100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, California. These are their best albums of 2010s.
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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 

 Kanye West

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Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,723 charts

Rank Score:

23,801

Rank in 2010:

1

Rank in 2010s:

2

Overall Rank:

34

Average Rating:

 85 (2,349 votes)

Comments:

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Lemonade 

 Beyoncé

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

497 charts

Rank Score:

3,727

Rank in 2016:

9

Rank in 2010s:

64

Overall Rank:

471

Average Rating:

 77 (653 votes)

Comments:

48

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To Pimp A Butterfly 

 Kendrick Lamar

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Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,817 charts

Rank Score:

33,351

Rank in 2015:

1

Rank in 2010s:

1

Overall Rank:

19

Average Rating:

 89 (2,284 votes)

Comments:

369

4.

Red 

 Taylor Swift

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Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

168 charts

Rank Score:

1,198

Rank in 2012:

20

Rank in 2010s:

220

Overall Rank:

1,438

Average Rating:

 64 (292 votes)

Comments:

22

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★ [Blackstar] 

 David Bowie

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

1,247 charts

Rank Score:

12,420

Rank in 2016:

3

Rank in 2010s:

9

Overall Rank:

106

Average Rating:

 86 (1,647 votes)

Comments:

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Take Care 

 Drake

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Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

291 charts

Rank Score:

2,087

Rank in 2011:

13

Rank in 2010s:

120

Overall Rank:

842

Average Rating:

 71 (441 votes)

Comments:

30

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Melodrama 

 Lorde

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Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

630 charts

Rank Score:

5,595

Rank in 2017:

2

Rank in 2010s:

39

Overall Rank:

308

Average Rating:

 80 (778 votes)

Comments:

77

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21 

 Adele

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Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

506 charts

Rank Score:

3,254

Rank in 2011:

9

Rank in 2010s:

75

Overall Rank:

542

Average Rating:

 72 (932 votes)

Comments:

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Interstate Gospel 

 Pistol Annies

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Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

28 charts

Rank Score:

83

Rank in 2018:

261

Rank in 2010s:

2,876

Overall Rank:

13,771

Average Rating:

 69 (21 votes)

Comments:

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This Is Happening 

 LCD Soundsystem

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Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

861 charts

Rank Score:

7,703

Rank in 2010:

5

Rank in 2010s:

22

Overall Rank:

206

Average Rating:

 82 (1,138 votes)

Comments:

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100 Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%
2010	6	6%
2011	7	7%
2012	12	12%
2013	10	10%
2014	10	10%
2015	10	10%
2016	14	14%
2017	9	9%
2018	14	14%
2019	8	8%

Artist	Albums	%
Frank Ocean	3	3%
Kendrick Lamar	3	3%
Vampire Weekend	2	2%
Kanye West	2	2%
Beyoncé	2	2%
Taylor Swift	2	2%
Miranda Lambert	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	71	71%
	8	8%
	8	8%
	3	3%
	2	2%
	1	1%
	1	1%
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Other 2010s decade charts

Listed below are 31 charts from recognised sources for 2010s. There are also 841 user submitted charts covering this period.

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
Top 108 Best Albums Of The 2010s	108 Mics	2010s decade chart	2020
The A.V. Club's 50 best albums of the 2010s	The A.V. Club	2010s decade chart	2019
Die 50 besten Alben der Zehner Jahre	Bayern 2	2010s decade chart	2019
100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks	Billboard	2010s decade chart	2019
BrooklynVegan's Top Albums of 2010s	BrooklynVegan	2010s decade chart	2020
Chorus.fm's Top 50 Albums of the 2010s	Chorus.fm	2010s decade chart	2019
100 greatest albums of the 2010s	cleveland.com	2010s decade chart	2019
Top 100 Albums of the 2010s	Consequence of Sound	2010s decade chart	2019
Top 100 Albums of the Decade	Crack Magazine	2010s decade chart	2019
The 50 Best Albums of the Decade	Deep Cuts	2010s decade chart	2019
Los 50 mejores discos de la década 2010-2019	Diariocrítico	2010s decade chart	2019
Los 30 mejores discos de la década de 2010	Esquire España	2010s decade chart	2023
Gorilla vs. Bear Albums of the 2010s	Gorilla vs. Bear	2010s decade chart	2019
The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019	Independent	2010s decade chart	2019
BEST OF 2011 - 2020: Die besten Alben des Jahrzehnts	laut	2010s decade chart	2020
Die 100 besten Alben der 10er Jahre	Musikexpress.de	2010s decade chart	2020
The Needle Drop's Top Albums Of The 2010s	The Needle Drop	2010s decade chart	2019
NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s	New Music Express	2010s decade chart	2019
The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s	Paste	2010s decade chart	2019
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s	Pitchfork	2010s decade chart	2019
Die 100 besten Alben der 2010er	Popkultur.de	2010s decade chart	2020
100 Best Albums of the 2010s	Rolling Stone	2010s decade chart	2019
Die Playlist 2010-2019	Rolling Stone Deutschland	2010s decade chart	2020
Die besten Platten 2010-2019	Spex	2010s decade chart	2019
The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s	Spin	2010s decade chart	2020
The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s	Stereogum	2010s decade chart	2019
StuBru albums of 2010s	StuBru	2010s decade chart	2017
Tiny Mix Tapes 2010s: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade	Tiny Mix Tapes	2010s decade chart	2019
All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked	Uproxx	2010s decade chart	2019
Die 100 besten Alben der 2010er	VISIONS	2010s decade chart	2020
Top 50 Albums of the 2010s	The Wild Honey Pie	2010s decade chart	2019

Other charts by Rolling Stone

Year charts

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
The 100 Best Albums of 2024	Rolling Stone	2024 year chart	2024
The 100 Best Albums of 2023	Rolling Stone	2023 year chart	2023
Top 100 Music Albums of 2022	Rolling Stone	2022 year chart	2022
The 50 Best Albums of 2021	Rolling Stone	2021 year chart	2021
The 50 Best Albums of 2020	Rolling Stone	2020 year chart	2020
50 Best Albums of 2019	Rolling Stone	2019 year chart	2019
50 Best Albums of 2018	Rolling Stone	2018 year chart	2018
50 Best Albums of 2017	Rolling Stone	2017 year chart	2017
50 Best Albums of 2016	Rolling Stone	2016 year chart	2016
50 Best Albums of 2015	Rolling Stone	2015 year chart	2015
50 Best Albums of 2014	Rolling Stone	2014 year chart	2014
50 Best Albums of 2013	Rolling Stone	2013 year chart	2013
Best Albums of 2006	Rolling Stone	2006 year chart	2006
Best Albums of 2005	Rolling Stone	2005 year chart	2005

Decade charts

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
100 Best Albums of the 2010s	Rolling Stone	2010s decade chart	2019
100 Best Albums of the 2000s	Rolling Stone	2000s decade chart	2011
100 Best Albums of the Nineties	Rolling Stone	1990s decade chart	2010
100 Best Albums of the Eighties	Rolling Stone	1980s decade chart	1989

Overall charts

Title	Source	Type	Published	Country
Top 500 Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone	Overall chart	2003
Top 500 Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone	Overall chart	2005
Top 500 Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone	Overall chart	2012
The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time	Rolling Stone	Overall chart	2020

[Rolling Stone was founded in 1967.]

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Chart ratings	Avg. chart rating
50/100	07/09/2024 11:03	Moondance	475	85/100
30/100	04/29/2022 11:16	Bach	955	78/100
70/100	01/28/2022 16:58	LukasAntoine00s	14	88/100
10/100	09/17/2021 11:20	KineticEchoes02	111	88/100
10/100	09/17/2021 03:02	AlvaroIesus	75	77/100

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From AlvaroIesus 09/17/2021 03:02

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From leniad 09/09/2021 02:31

Rolling stone doing their thing once again

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From 0129114 06/30/2020 16:42

Not even that bad honestly, it has some of the best AND worst choices

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From StefanR10 06/16/2020 19:58

I find it a good choice but there are much more interesting albums they could collect to their chart.

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