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	5,454	239,726	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,633	200,948	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,926	221,675	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,416	213,220	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,941	181,857	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,991	224,874	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,822	203,854	A Moon Shaped Pool (73rd)by Radiohead
2017	7,035	173,715	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,108	150,584	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (275th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,513	129,508	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (235th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,839	1,939,960

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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251.

I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It

The 1975

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

151 charts

Rank Score:

1,104

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

251

Overall Rank:

1,565

Average Rating:

68 (253 votes)

Comments:

252.

Anti

Rihanna

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

191 charts

Rank Score:

1,094

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

252

Overall Rank:

1,574

Average Rating:

70 (281 votes)

Comments:

253.

It's Album Time

Todd Terje

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

202 charts

Rank Score:

1,091

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

253

Overall Rank:

1,580

Average Rating:

75 (269 votes)

Comments:

254.

Clinging To A Scheme

The Radio Dept.

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

141 charts

Rank Score:

1,077

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

254

Overall Rank:

1,596

Average Rating:

77 (149 votes)

Comments:

255.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

170 charts

Rank Score:

1,074

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

255

Overall Rank:

1,601

Average Rating:

75 (293 votes)

Comments:

256.

God's Favorite Customer

Father John Misty

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

240 charts

Rank Score:

1,072

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

256

Overall Rank:

1,605

Average Rating:

77 (355 votes)

Comments:

257.

My Love Is Cool

Wolf Alice

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

179 charts

Rank Score:

1,072

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

257

Overall Rank:

1,606

Average Rating:

76 (243 votes)

Comments:

258.

How I Got Over

The Roots

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

194 charts

Rank Score:

1,069

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

258

Overall Rank:

1,612

Average Rating:

79 (222 votes)

Comments:

259.

50 Words For Snow

Kate Bush

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

204 charts

Rank Score:

1,065

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

259

Overall Rank:

1,616

Average Rating:

74 (296 votes)

Comments:

260.

The English Riviera

Metronomy

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

162 charts

Rank Score:

1,059

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

260

Overall Rank:

1,622

Average Rating:

74 (243 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	106	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Taylor Swift	5	0%
Julia Holter	5	0%
The Weeknd	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	225	22%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	18	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	996	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

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