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	1,449	152,751	The Suburbs (41st) by Arcade Fire
2011	1,492	128,145	Helplessness Blues (187th) by Fleet Foxes
2012	1,453	77,073	Lonerism (340th) by Tame Impala
2013	606	13,988	We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic (953rd) by Foxygen
Total	5,000	371,957

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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131.

Postcards From A Young Man

Manic Street Preachers

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	19 charts
Rank in 2010:	45	Rank Score:	469
Rank in 2010s	131	Overall Rank:	1,987
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132.

Wrecking Ball

Bruce Springsteen

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	45 charts
Rank in 2012:	26	Rank Score:	464
Rank in 2010s	132	Overall Rank:	2,007
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133.

Shrines

Purity Ring

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	19 charts
Rank in 2012:	27	Rank Score:	457
Rank in 2010s	133	Overall Rank:	2,036
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134.

Coexist

The xx

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	53 charts
Rank in 2012:	28	Rank Score:	446
Rank in 2010s	134	Overall Rank:	2,076
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135.

Speak Now

Taylor Swift

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	13 charts
Rank in 2010:	46	Rank Score:	446
Rank in 2010s	135	Overall Rank:	2,078
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136.

Come Around Sundown

Kings Of Leon

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	44 charts
Rank in 2010:	47	Rank Score:	439
Rank in 2010s	136	Overall Rank:	2,093
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137.

Man Alive

Everything Everything

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	12 charts
Rank in 2010:	48	Rank Score:	439
Rank in 2010s	137	Overall Rank:	2,096
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138.

Nightmare

Avenged Sevenfold

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	9 charts
Rank in 2010:	49	Rank Score:	439
Rank in 2010s	138	Overall Rank:	2,097
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139.

Open Your Heart

The Men

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	36 charts
Rank in 2012:	29	Rank Score:	438
Rank in 2010s	139	Overall Rank:	2,099
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140.

My Head Is An Animal

Of Monsters And Men

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	27 charts
Rank in 2011:	57	Rank Score:	435
Rank in 2010s	140	Overall Rank:	2,103
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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	364	36%
2011	334	33%
2012	251	25%
2013	51	5%

Band	Albums	%

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

	518	52%
	205	21%
	56	6%
	39	4%
	27	3%
	25	3%
	24	2%
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