Best Albums of the 2010s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 2010s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 2010s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 9,700 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	1,506	155,324	The Suburbs (41st) by Arcade Fire
2011	1,538	128,573	Helplessness Blues (187th) by Fleet Foxes
2012	1,513	78,254	Lonerism (325th) by Tame Impala
2013	800	21,584	Trouble Will Find Me (699th) by The National
Total	5,357	383,736

The best bands of the 2010s are Arcade Fire, Kanye West, The National, Beach House, The Black Keys, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Tame Impala, Radiohead and Vampire Weekend.

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21.

Adele

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	118 charts
Rank in 2011:	7	Rank Score:	2,366
Rank in 2010s	21	Overall Rank:	490
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22.

Congratulations

MGMT

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	106 charts
Rank in 2010:	10	Rank Score:	2,345
Rank in 2010s	22	Overall Rank:	493
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23.

The Age Of Adz

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	103 charts
Rank in 2010:	11	Rank Score:	2,319
Rank in 2010s	23	Overall Rank:	502
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24.

Wasting Light

Foo Fighters

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	115 charts
Rank in 2011:	8	Rank Score:	2,317
Rank in 2010s	24	Overall Rank:	504
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25.

Total Life Forever

Foals

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	89 charts
Rank in 2010:	12	Rank Score:	2,305
Rank in 2010s	25	Overall Rank:	509
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26.

The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III)

Janelle Monáe

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	114 charts
Rank in 2010:	13	Rank Score:	2,212
Rank in 2010s	26	Overall Rank:	524
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27.

Kaputt

Destroyer

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	105 charts
Rank in 2011:	9	Rank Score:	2,081
Rank in 2010s	27	Overall Rank:	556
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28.

James Blake

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	87 charts
Rank in 2011:	10	Rank Score:	2,051
Rank in 2010s	28	Overall Rank:	562
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29.

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

M83

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	128 charts
Rank in 2011:	11	Rank Score:	2,033
Rank in 2010s	29	Overall Rank:	567
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30.

Father, Son, Holy Ghost

Girls

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	96 charts
Rank in 2011:	12	Rank Score:	1,988
Rank in 2010s	30	Overall Rank:	585
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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	357	36%
2011	329	33%
2012	250	25%
2013	64	6%

Band	Albums	%

Various Artists	6	1%
The Weeknd	4	0%
Death Grips	3	0%
James Blake	3	0%
The Men	3	0%
Lil B	3	0%
Portugal. The Man	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	517	52%
	212	21%
	56	6%
	40	4%
	27	3%
	24	2%
	19	2%
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