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	5,491	238,364	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,671	199,966	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,950	220,783	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,443	212,886	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,977	181,388	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,025	224,429	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,864	203,643	A Moon Shaped Pool (75th)by Radiohead
2017	7,088	173,386	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,141	150,256	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (272nd)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,548	129,818	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (232nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,198	1,934,919

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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991.

Flow State

Tash Sultana

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

256

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991

Overall Rank:

5,243

Average Rating:

79 (28 votes)

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992.

Government Plates

Death Grips

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

256

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993.

Revelator

Tedeschi Trucks Band

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

256

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994.

Strange Trails

Lord Huron

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

256

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995.

Spirit

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

255

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996.

Safe Mode: On

Carry On The Grudge

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

255

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996

Overall Rank:

5,255

Average Rating:

76 (32 votes)

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997.

Young The Giant

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

255

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997

Overall Rank:

5,259

Average Rating:

72 (72 votes)

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998.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

255

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999.

Who Told You To Think??!!?!?!?!

Milo

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

254

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1000.

Jónsi

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

88 charts

Rank Score:

254

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1,000

Overall Rank:

5,281

Average Rating:

72 (156 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	108	11%
2013	113	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	96	10%
2017	106	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	0%
Kanye West	5	0%
Brockhampton	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	227	22%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	29	3%
	18	2%
	11	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	1,000	99%
Yes	10	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,005	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,003	99%
Yes	7	1%

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