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 (73rd)by Radiohead
2017	7,068	173,479	Damn. (247th)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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981.

B4.Da.$$

Joey Bada$$

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

258

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982.

Pageant Material

Kacey Musgraves

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

258

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983.

Where Did The Night Fall

Unkle

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

258

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983

Overall Rank:

5,206

Average Rating:

74 (29 votes)

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984.

Flow State

Tash Sultana

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

257

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984

Overall Rank:

5,210

Average Rating:

79 (28 votes)

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985.

Revelator

Tedeschi Trucks Band

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

257

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986.

Strange Trails

Lord Huron

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

257

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987.

Government Plates

Death Grips

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

257

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988.

The Drums

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

257

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988

Overall Rank:

5,226

Average Rating:

74 (107 votes)

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989.

Young The Giant

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

256

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989

Overall Rank:

5,232

Average Rating:

72 (72 votes)

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990.

World Eater

Blanck Mass

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

256

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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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