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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21.

Adele

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	114 charts
Rank in 2011:	7	Rank Score:	2,374
Rank in 2010s	21	Overall Rank:	482
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22.

Congratulations

MGMT

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	102 charts
Rank in 2010:	10	Rank Score:	2,330
Rank in 2010s	22	Overall Rank:	495
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23.

Wasting Light

Foo Fighters

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	115 charts
Rank in 2011:	8	Rank Score:	2,321
Rank in 2010s	23	Overall Rank:	497
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24.

Total Life Forever

Foals

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	87 charts
Rank in 2010:	11	Rank Score:	2,307
Rank in 2010s	24	Overall Rank:	499
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25.

The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III)

Janelle Monáe

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	106 charts
Rank in 2010:	12	Rank Score:	2,140
Rank in 2010s	25	Overall Rank:	536
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26.

The Age Of Adz

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	98 charts
Rank in 2010:	13	Rank Score:	2,110
Rank in 2010s	26	Overall Rank:	544
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27.

Shields

Grizzly Bear

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	130 charts
Rank in 2012:	6	Rank Score:	2,058
Rank in 2010s	27	Overall Rank:	553
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28.

Kaputt

Destroyer

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	103 charts
Rank in 2011:	9	Rank Score:	2,022
Rank in 2010s	28	Overall Rank:	565
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29.

James Blake

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	83 charts
Rank in 2011:	10	Rank Score:	1,997
Rank in 2010s	29	Overall Rank:	575
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30.

Father, Son, Holy Ghost

Girls

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	94 charts
Rank in 2011:	11	Rank Score:	1,989
Rank in 2010s	30	Overall Rank:	576
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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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