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.
There are 0 comments for this chart from BestEverAlbums.com members and Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s has an average rating of 86 out of 100 (from 3 votes). Please log in or register to leave a comment or assign a rating.
View the complete list of 57,000 charts on BestEverAlbums.com from The Charts page.
1. (=)
Safe Mode: On Certain images on this site may contain sensitive content and are flagged as 'unsafe'. BestEverAlbums.com does not display these images by default, but you may choose to show or hide these images from your profile page. If you choose to hide these images, you'll see an image with a warning message instead of the actual image. If you choose to show them, you'll see these images no differently than regular (safe) images.
Buy album 
- #Sponsored
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
Appears in:
Rank Score:
22,822
Rank in 2010:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
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
Appears in:
Rank Score:
7,108
Rank in 2016:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
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
Appears in:
Rank Score:
8,537
Rank in 2011:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
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
Appears in:
Rank Score:
10,566
Rank in 2010:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
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
Appears in:
Rank Score:
19,128
Rank in 2010:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
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
Appears in:
Rank Score:
8,420
Rank in 2011:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
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:
589
Rank in 2015:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
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
Appears in:
Rank Score:
31,549
Rank in 2015:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Buy album
- #Sponsored
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]
Buy album
- #Sponsored
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
Appears in:
Rank Score:
7,613
Rank in 2019:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Total albums: 100. Page 1 of 10
Don't agree with this chart? Create your own from the My Charts page!
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% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
| 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% | |
| Show all | |||
| Country | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
| |
56 | 56% | |
 |
21 | 21% | |
| |
13 | 13% | |
 |
2 | 2% | |
 |
2 | 2% | |
 |
2 | 2% | |
 |
1 | 1% | |
| Show all | |||
Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s chart changes
| Biggest climbers |
|---|
| Up 13 from 28th to 15th Aventine by Agnes Obel |
| Biggest fallers |
|---|
| Down 1 from 15th to 16th When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? by Billie Eilish |
| Down 1 from 16th to 17th Virgins by Tim Hecker |
| Down 1 from 17th to 18th Contra by Vampire Weekend |
| New entries |
|---|
| Plastic Beach by Gorillaz |
Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s similar charts
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | TheNowhereGuy | 2010s decade chart | 2020 |  |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | benfitzuk | 2010s decade chart | 2020 |  |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | jdizzle123456 | 2010s decade chart | 2025 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s |  Chicken4Sale | 2010s decade chart | 2020 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | maxjelbart | 2010s decade chart | 2020 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s |  AvalancheGrips | 2010s decade chart | 2022 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s |  Stanleykurosawa | 2010s decade chart | 2023 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s |  Montpejo | 2010s decade chart | 2025 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s |  reeceyboi | 2010s decade chart | 2018 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s |  JR | 2010s decade chart | 2024 | |
Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s similarity to your chart(s)
Not a member? Registering is quick, easy and FREE!
Why register?
- Join a passionate community of over 50,000 music fans.
- Create & share your own charts.
- Have your say in the overall rankings.
- Post comments in the forums and vote on polls.
- Comment on or rate any album, artist, track or chart.
- Discover new music & improve your music collection.
- Customise the overall chart using a variety of different filters & metrics.
- Create a wishlist of albums.
- Help maintain the BEA database.
- Earn member points and gain access to increasing levels of functionality!
- ... And lots more!
Register now - it only takes a moment!
Other decade charts by Giant2015
| Title | Source | Type | Published | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | Giant2015 | 2010s decade chart | 2021 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | Giant2015 | 2000s decade chart | 2021 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | Giant2015 | 1990s decade chart | 2021 | |
| Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | Giant2015 | 1980s decade chart | 2020 | |
Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s ratings
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AVwhere:
av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an item to appear in a 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating.
N.B. The average rating for this chart will not be reliable as it has been rated very few times.
Showing all 3 ratings for this chart.
| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 06/22/2025 00:05 |  Purplepash | 1,690 | 88/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2018 22:38 | PaperVinnie | 452 | 81/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2017 16:26 |  Davy | 441 | 87/100 |
Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s favourites
Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s comments
Be the first to add a comment for this Chart - add your comment!
Your feedback for Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s
Let us know what you think of this chart by adding a comment or assigning a rating below!
If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(
We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.
