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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Strange Trails

Lord Huron

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

256

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992.

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Carry On The Grudge

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

256

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992

Overall Rank:

5,242

Average Rating:

76 (32 votes)

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993.

Spirit

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

256

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994.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

255

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995.

Young The Giant

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

255

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995

Overall Rank:

5,260

Average Rating:

72 (72 votes)

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996.

Who Told You To Think??!!?!?!?!

Milo

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

255

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997.

Jónsi

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

88 charts

Rank Score:

254

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997

Overall Rank:

5,272

Average Rating:

71 (157 votes)

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998.

Kintsugi

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

254

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999.

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Purple

Baroness

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

254

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1000.

Who Is William Onyeabor?
Compilation

William Onyeabor

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

254

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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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