Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s
by Giant2015 
Artists of the Decade:
1. Kanye West
2. St. Vincent
3. Kendrick Lamar
4. Lana Del Rey
5. Florence and the Machine
6. Bon Iver
7. Car Seat Headrest
8. Jeff Rosenstock
9. Brockhampton
10. Kero Kero Bonito
Songs of the Decade:
Dancing On My Own-Robyn
Spanish Sahara-Foals
Power-Kanye West
212-Azealia Banks
Love on Top-Beyonce
Limit To Your Love-James Blake
Helplessness Blues-Fleet Foxes
The Bay-Metronomy
Love Interruption-Jack White
Instant Crush-Daft Punk
Step-Vampire Weekend
Hot Dreams-Timber Timbre
Gimme All Your Love-Alabama Shakes
Run Away With Me-Carly Rae Jepsen
Will to Believe-Clarence Clarity
Nausea-Jeff Rosenstock
Because I'm Me-The Avalanches
Starwood Choker-Bing & Ruth
Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales-Car Seat Headrest
Me and Your Mama-Childish Gambino
Trampoline-Kero Kero Bonito
Daydreaming-Radiohead
The Answer-Savages
22/10-Bon Iver (single)
Follow the Leader-Foxygen
This Year-Beach Fossils
Hubris-Sevdaliza
Charcoal Baby-Blood Orange
Boys-Lizzo
Sicko Mode-Travis Scott
Pearly Gates-U.S. Girls
Venice Bitch-Lana Del Rey
Sunglasses-Black Country, New Road
Bags-Clairo
So Hot You're Hurting My Feelings-Caroline Polachek
- Chart updated: 05/09/2021 00:15
- (Created: 11/24/2016 05:23).
- Chart size: 100 albums.
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Hip-hop
Key song: "Power" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Key song: "Power" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Year of Release:
2010
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Rank Score:
21,994
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Indie rock; garage rock
Key song: "Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Key song: "Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Year of Release:
2016
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Rank Score:
6,883
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Indie folk; progressive folk; folk rock
Key song: "Helplessness Blues" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Key song: "Helplessness Blues" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Year of Release:
2011
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Rank Score:
8,346
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Indie rock; chamber pop; post-punk revival
Key song: "England" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Key song: "England" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Year of Release:
2010
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10,422
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Indie rock; chamber pop; heartland rock; post-punk revival
Key song: "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Key song: "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Year of Release:
2010
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Rank Score:
18,717
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Indie folk; chamber folk; art pop
Key song: "Holocene" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Key song: "Holocene" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Year of Release:
2011
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Rank Score:
8,290
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Chamber pop; jazz rock; sophisti-pop
Key song: "Hell" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Key song: "Hell" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Year of Release:
2015
Appears in:
Rank Score:
588
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Experimental hip-hop; conscious hip-hop; jazz
Key song: "Alright" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Key song: "Alright" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Year of Release:
2015
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30,162
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Indie rock; folk rock; chamber pop
Key song: "Yer Fall" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Key song: "Yer Fall" [First added to this chart: 01/27/2017]
Singer-songwriter; psychedelic pop; chamber pop; folk rock
Key song: "Venice Bitch" [First added to this chart: 12/24/2019]
Key song: "Venice Bitch" [First added to this chart: 12/24/2019]
Year of Release:
2019
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7,632
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Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15 | 15% | |
| 2011 | 13 | 13% | |
| 2012 | 4 | 4% | |
| 2013 | 7 | 7% | |
| 2014 | 6 | 6% | |
| 2015 | 18 | 18% | |
| 2016 | 10 | 10% | |
| 2017 | 8 | 8% | |
| 2018 | 9 | 9% | |
| 2019 | 10 | 10% |
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| Kanye West | 2 | 2% | |
| Fleet Foxes | 2 | 2% | |
| Arcade Fire | 2 | 2% | |
| Destroyer | 2 | 2% | |
| The Tallest Man On Earth | 1 | 1% | |
| Sons Of Kemet | 1 | 1% | |
| おとぼけビ～バ～ [Otoboke Beaver] | 1 | 1% | |
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