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	1,468	153,789	The Suburbs (41st) by Arcade Fire
2011	1,497	127,868	Helplessness Blues (188th) by Fleet Foxes
2012	1,465	77,045	Lonerism (339th) by Tame Impala
2013	645	15,340	We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic (997th) by Foxygen
Total	5,075	374,043

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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121.

Swing Lo Magellan

Dirty Projectors

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	50 charts
Rank in 2012:	25	Rank Score:	498
Rank in 2010s	121	Overall Rank:	1,882
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122.

Zonoscope

Cut Copy

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	46 charts
Rank in 2011:	51	Rank Score:	497
Rank in 2010s	122	Overall Rank:	1,889
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123.

Interpol

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	45 charts
Rank in 2010:	41	Rank Score:	497
Rank in 2010s	123	Overall Rank:	1,891
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124.

Within And Without

Washed Out

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	25 charts
Rank in 2011:	52	Rank Score:	495
Rank in 2010s	124	Overall Rank:	1,896
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125.

Hidden

These New Puritans

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	28 charts
Rank in 2010:	42	Rank Score:	494
Rank in 2010s	125	Overall Rank:	1,897
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126.

Comedown Machine

The Strokes

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	51 charts
Rank in 2013:	7	Rank Score:	493
Rank in 2010s	126	Overall Rank:	1,901
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127.

Wrecking Ball

Bruce Springsteen

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	47 charts
Rank in 2012:	26	Rank Score:	492
Rank in 2010s	127	Overall Rank:	1,907
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128.

Transference

Spoon

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	49 charts
Rank in 2010:	43	Rank Score:	488
Rank in 2010s	128	Overall Rank:	1,924
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129.

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	38 charts
Rank in 2010:	44	Rank Score:	486
Rank in 2010s	129	Overall Rank:	1,935
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130.

XXX

Danny Brown

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	27 charts
Rank in 2011:	53	Rank Score:	482
Rank in 2010s	130	Overall Rank:	1,949
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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	363	36%
2011	334	33%
2012	251	25%
2013	52	5%

Band	Albums	%

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

	519	52%
	207	21%
	57	6%
	39	4%
	27	3%
	25	3%
	21	2%
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