Best Albums of the 2010s

« View best albums of the 2000sView best albums of the 2020s »

Listed below are the best albums of the 2010s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 53,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

Decade:

Year:

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	5,463	239,470	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,646	200,581	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,935	221,700	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,431	213,471	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,956	181,735	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,012	225,025	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,832	203,931	A Moon Shaped Pool (72nd)by Radiohead
2017	7,068	173,542	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,127	150,245	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (276th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,536	129,689	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,006	1,939,388

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.

View chart at point in time

Share this chart

Collector's summary (top 1,000)Log in or register to discover the great albums that are missing from your music collection!

Sort by

201.

Beyoncé

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

199 charts

Rank Score:

1,349

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

201

Overall Rank:

1,306

Average Rating:

72 (342 votes)

Comments:

202.

Dogrel

Fontaines D.C.

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

252 charts

Rank Score:

1,347

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

202

Overall Rank:

1,307

Average Rating:

79 (255 votes)

Comments:

203.

Purple Mountains

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

246 charts

Rank Score:

1,329

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

203

Overall Rank:

1,320

Average Rating:

79 (228 votes)

Comments:

204.

Broken Bells

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

224 charts

Rank Score:

1,326

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

204

Overall Rank:

1,323

Average Rating:

74 (406 votes)

Comments:

205.

Shaking The Habitual

The Knife

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

227 charts

Rank Score:

1,317

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

205

Overall Rank:

1,333

Average Rating:

75 (308 votes)

Comments:

206.

Total Life Forever

Foals

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

251 charts

Rank Score:

1,312

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

206

Overall Rank:

1,334

Average Rating:

76 (421 votes)

Comments:

207.

Sun Structures

Temples

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

231 charts

Rank Score:

1,301

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

207

Overall Rank:

1,339

Average Rating:

75 (364 votes)

Comments:

208.

Singles

Future Islands

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

203 charts

Rank Score:

1,299

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

208

Overall Rank:

1,341

Average Rating:

75 (264 votes)

Comments:

209.

Twin Fantasy (Mirror To Mirror)

Car Seat Headrest

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

131 charts

Rank Score:

1,296

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

209

Overall Rank:

1,344

Average Rating:

80 (268 votes)

Comments:

210.

All Mirrors

Angel Olsen

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

280 charts

Rank Score:

1,279

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

210

Overall Rank:

1,364

Average Rating:

79 (271 votes)

Comments:

« prev
1
...
20
21
22
...
100
next »
Goto Page:

Total albums: 1,000. Page 21 of 100

Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	98	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	88	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%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	225	22%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	29	3%
	18	2%
	9	1%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	12	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	996	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

« View best albums of the 2000sView best albums of the 2020s »

If you enjoy our site, please consider supporting us by sparing a few seconds to disable your ad blocker.

A lot of hard work happens in the background to keep BEA running, and it's especially difficult to do this when we can't pay our hosting fees :(

We work very hard to ensure our site is as fast (and FREE!) as possible, and we respect your privacy.

Recent Member Charts
1. Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by DeusExMackia (2024)
2. Top 40 Greatest Music Albums by CassidyInc (2024)
3. Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by BraddlesHendo (2024)
4. Top 17 Music Albums of 2024 by Purplepash (2024)
5. Top 49 Music Albums of 1983 by cicadelic (2024)
6. No Depression ND Staff Picks the Best Albums of 2017 by cicadelic (2024)
7. Top 74 Music Albums of 2024 by LedZep (2024)
8. Top 44 Music Albums of 1985 by Graeme2 (2024)
9. Top 40 Greatest Music Albums by larrt (2024)
10. Top 60 Music Albums of 2024 by matterhornrider (2024)
11. Top 27 Music Albums of 2024 by zags7000 (2024)
12. Top 20 Music Albums of 1959 by matterhornrider (2024)
13. JAZZ by matterhornrider (2024)
14. Top 50 Music Albums of the 1950s by matterhornrider (2024)
15. Top 15 Music Albums of 1957 by matterhornrider (2024)
16. Top Metal Albums by adbrack1988 (2024)
17. Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s by adbrack1988 (2024)
18. Top 100 Music Albums of 2003 by PapaShiz86 (2024)
19. soul by Boltzmann (2024)
20. Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 by zags7000 (2024)