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	5,463	239,169	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,649	200,558	Helplessness Blues (168th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,937	221,480	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (34th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,435	213,338	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,956	181,655	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,014	224,735	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,835	204,074	A Moon Shaped Pool (73rd)by Radiohead
2017	7,070	173,320	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,132	150,305	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (276th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,539	129,641	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,030	1,938,275

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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761.

Hasta La Raíz

Natalia Lafourcade

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

337

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Rank in 2010s:

761

Overall Rank:

4,206

Average Rating:

78 (73 votes)

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762.

Joyce Manor

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

336

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763.

Nepenthe

Julianna Barwick

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

336

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Rank in 2010s:

763

Overall Rank:

4,226

Average Rating:

73 (67 votes)

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764.

Walk The Moon

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

335

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Rank in 2010s:

764

Overall Rank:

4,233

Average Rating:

71 (47 votes)

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765.

Submarine

Alex Turner

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

334

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766.

Belong

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

333

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767.

Legacy! Legacy!

Jamila Woods

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

90 charts

Rank Score:

333

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

767

Overall Rank:

4,245

Average Rating:

76 (74 votes)

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768.

Tunes 2011-2019
Compilation

Burial

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

333

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768

Overall Rank:

4,246

Average Rating:

80 (35 votes)

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769.

Mutilator Defeated At Last

Thee Oh Sees

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

333

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769

Overall Rank:

4,249

Average Rating:

78 (62 votes)

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770.

Concrete And Gold

Foo Fighters

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

99 charts

Rank Score:

333

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770

Overall Rank:

4,251

Average Rating:

70 (181 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	87	9%
2017	107	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	72	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Taylor Swift	5	1%
Beach House	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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