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	5,444	239,949	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,626	201,190	Helplessness Blues (166th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,920	221,640	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,409	212,900	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,928	181,840	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,978	225,235	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,810	203,925	A Moon Shaped Pool (72nd)by Radiohead
2017	7,013	173,914	Damn. (249th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,100	150,273	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (277th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,501	129,337	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (236th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,729	1,940,202

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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751.

Compton (A Soundtrack By Dr. Dre)

Dr. Dre

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

105 charts

Rank Score:

341

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751

Overall Rank:

4,163

Average Rating:

71 (154 votes)

Comments:

752.

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Wildheart

Miguel

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

341

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Rank in 2010s:

752

Overall Rank:

4,166

Average Rating:

76 (104 votes)

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753.

Walk The Moon

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

340

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Rank in 2010s:

753

Overall Rank:

4,174

Average Rating:

71 (47 votes)

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754.

Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

90 charts

Rank Score:

340

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

754

Overall Rank:

4,177

Average Rating:

74 (133 votes)

Comments:

755.

Hasta La Raíz

Natalia Lafourcade

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

339

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Rank in 2010s:

755

Overall Rank:

4,184

Average Rating:

78 (73 votes)

Comments:

756.

Joyce Manor

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

339

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757.

Parallax

Atlas Sound

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

96 charts

Rank Score:

338

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758.

Seeds

TV On The Radio

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

338

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

758

Overall Rank:

4,195

Average Rating:

70 (109 votes)

Comments:

759.

Nepenthe

Julianna Barwick

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

337

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

759

Overall Rank:

4,204

Average Rating:

73 (67 votes)

Comments:

760.

We Cool?

Jeff Rosenstock

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

337

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Rank in 2010s:

760

Overall Rank:

4,205

Average Rating:

75 (77 votes)

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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	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%
Kanye West	5	1%
Brockhampton	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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