,984

Average Rating:

64 (166 votes)

Comments:

720.

The Now Now

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

106 charts

Rank Score:

358

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

720

Overall Rank:

3,995

Average Rating:

69 (263 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	113	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	106	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%
The Weeknd	5	1%
Taylor Swift	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	227	23%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	18	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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

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

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Best Albums of the 2010s
1. To Pimp A Butterfly by Kendrick Lamar
2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
3. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City by Kendrick Lamar
4. The Suburbs by Arcade Fire
5. Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
6. A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead
7. Lonerism by Tame Impala
8. Blond by Frank Ocean
9. ★ (Blackstar) by David Bowie
10. Modern Vampires Of The City by Vampire Weekend
11. High Violet by The National
12. Teen Dream by Beach House
13. Currents by Tame Impala
14. Channel Orange by Frank Ocean
15. Lost In The Dream by The War On Drugs
16. Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
17. Bon Iver, Bon Iver by Bon Iver
18. AM by Arctic Monkeys
19. Random Access Memories by Daft Punk
20. This Is Happening by LCD Soundsystem