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 9,600 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	1,453	152,921	The Suburbs (41st) by Arcade Fire
2011	1,493	127,964	Helplessness Blues (186th) by Fleet Foxes
2012	1,455	76,810	Lonerism (339th) by Tame Impala
2013	609	14,109	We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic (953rd) by Foxygen
Total	5,010	371,804

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

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61.

Given To The Wild

The Maccabees

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	44 charts
Rank in 2012:	15	Rank Score:	959
Rank in 2010s	61	Overall Rank:	1,100
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62.

Nine Types Of Light

TV On The Radio

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	62 charts
Rank in 2011:	26	Rank Score:	940
Rank in 2010s	62	Overall Rank:	1,118
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63.

m b v

My Bloody Valentine

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	111 charts
Rank in 2013:	3	Rank Score:	938
Rank in 2010s	63	Overall Rank:	1,120
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64.

Cosmogramma

Flying Lotus

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	63 charts
Rank in 2010:	20	Rank Score:	914
Rank in 2010s	64	Overall Rank:	1,148
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65.

Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys

My Chemical Romance

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	21 charts
Rank in 2010:	21	Rank Score:	908
Rank in 2010s	65	Overall Rank:	1,156
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66.

Crystal Castles (2010)

Crystal Castles

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	53 charts
Rank in 2010:	22	Rank Score:	907
Rank in 2010s	66	Overall Rank:	1,157
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67.

Smoke Ring For My Halo

Kurt Vile

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	47 charts
Rank in 2011:	27	Rank Score:	880
Rank in 2010s	67	Overall Rank:	1,183
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68.

The 2nd Law

Muse

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	73 charts
Rank in 2012:	16	Rank Score:	875
Rank in 2010s	68	Overall Rank:	1,190
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69.

Jónsi

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	36 charts
Rank in 2010:	23	Rank Score:	859
Rank in 2010s	69	Overall Rank:	1,210
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70.

Director's Cut

Kate Bush

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	31 charts
Rank in 2011:	28	Rank Score:	850
Rank in 2010s	70	Overall Rank:	1,227
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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	366	37%
2011	334	33%
2012	250	25%
2013	50	5%

Band	Albums	%

Various Artists	6	1%
James Blake	4	0%
The Weeknd	4	0%
The Tallest Man On Earth	3	0%
The Men	3	0%
Death Grips	3	0%
Tame Impala	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	518	52%
	206	21%
	56	6%
	39	4%
	27	3%
	25	3%
	23	2%
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