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	1,503	155,129	The Suburbs (41st) by Arcade Fire
2011	1,537	128,445	Helplessness Blues (187th) by Fleet Foxes
2012	1,511	77,680	Lonerism (325th) by Tame Impala
2013	788	20,981	Trouble Will Find Me (699th) by The National
Total	5,339	382,235

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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111.

Section.80

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	22 charts
Rank in 2011:	46	Rank Score:	531
Rank in 2010s	111	Overall Rank:	1,797
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112.

Kiss Each Other Clean

Iron And Wine

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	38 charts
Rank in 2011:	47	Rank Score:	523
Rank in 2010s	112	Overall Rank:	1,820
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113.

Koi No Yokan

Deftones

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	15 charts
Rank in 2012:	23	Rank Score:	522
Rank in 2010s	113	Overall Rank:	1,824
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114.

Build A Rocket Boys!

Elbow

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	43 charts
Rank in 2011:	48	Rank Score:	522
Rank in 2010s	114	Overall Rank:	1,825
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115.

Port Of Morrow

The Shins

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	76 charts
Rank in 2012:	24	Rank Score:	515
Rank in 2010s	115	Overall Rank:	1,839
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116.

The Family Jewels

Marina & The Diamonds

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	15 charts
Rank in 2010:	36	Rank Score:	514
Rank in 2010s	116	Overall Rank:	1,840
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117.

A Thousand Suns

Linkin Park

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	18 charts
Rank in 2010:	37	Rank Score:	513
Rank in 2010s	117	Overall Rank:	1,847
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118.

Heligoland

Massive Attack

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	32 charts
Rank in 2010:	38	Rank Score:	512
Rank in 2010s	118	Overall Rank:	1,853
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119.

England Keep My Bones

Frank Turner

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	15 charts
Rank in 2011:	49	Rank Score:	512
Rank in 2010s	119	Overall Rank:	1,858
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120.

Holy Fire

Foals

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	48 charts
Rank in 2013:	9	Rank Score:	511
Rank in 2010s	120	Overall Rank:	1,863
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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	356	36%
2011	331	33%
2012	250	25%
2013	63	6%

Band	Albums	%

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

	516	52%
	213	21%
	56	6%
	40	4%
	26	3%
	24	2%
	19	2%
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