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	1,506	155,337	The Suburbs (41st) by Arcade Fire
2011	1,538	128,688	Helplessness Blues (187th) by Fleet Foxes
2012	1,516	78,378	Lonerism (324th) by Tame Impala
2013	802	21,689	Trouble Will Find Me (699th) by The National
Total	5,362	384,091

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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211.

Scary Monsters And Nice Sprites

Skrillex

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	6 charts
Rank in 2010:	69	Rank Score:	302
Rank in 2010s	211	Overall Rank:	2,814
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212.

Thank You, Happy Birthday

Cage The Elephant

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	22 charts
Rank in 2011:	83	Rank Score:	299
Rank in 2010s	212	Overall Rank:	2,831
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213.

Replica

Oneohtrix Point Never

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	25 charts
Rank in 2011:	84	Rank Score:	299
Rank in 2010s	213	Overall Rank:	2,838
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214.

Odd Soul

Mutemath

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	11 charts
Rank in 2011:	85	Rank Score:	295
Rank in 2010s	214	Overall Rank:	2,859
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215.

Ravedeath, 1972

Tim Hecker

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	31 charts
Rank in 2011:	86	Rank Score:	294
Rank in 2010s	215	Overall Rank:	2,866
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216.

Overgrown

James Blake

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	51 charts
Rank in 2013:	16	Rank Score:	288
Rank in 2010s	216	Overall Rank:	2,906
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217.

Skelethon

Aesop Rock

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	18 charts
Rank in 2012:	46	Rank Score:	287
Rank in 2010s	217	Overall Rank:	2,916
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218.

Making Mirrors

Gotye

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	36 charts
Rank in 2011:	87	Rank Score:	286
Rank in 2010s	218	Overall Rank:	2,922
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219.

Heartland

Owen Pallett

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	23 charts
Rank in 2010:	70	Rank Score:	285
Rank in 2010s	219	Overall Rank:	2,931
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220.

Synthetica

Metric

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	26 charts
Rank in 2012:	47	Rank Score:	285
Rank in 2010s	220	Overall Rank:	2,933
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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	358	36%
2011	329	33%
2012	250	25%
2013	65	7%

Band	Albums	%

Various Artists	6	1%
The Weeknd	4	0%
The Tallest Man On Earth	3	0%
Lil B	3	0%
Laura Marling	3	0%
Eels	3	0%
Death Grips	3	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	518	52%
	213	21%
	56	6%
	40	4%
	27	3%
	24	2%
	19	2%
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