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	1,453	152,921	The Suburbs (41st) by Arcade Fire
2011	1,493	127,964	Helplessness Blues (186th) by Fleet Foxes
2012	1,455	76,810	Lonerism (337th) by Tame Impala
2013	609	14,109	We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic (954th) by Foxygen
Total	5,010	371,804

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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31.

James Blake

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	81 charts
Rank in 2011:	12	Rank Score:	1,962
Rank in 2010s	31	Overall Rank:	588
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32.

Have One On Me

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	86 charts
Rank in 2010:	14	Rank Score:	1,816
Rank in 2010s	32	Overall Rank:	622
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33.

The Wild Hunt

The Tallest Man On Earth

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	73 charts
Rank in 2010:	15	Rank Score:	1,811
Rank in 2010s	33	Overall Rank:	625
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34.

Yuck

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	115 charts
Rank in 2011:	13	Rank Score:	1,789
Rank in 2010s	34	Overall Rank:	634
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35.

Angles

The Strokes

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	88 charts
Rank in 2011:	14	Rank Score:	1,785
Rank in 2010s	35	Overall Rank:	636
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36.

The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

Fiona Apple

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	114 charts
Rank in 2012:	7	Rank Score:	1,761
Rank in 2010s	36	Overall Rank:	643
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37.

Suck It And See

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	83 charts
Rank in 2011:	15	Rank Score:	1,733
Rank in 2010s	37	Overall Rank:	651
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38.

Innerspeaker

Tame Impala

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	112 charts
Rank in 2010:	16	Rank Score:	1,684
Rank in 2010s	38	Overall Rank:	665
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39.

The Seer

Swans

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	81 charts
Rank in 2012:	8	Rank Score:	1,608
Rank in 2010s	39	Overall Rank:	700
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40.

An Awesome Wave

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Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	88 charts
Rank in 2012:	9	Rank Score:	1,571
Rank in 2010s	40	Overall Rank:	716
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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	366	37%
2011	334	33%
2012	250	25%
2013	50	5%

Band	Albums	%

Various Artists	6	1%
James Blake	4	0%
The Weeknd	4	0%
The Tallest Man On Earth	3	0%
The Men	3	0%
Death Grips	3	0%
Tame Impala	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	518	52%
	206	21%
	56	6%
	39	4%
	27	3%
	25	3%
	23	2%
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