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	153,628	The Suburbs (41st) by Arcade Fire
2011	1,497	127,965	Helplessness Blues (188th) by Fleet Foxes
2012	1,464	77,313	Bloom (335th) by Beach House
2013	645	15,316	We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic (970th) by Foxygen
Total	5,074	374,222

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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Band

11.

Bloom

Beach House

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	171 charts
Rank in 2012:	1	Rank Score:	3,444
Rank in 2010s	11	Overall Rank:	335
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12.

Lonerism

Tame Impala

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	183 charts
Rank in 2012:	2	Rank Score:	3,426
Rank in 2010s	12	Overall Rank:	336
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13.

Plastic Beach

Gorillaz

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	159 charts
Rank in 2010:	7	Rank Score:	3,348
Rank in 2010s	13	Overall Rank:	346
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14.

The Smile Sessions

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	90 charts
Rank in 2011:	5	Rank Score:	3,287
Rank in 2010s	14	Overall Rank:	355
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15.

This Is Happening

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	153 charts
Rank in 2010:	8	Rank Score:	3,048
Rank in 2010s	15	Overall Rank:	389
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16.

El Camino

The Black Keys

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	157 charts
Rank in 2011:	6	Rank Score:	2,781
Rank in 2010s	16	Overall Rank:	414
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17.

Good Kid, M.A.A.d City

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	140 charts
Rank in 2012:	3	Rank Score:	2,748
Rank in 2010s	17	Overall Rank:	421
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18.

Blunderbuss

Jack White

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	150 charts
Rank in 2012:	4	Rank Score:	2,647
Rank in 2010s	18	Overall Rank:	438
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19.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	129 charts
Rank in 2010:	9	Rank Score:	2,384
Rank in 2010s	19	Overall Rank:	480
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20.

Channel Orange

Frank Ocean

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	128 charts
Rank in 2012:	5	Rank Score:	2,384
Rank in 2010s	20	Overall Rank:	481
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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	362	36%
2011	334	33%
2012	251	25%
2013	53	5%

Band	Albums	%

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