Best Albums of the 2010s

« View best albums of the 2000sView best albums of the 2020s »

Listed below are the best albums of the 2010s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

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	5,445	239,824	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,627	201,095	Helplessness Blues (166th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,921	221,584	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,410	212,804	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,929	181,800	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,980	225,174	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,812	203,884	A Moon Shaped Pool (72nd)by Radiohead
2017	7,017	173,814	Damn. (249th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,102	150,260	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (277th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,503	129,331	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (236th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,746	1,939,569

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.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Share | |

Collector's summary (top 1,000)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

991.

Spirit

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

256

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

992.

Who Is William Onyeabor?
Compilation

William Onyeabor

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

256

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

993.

Sea Of Cowards

The Dead Weather

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

255

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

993

Overall Rank:

5,225

Average Rating:

75 (157 votes)

Comments:

994.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

255

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

995.

XXIVK Magic

Bruno Mars

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

254

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

995

Overall Rank:

5,252

Average Rating:

69 (114 votes)

Comments:

996.

Those Who Throw Objects At The Crocodiles Will Be Asked To Retrieve Them

Bruno Pernadas

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

254

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

996

Overall Rank:

5,253

Average Rating:

78 (42 votes)

Comments:

997.

Safe Mode: On

Going To Hell

The Pretty Reckless

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

254

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

997

Overall Rank:

5,254

Average Rating:

66 (45 votes)

Comments:

998.

Skelethon

Aesop Rock

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

254

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

999.

Algiers

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

254

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

1000.

Kintsugi

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

253

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

Average Rating:

Comments:

« prev
1
2
3
...
98
99
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 100 of 100

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%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Kanye West	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	557	56%
	224	22%
	70	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	17	2%
	9	1%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

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

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

« View best albums of the 2000sView best albums of the 2020s »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Recent Member Charts
1. Top 39 Music Albums of 2015 by byuzak (2024)
2. Albums waiting to be added 9 by Johnnyo (2024)
3. Top 63 Music Albums of 2024 by WayneMC (2024)
4. Top 32 Music Albums of 2010 by byuzak (2024)
5. Top 59 Music Albums of 1957 by Leonard (2024)
6. New York by Johnnyo (2024)
7. Top 23 Music Albums of the 2010s by Tuur (2024)
8. Top albums of all time by female artists by Johnnyo (2024)
9. Fire Records: The First 40 Years by Johnnyo (2024)
10. Top 57 Greatest Music Albums by CassidyInc (2024)
11. Top 35 Music Albums of 2005 by NoisyBeast (2024)
12. Top 43 Music Albums of 1985 by jeremy9 (2024)
13. Top 28 Music Albums of 1977 by TroutMaskGreg (2024)
14. Dylan Covers 5cb: UK - minor artists by Moondance (2024)
15. Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 by jeremy9 (2024)
16. Top 78 Music Albums of 1989 by jeremy9 (2024)
17. Dylan covers 6: German artists by Moondance (2024)
18. Dylan covers 6: Danish artists by Moondance (2024)
19. Top 37 Music Albums of 2024 by Jaymantheman (2024)
20. Top 95 Music Albums of the 2000s by brent13 (2024)