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	5,441	240,134	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,624	201,065	Helplessness Blues (166th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,916	221,570	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,405	213,153	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,922	182,230	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,974	225,152	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,805	204,083	A Moon Shaped Pool (74th)by Radiohead
2017	7,002	173,611	Damn. (249th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,093	150,433	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (277th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,494	129,236	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (236th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,676	1,940,667

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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351.

An Empty Bliss Beyond This World

The Caretaker

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

107 charts

Rank Score:

770

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

351

Overall Rank:

2,134

Average Rating:

78 (122 votes)

Comments:

352.

What Went Down

Foals

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

138 charts

Rank Score:

770

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

352

Overall Rank:

2,135

Average Rating:

76 (202 votes)

Comments:

353.

Go Farther In Lightness

Gang Of Youths

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

769

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

353

Overall Rank:

2,138

Average Rating:

80 (73 votes)

Comments:

354.

Your Queen Is A Reptile

Sons Of Kemet

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

170 charts

Rank Score:

766

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

354

Overall Rank:

2,147

Average Rating:

78 (181 votes)

Comments:

355.

Two Hands

Big Thief

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

167 charts

Rank Score:

757

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

355

Overall Rank:

2,164

Average Rating:

77 (195 votes)

Comments:

356.

Room 25

Noname

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

168 charts

Rank Score:

754

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

356

Overall Rank:

2,169

Average Rating:

79 (182 votes)

Comments:

357.

Velociraptor!

Kasabian

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

752

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

357

Overall Rank:

2,174

Average Rating:

75 (240 votes)

Comments:

358.

Biophilia

Björk

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

157 charts

Rank Score:

750

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

358

Overall Rank:

2,177

Average Rating:

74 (303 votes)

Comments:

359.

New Bermuda

Deafheaven

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

146 charts

Rank Score:

749

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

359

Overall Rank:

2,180

Average Rating:

77 (190 votes)

Comments:

360.

Post Pop Depression

Iggy Pop

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

175 charts

Rank Score:

748

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

360

Overall Rank:

2,182

Average Rating:

74 (254 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	113	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	107	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	105	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	72	7%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	557	56%
	224	22%
	70	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	17	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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