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 (18th)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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751.

Everybody Down

Kae Tempest

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

342

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

751

Overall Rank:

4,158

Average Rating:

79 (54 votes)

Comments:

757.

Never Hungover Again

Joyce Manor

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

339

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

757

Overall Rank:

4,188

Average Rating:

75 (56 votes)

Comments:

760.

Fuck Off Get Free We Pour Light On Everything

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

90 charts

Rank Score:

338

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

760

Overall Rank:

4,202

Average Rating:

74 (133 votes)

Comments:

764.

Seeds

TV On The Radio

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

336

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

764

Overall Rank:

4,217

Average Rating:

70 (110 votes)

Comments:

777.

You're Gonna Miss It All

Modern Baseball

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

331

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

777

Overall Rank:

4,274

Average Rating:

75 (57 votes)

Comments:

818.

Sucker

Charli XCX

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

314

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

818

Overall Rank:

4,468

Average Rating:

70 (86 votes)

Comments:

821.

Zaba

Glass Animals

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

312

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

821

Overall Rank:

4,487

Average Rating:

76 (71 votes)

Comments:

825.

Broke With Expensive Taste

Azealia Banks

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

311

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

825

Overall Rank:

4,501

Average Rating:

73 (69 votes)

Comments:

829.

Lullaby And... The Ceaseless Roar

Robert Plant

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

310

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

829

Overall Rank:

4,515

Average Rating:

76 (101 votes)

Comments:

832.

Futurology

Manic Street Preachers

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

309

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

832

Overall Rank:

4,529

Average Rating:

74 (95 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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