100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)

Billboard is an American music and entertainment magazine. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. 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:

1,665 charts

Rank Score:

27,932

Rank in 2010:

1

Rank in 2010s:

2

Overall Rank:

33

Average Rating:

 85 (2,277 votes)

Comments:

274

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Lemonade 

 Beyoncé

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

454 charts

Rank Score:

3,861

Rank in 2016:

9

Rank in 2010s:

66

Overall Rank:

475

Average Rating:

 77 (613 votes)

Comments:

46

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Channel Orange 

 Frank Ocean

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Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

859 charts

Rank Score:

10,641

Rank in 2012:

3

Rank in 2010s:

14

Overall Rank:

151

Average Rating:

 82 (1,230 votes)

Comments:

118

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Red 

 Taylor Swift

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Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

143 charts

Rank Score:

1,130

Rank in 2012:

22

Rank in 2010s:

245

Overall Rank:

1,538

Average Rating:

 64 (265 votes)

Comments:

21

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To Pimp A Butterfly 

 Kendrick Lamar

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Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,750 charts

Rank Score:

39,035

Rank in 2015:

1

Rank in 2010s:

1

Overall Rank:

19

Average Rating:

 89 (2,197 votes)

Comments:

363

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Golden Hour 

 Kacey Musgraves

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Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

314 charts

Rank Score:

2,459

Rank in 2018:

9

Rank in 2010s:

110

Overall Rank:

739

Average Rating:

 77 (362 votes)

Comments:

32

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Anti 

 Rihanna

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Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

179 charts

Rank Score:

1,090

Rank in 2016:

26

Rank in 2010s:

256

Overall Rank:

1,584

Average Rating:

 70 (277 votes)

Comments:

11

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Thank U, Next 

 Ariana Grande

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Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

153 charts

Rank Score:

480

Rank in 2019:

35

Rank in 2010s:

535

Overall Rank:

3,137

Average Rating:

 69 (292 votes)

Comments:

26

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Body Talk 
Compilation

 Robyn

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Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

206 charts

Rank Score:

1,406

Rank in 2010:

19

Rank in 2010s:

193

Overall Rank:

1,259

Average Rating:

 76 (190 votes)

Comments:

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 Adele

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Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

479 charts

Rank Score:

3,429

Rank in 2011:

9

Rank in 2010s:

73

Overall Rank:

538

Average Rating:

 72 (897 votes)

Comments:

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100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks composition

Year	Albums	%
2010	9	9%
2011	7	7%
2012	8	8%
2013	15	15%
2014	9	9%
2015	14	14%
2016	10	10%
2017	8	8%
2018	13	13%
2019	6	6%

Artist	Albums	%
Taylor Swift	3	3%
Kendrick Lamar	3	3%
Ariana Grande	2	2%
Adele	2	2%
Kanye West	2	2%
Beyoncé	2	2%
Frank Ocean	2	2%
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Country	Albums	%
	66	66%
	12	12%
	9	9%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	2	2%
	1	1%
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• Tiny Mix Tapes 2010s: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade by Tiny Mix Tapes (2010s decade chart) (published 2019)
• All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked by Uproxx (2010s decade chart) (published 2019)
• Die 100 besten Alben der 2010er by VISIONS (2010s decade chart) (published 2020)
• Top 50 Albums of the 2010s by The Wild Honey Pie (2010s decade chart) (published 2019)

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