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	5,468	238,963	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,653	200,312	Helplessness Blues (168th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,939	221,202	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (34th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,438	213,289	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,956	181,457	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,017	224,716	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,845	203,988	A Moon Shaped Pool (73rd)by Radiohead
2017	7,076	173,140	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,134	150,197	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (275th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,540	129,663	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,066	1,936,927

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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71.

Piñata

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

398 charts

Rank Score:

3,500

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

518

Average Rating:

81 (490 votes)

Comments:

72.

Black Messiah

D'Angelo And The Vanguard

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

445 charts

Rank Score:

3,468

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

526

Average Rating:

81 (498 votes)

Comments:

73.

Adele

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

491 charts

Rank Score:

3,466

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

527

Average Rating:

72 (909 votes)

Comments:

74.

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

M83

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

478 charts

Rank Score:

3,431

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

531

Average Rating:

77 (646 votes)

Comments:

75.

A Crow Looked At Me

Mount Eerie

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

427 charts

Rank Score:

3,363

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

538

Average Rating:

80 (590 votes)

Comments:

76.

Joy As An Act Of Resistance.

Idles

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

416 charts

Rank Score:

3,263

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

552

Average Rating:

80 (467 votes)

Comments:

77.

Beach House

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

462 charts

Rank Score:

3,236

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

555

Average Rating:

80 (675 votes)

Comments:

78.

Hand. Cannot. Erase.

Steven Wilson

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

295 charts

Rank Score:

3,234

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

556

Average Rating:

80 (403 votes)

Comments:

79.

You Won't Get What You Want

Daughters

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

334 charts

Rank Score:

3,169

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

562

Average Rating:

81 (460 votes)

Comments:

80.

The Epic

Kamasi Washington

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

435 charts

Rank Score:

3,090

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

573

Average Rating:

82 (481 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	98	10%
2015	107	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%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Kanye West	5	1%
Brockhampton	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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