Best Albums of the 2010s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 2010s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 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	5,444	239,949	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,626	201,190	Helplessness Blues (166th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,920	221,640	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,409	212,900	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,928	181,840	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,978	225,235	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,810	203,925	A Moon Shaped Pool (72nd)by Radiohead
2017	7,013	173,914	Damn. (249th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,100	150,273	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (277th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,501	129,337	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (236th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,729	1,940,202

The best artists of the 2010s were Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Tame Impala, Arcade Fire, Beach House, Frank Ocean, Sufjan Stevens, Radiohead, The National and Nick Cave.

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Little Simz

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

308 charts

Rank Score:

1,606

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

161

Overall Rank:

1,097

Average Rating:

79 (364 votes)

Comments:

162.

Psychic

Darkside

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

245 charts

Rank Score:

1,606

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

162

Overall Rank:

1,098

Average Rating:

77 (326 votes)

Comments:

163.

WORRY.

Jeff Rosenstock

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

192 charts

Rank Score:

1,587

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

163

Overall Rank:

1,113

Average Rating:

79 (197 votes)

Comments:

164.

Burst Apart

The Antlers

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

278 charts

Rank Score:

1,577

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

164

Overall Rank:

1,122

Average Rating:

77 (382 votes)

Comments:

165.

Stranger In The Alps

Phoebe Bridgers

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

199 charts

Rank Score:

1,572

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

165

Overall Rank:

1,127

Average Rating:

79 (193 votes)

Comments:

166.

Because The Internet

Childish Gambino

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

161 charts

Rank Score:

1,567

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

166

Overall Rank:

1,130

Average Rating:

72 (309 votes)

Comments:

167.

Fear Inoculum

Tool

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

221 charts

Rank Score:

1,553

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

167

Overall Rank:

1,145

Average Rating:

78 (369 votes)

Comments:

168.

Run The Jewels 3

Run The Jewels

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

277 charts

Rank Score:

1,549

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

168

Overall Rank:

1,147

Average Rating:

81 (400 votes)

Comments:

169.

Flying Microtonal Banana

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

257 charts

Rank Score:

1,539

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

169

Overall Rank:

1,154

Average Rating:

79 (432 votes)

Comments:

170.

No Shape

Perfume Genius

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

268 charts

Rank Score:

1,535

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

170

Overall Rank:

1,156

Average Rating:

79 (295 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	113	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	105	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
The Weeknd	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Kanye West	5	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	557	56%
	224	22%
	70	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	17	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	995	100%
Yes	5	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

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