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 9,600 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	1,462	153,163	The Suburbs (41st) by Arcade Fire
2011	1,494	127,691	Helplessness Blues (187th) by Fleet Foxes
2012	1,461	76,937	Lonerism (337th) by Tame Impala
2013	627	14,425	We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic (965th) by Foxygen
Total	5,044	372,216

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

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Band

950.

A Is For Alpine

Alpine

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	1 chart
Rank in 2012:	237	Rank Score:	64
Rank in 2010s	950	Overall Rank:	9,974
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950.

What A Pleasure EP

Beach Fossils

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	1 chart
Rank in 2011:	322	Rank Score:	64
Rank in 2010s	950	Overall Rank:	9,974
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953.

Wherever The Sun Sets

Anoraak

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	3 charts
Rank in 2010:	342	Rank Score:	64
Rank in 2010s	953	Overall Rank:	10,019
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954.

Tao Of The Dead

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 2011:	323	Rank Score:	64
Rank in 2010s	954	Overall Rank:	10,020
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955.

Last Day Of Summer

White Denim

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 2010:	343	Rank Score:	64
Rank in 2010s	955	Overall Rank:	10,025
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956.

Until One

Swedish House Mafia

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	1 chart
Rank in 2010:	344	Rank Score:	64
Rank in 2010s	956	Overall Rank:	10,039
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957.

Delay Trees

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	3 charts
Rank in 2010:	345	Rank Score:	64
Rank in 2010s	957	Overall Rank:	10,057
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958.

All The Little Lights

Passenger

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	4 charts
Rank in 2012:	239	Rank Score:	63
Rank in 2010s	958	Overall Rank:	10,060
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959.

Mature Themes

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	14 charts
Rank in 2012:	240	Rank Score:	63
Rank in 2010s	959	Overall Rank:	10,068
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960.

Write This Moment

Chemical Vocation

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	1 chart
Rank in 2011:	324	Rank Score:	63
Rank in 2010s	960	Overall Rank:	10,070
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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	364	36%
2011	335	34%
2012	251	25%
2013	50	5%

Band	Albums	%

Various Artists	6	1%
The Weeknd	4	0%
James Blake	3	0%
The Tallest Man On Earth	3	0%
The Men	3	0%
Death Grips	3	0%
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti	2	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	519	52%
	205	21%
	57	6%
	39	4%
	27	3%
	25	3%
	22	2%
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