Best Albums of the 2010s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 2010s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 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	5,494	238,018	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,672	199,846	Helplessness Blues (168th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,955	220,746	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,450	212,865	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,978	181,291	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,026	224,410	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,869	203,652	A Moon Shaped Pool (75th)by Radiohead
2017	7,091	173,341	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,146	150,147	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (272nd)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,550	130,108	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (231st)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,231	1,934,423

The best artists of the 2010s were Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Tame Impala, Arcade Fire, Beach House, Frank Ocean, Sufjan Stevens, Radiohead, The National and Nick Cave.

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104.

They Want My Soul

Spoon

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

371 charts

Rank Score:

2,610

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

104

Overall Rank:

691

Average Rating:

79 (473 votes)

Comments:

112.

LP1

FKA twigs

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

391 charts

Rank Score:

2,398

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

112

Overall Rank:

745

Average Rating:

76 (502 votes)

Comments:

128.

Syro

Aphex Twin

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

300 charts

Rank Score:

2,033

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

128

Overall Rank:

880

Average Rating:

77 (406 votes)

Comments:

131.

Pom Pom

Ariel Pink

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

259 charts

Rank Score:

1,992

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

131

Overall Rank:

901

Average Rating:

78 (349 votes)

Comments:

145.

Royal Blood

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

264 charts

Rank Score:

1,840

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

145

Overall Rank:

979

Average Rating:

76 (401 votes)

Comments:

147.

You're Dead!

Flying Lotus

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

312 charts

Rank Score:

1,807

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

147

Overall Rank:

992

Average Rating:

79 (443 votes)

Comments:

154.

This Is All Yours

alt-J

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

259 charts

Rank Score:

1,686

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

154

Overall Rank:

1,049

Average Rating:

73 (510 votes)

Comments:

156.

Morning Phase

Beck

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

314 charts

Rank Score:

1,655

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

156

Overall Rank:

1,066

Average Rating:

74 (535 votes)

Comments:

160.

1989

Taylor Swift

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

254 charts

Rank Score:

1,602

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

160

Overall Rank:

1,099

Average Rating:

66 (435 votes)

Comments:

182.

I'm In Your Mind Fuzz

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

159 charts

Rank Score:

1,442

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

182

Overall Rank:

1,225

Average Rating:

80 (233 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	113	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	106	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	72	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
Taylor Swift	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	227	23%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	18	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	995	100%
Yes	5	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

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