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	240,002	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,626	201,145	Helplessness Blues (166th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,920	221,658	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,409	212,933	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,928	181,885	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,978	225,250	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,810	203,929	A Moon Shaped Pool (72nd)by Radiohead
2017	7,013	173,923	Damn. (249th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,100	150,243	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (277th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,501	129,340	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (236th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,729	1,940,306

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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801.

Come In

Weatherday

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

319

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

801

Overall Rank:

4,407

Average Rating:

74 (58 votes)

Comments:

802.

Drogas Wave

Lupe Fiasco

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

319

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

802

Overall Rank:

4,410

Average Rating:

75 (46 votes)

Comments:

803.

Broken Machine

Nothing But Thieves

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

319

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

803

Overall Rank:

4,411

Average Rating:

81 (63 votes)

Comments:

804.

C'mon

Low

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

319

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805.

Kelly Lee Owens

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

318

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

805

Overall Rank:

4,415

Average Rating:

75 (74 votes)

Comments:

806.

Coming Home

Leon Bridges

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

317

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

806

Overall Rank:

4,424

Average Rating:

73 (90 votes)

Comments:

807.

God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise

Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

317

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

807

Overall Rank:

4,427

Average Rating:

77 (57 votes)

Comments:

808.

Pleasure

Feist

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

317

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

808

Overall Rank:

4,428

Average Rating:

75 (113 votes)

Comments:

809.

Pedestrian Verse

Frightened Rabbit

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

316

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

809

Overall Rank:

4,448

Average Rating:

73 (64 votes)

Comments:

810.

Strangers To Ourselves

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

315

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

810

Overall Rank:

4,452

Average Rating:

69 (283 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%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
The Weeknd	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Kanye West	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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