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	5,471	239,104	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,653	200,283	Helplessness Blues (168th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,939	221,166	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (34th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,440	213,344	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,965	181,428	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,017	224,648	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,845	203,954	A Moon Shaped Pool (73rd)by Radiohead
2017	7,076	173,114	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,133	150,187	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (275th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,540	129,630	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,079	1,936,858

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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Hug Of Thunder

Broken Social Scene

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

111 charts

Rank Score:

324

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

791

Overall Rank:

4,346

Average Rating:

75 (129 votes)

Comments:

792.

Opposites

Biffy Clyro

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

324

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

792

Overall Rank:

4,347

Average Rating:

71 (116 votes)

Comments:

793.

C'mon

Low

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

323

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794.

The Party

Andy Shauf

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

323

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

794

Overall Rank:

4,358

Average Rating:

75 (47 votes)

Comments:

795.

Product
Compilation

SOPHIE

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

322

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

795

Overall Rank:

4,362

Average Rating:

73 (61 votes)

Comments:

796.

I Bet On Sky

Dinosaur Jr.

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

322

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

796

Overall Rank:

4,367

Average Rating:

75 (112 votes)

Comments:

797.

Safe Mode: On

Rainbow

Kesha

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

322

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

797

Overall Rank:

4,372

Average Rating:

70 (80 votes)

Comments:

798.

Little Fictions

Elbow

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

321

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

798

Overall Rank:

4,374

Average Rating:

69 (126 votes)

Comments:

799.

Torres

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

321

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

799

Overall Rank:

4,376

Average Rating:

75 (64 votes)

Comments:

800.

Leave Me Alone

Hinds

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

320

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

800

Overall Rank:

4,381

Average Rating:

65 (96 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	115	12%
2014	105	11%
2015	107	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	0%
Beach House	5	0%
Taylor Swift	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	558	55%
	227	23%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	19	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	997	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,003	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,002	99%
Yes	6	1%

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Recognised Decade Charts (2020s)
1. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)
2. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2019)
3. The A.V. Club's 50 best albums of the 2010s by The A.V. Club (2019)
4. BrooklynVegan's Top Albums of 2010s by BrooklynVegan (2020)
5. All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked by Uproxx (2019)
6. Gorilla vs. Bear Albums of the 2010s by Gorilla vs. Bear (2019)
7. Top 100 Albums of the Decade by Crack Magazine (2019)
8. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
9. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s by The Wild Honey Pie (2019)
10. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)
11. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
12. The Needle Drop's Top Albums Of The 2010s by The Needle Drop (2019)
13. The 50 Best Albums of the Decade by Deep Cuts (2019)
14. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s by Stereogum (2019)
15. The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s by Spin (2020)
16. Top 100 Albums of the 2010s by Consequence of Sound (2019)
17. Die 100 besten Alben der 10er Jahre by Musikexpress.de (2020)
18. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Paste (2019)
19. Die besten Platten 2010-2019 by Spex (2019)
20. BEST OF 2011 - 2020: Die besten Alben des Jahrzehnts by laut (2020)