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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91.

Infinite Arms

Band Of Horses

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	48 charts
Rank in 2010:	31	Rank Score:	666
Rank in 2010s	91	Overall Rank:	1,507
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92.

Swim

Caribou

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	62 charts
Rank in 2010:	32	Rank Score:	662
Rank in 2010s	92	Overall Rank:	1,512
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93.

Odd Blood

Yeasayer

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	44 charts
Rank in 2010:	33	Rank Score:	659
Rank in 2010s	93	Overall Rank:	1,517
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94.

Born This Way

Lady Gaga

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	24 charts
Rank in 2011:	38	Rank Score:	641
Rank in 2010s	94	Overall Rank:	1,550
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95.

Random Access Memories

Daft Punk

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	47 charts
Rank in 2013:	5	Rank Score:	626
Rank in 2010s	95	Overall Rank:	1,581
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96.

Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty

Big Boi

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	45 charts
Rank in 2010:	34	Rank Score:	624
Rank in 2010s	96	Overall Rank:	1,585
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97.

Watch The Throne

Jay-Z and Kanye West

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	52 charts
Rank in 2011:	39	Rank Score:	620
Rank in 2010s	97	Overall Rank:	1,595
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98.

Cults

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	46 charts
Rank in 2011:	40	Rank Score:	620
Rank in 2010s	98	Overall Rank:	1,596
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99.

Biophilia

Björk

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	32 charts
Rank in 2011:	41	Rank Score:	595
Rank in 2010s	99	Overall Rank:	1,642
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100.

Put Your Back N 2 It

Perfume Genius

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	36 charts
Rank in 2012:	20	Rank Score:	593
Rank in 2010s	100	Overall Rank:	1,647
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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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