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	5,443	240,008	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,625	201,018	Helplessness Blues (166th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,919	221,590	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,408	213,011	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,926	182,133	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,976	225,307	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,809	204,021	A Moon Shaped Pool (73rd)by Radiohead
2017	7,011	173,787	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,098	150,410	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (277th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,501	129,338	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (236th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,716	1,940,624

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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821.

I Bet On Sky

Dinosaur Jr.

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

312

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

821

Overall Rank:

4,486

Average Rating:

75 (112 votes)

Comments:

822.

Fade

Yo La Tengo

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

92 charts

Rank Score:

311

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

822

Overall Rank:

4,497

Average Rating:

73 (132 votes)

Comments:

823.

Lullaby And... The Ceaseless Roar

Robert Plant

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

311

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

823

Overall Rank:

4,500

Average Rating:

76 (99 votes)

Comments:

824.

Ballads 1

Joji

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

311

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

824

Overall Rank:

4,501

Average Rating:

69 (58 votes)

Comments:

825.

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Barter 6

Young Thug

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

310

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

825

Overall Rank:

4,507

Average Rating:

72 (94 votes)

Comments:

826.

Murmuüre

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

310

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

826

Overall Rank:

4,509

Average Rating:

78 (28 votes)

Comments:

827.

Blank Face

Schoolboy Q

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

310

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

827

Overall Rank:

4,511

Average Rating:

75 (136 votes)

Comments:

828.

Brill Bruisers

The New Pornographers

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

81 charts

Rank Score:

310

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

828

Overall Rank:

4,513

Average Rating:

73 (110 votes)

Comments:

829.

Sound & Fury

Sturgill Simpson

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

310

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

829

Overall Rank:

4,514

Average Rating:

74 (72 votes)

Comments:

830.

Kiss Land

The Weeknd

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

38 charts

Rank Score:

310

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

830

Overall Rank:

4,518

Average Rating:

68 (92 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	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	72	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%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	556	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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