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 9,700 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	1,506	155,324	The Suburbs (41st) by Arcade Fire
2011	1,538	128,573	Helplessness Blues (187th) by Fleet Foxes
2012	1,513	78,254	Lonerism (325th) by Tame Impala
2013	800	21,584	Trouble Will Find Me (699th) by The National
Total	5,357	383,736

The best bands of the 2010s are Arcade Fire, Kanye West, The National, Beach House, The Black Keys, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Tame Impala, Radiohead and Vampire Weekend.

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81.

Simple Math

Manchester Orchestra

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	28 charts
Rank in 2011:	33	Rank Score:	780
Rank in 2010s	81	Overall Rank:	1,342
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82.

Space Is Only Noise

Nicolas Jaar

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	57 charts
Rank in 2011:	34	Rank Score:	764
Rank in 2010s	82	Overall Rank:	1,352
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83.

Velociraptor!

Kasabian

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	48 charts
Rank in 2011:	35	Rank Score:	744
Rank in 2010s	83	Overall Rank:	1,380
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84.

Swim

Caribou

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	63 charts
Rank in 2010:	25	Rank Score:	710
Rank in 2010s	84	Overall Rank:	1,435
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85.

Crazy For You

Best Coast

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	50 charts
Rank in 2010:	26	Rank Score:	700
Rank in 2010s	85	Overall Rank:	1,454
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86.

Belong

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	43 charts
Rank in 2011:	36	Rank Score:	694
Rank in 2010s	86	Overall Rank:	1,463
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87.

How I Got Over

The Roots

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	42 charts
Rank in 2010:	27	Rank Score:	691
Rank in 2010s	87	Overall Rank:	1,470
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88.

I Speak Because I Can

Laura Marling

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	23 charts
Rank in 2010:	28	Rank Score:	690
Rank in 2010s	88	Overall Rank:	1,471
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89.

Recovery

Eminem

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	25 charts
Rank in 2010:	29	Rank Score:	684
Rank in 2010s	89	Overall Rank:	1,483
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90.

Boys And Girls

Alabama Shakes

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	75 charts
Rank in 2012:	19	Rank Score:	683
Rank in 2010s	90	Overall Rank:	1,484
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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	357	36%
2011	329	33%
2012	250	25%
2013	64	6%

Band	Albums	%

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

	517	52%
	212	21%
	56	6%
	40	4%
	27	3%
	24	2%
	19	2%
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