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	5,456	239,687	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,637	200,838	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,928	221,575	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,424	213,430	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,943	182,014	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,996	225,031	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,824	203,892	A Moon Shaped Pool (71st)by Radiohead
2017	7,046	173,684	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,117	150,493	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (275th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,520	129,476	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (236th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,891	1,940,120

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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World Eater

Blanck Mass

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

256

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992.

Spirit

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

256

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993.

Out In The Storm

Waxahatchee

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

256

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994.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

255

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995.

Who Is William Onyeabor?
Compilation

William Onyeabor

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

255

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996.

Kintsugi

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

255

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997.

Sea Of Cowards

The Dead Weather

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

254

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997

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5,263

Average Rating:

75 (157 votes)

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998.

Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

16 charts

Rank Score:

254

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998

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5,268

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71 (22 votes)

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999.

Party

Aldous Harding

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

254

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1000.

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

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1,000

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5,275

Average Rating:

78 (42 votes)

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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	98	10%
2015	105	11%
2016	88	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%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Kanye West	5	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	56%
	224	22%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	18	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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2. Melodrama by Lorde
3. Flower Boy by Tyler, The Creator
4. A Deeper Understanding by The War On Drugs
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10. American Dream by LCD Soundsystem
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13. Saturation III by Brockhampton
14. MASSEDUCTION by St. Vincent
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18. Flying Microtonal Banana by King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
19. No Shape by Perfume Genius
20. Science Fiction by Brand New