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	1,468	153,628	The Suburbs (41st) by Arcade Fire
2011	1,497	127,965	Helplessness Blues (188th) by Fleet Foxes
2012	1,464	77,313	Bloom (335th) by Beach House
2013	645	15,316	We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic (970th) by Foxygen
Total	5,074	374,222

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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41.

Attack On Memory

Cloud Nothings

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	97 charts
Rank in 2012:	10	Rank Score:	1,558
Rank in 2010s	41	Overall Rank:	725
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42.

What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

The Vaccines

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	68 charts
Rank in 2011:	16	Rank Score:	1,556
Rank in 2010s	42	Overall Rank:	727
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43.

The King is Dead

The Decemberists

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	80 charts
Rank in 2011:	17	Rank Score:	1,539
Rank in 2010s	43	Overall Rank:	738
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44.

Visions

Grimes

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	99 charts
Rank in 2012:	11	Rank Score:	1,535
Rank in 2010s	44	Overall Rank:	739
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45.

Burst Apart

The Antlers

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	103 charts
Rank in 2011:	18	Rank Score:	1,533
Rank in 2010s	45	Overall Rank:	742
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46.

w h o k i l l

tUnE-YaRdS

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	86 charts
Rank in 2011:	19	Rank Score:	1,400
Rank in 2010s	46	Overall Rank:	793
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47.

Torches

Foster The People

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	80 charts
Rank in 2011:	20	Rank Score:	1,361
Rank in 2010s	47	Overall Rank:	817
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48.

Strange Mercy

St. Vincent

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	81 charts
Rank in 2011:	21	Rank Score:	1,275
Rank in 2010s	48	Overall Rank:	865
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49.

Celebration Rock

Japandroids

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	81 charts
Rank in 2012:	12	Rank Score:	1,248
Rank in 2010s	49	Overall Rank:	879
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50.

Ceremonials

Florence And The Machine

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	51 charts
Rank in 2011:	22	Rank Score:	1,245
Rank in 2010s	50	Overall Rank:	883
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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	362	36%
2011	334	33%
2012	251	25%
2013	53	5%

Band	Albums	%

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

	519	52%
	207	21%
	57	6%
	39	4%
	27	3%
	25	3%
	21	2%
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