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	5,440	240,139	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,623	201,097	Helplessness Blues (166th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,914	221,612	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,401	213,273	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,895	182,051	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,974	225,292	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,804	204,128	A Moon Shaped Pool (74th)by Radiohead
2017	7,002	173,615	Damn. (249th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,091	150,459	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (277th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,494	129,230	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (236th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,638	1,940,896

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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881.

Faith In Strangers

Andy Stott

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

288

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

881

Overall Rank:

4,770

Average Rating:

77 (61 votes)

Comments:

882.

What We Saw From The Cheap Seats

Regina Spektor

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

288

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

882

Overall Rank:

4,777

Average Rating:

72 (81 votes)

Comments:

883.

Harry Styles

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

287

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

883

Overall Rank:

4,778

Average Rating:

70 (140 votes)

Comments:

884.

Ondatrópica

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

287

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

884

Overall Rank:

4,785

Average Rating:

77 (47 votes)

Comments:

885.

Spaces
Live

Nils Frahm

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

286

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

885

Overall Rank:

4,793

Average Rating:

78 (83 votes)

Comments:

886.

There Existed An Addiction To Blood

Clipping.

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

286

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

886

Overall Rank:

4,796

Average Rating:

75 (94 votes)

Comments:

887.

In Evening Air

Future Islands

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

286

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

887

Overall Rank:

4,797

Average Rating:

77 (57 votes)

Comments:

888.

Floating Coffin

Thee Oh Sees

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

286

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

888

Overall Rank:

4,804

Average Rating:

78 (84 votes)

Comments:

889.

Freedom

Amen Dunes

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

285

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

889

Overall Rank:

4,805

Average Rating:

75 (85 votes)

Comments:

890.

Bottle It In

Kurt Vile

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

285

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

890

Overall Rank:

4,808

Average Rating:

75 (88 votes)

Comments:

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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	107	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%
The Weeknd	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Taylor Swift	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	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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Best Artists of the 2010s
1. Kendrick Lamar
2. Kanye West
3. Tame Impala
4. Arcade Fire
5. Beach House
6. Frank Ocean
7. Sufjan Stevens
8. Radiohead
9. The National
10. Nick Cave
11. Vampire Weekend
12. Lana Del Rey
13. Car Seat Headrest
14. David Bowie
15. Bon Iver
16. The War On Drugs
17. Death Grips
18. Arctic Monkeys
19. Swans
20. Tyler, The Creator