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	5,464	239,421	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,646	200,533	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,935	221,648	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,431	213,424	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,956	181,700	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,013	225,000	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,833	203,871	A Moon Shaped Pool (72nd)by Radiohead
2017	7,068	173,479	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,127	150,217	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (276th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,538	129,684	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,011	1,938,977

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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331.

Meliora

Ghost (SE)

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

121 charts

Rank Score:

811

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

331

Overall Rank:

2,046

Average Rating:

78 (177 votes)

Comments:

332.

Lazaretto

Jack White

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

218 charts

Rank Score:

811

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

332

Overall Rank:

2,047

Average Rating:

75 (384 votes)

Comments:

333.

Port Of Morrow

The Shins

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

183 charts

Rank Score:

810

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

333

Overall Rank:

2,050

Average Rating:

73 (368 votes)

Comments:

334.

Settle

Disclosure

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

184 charts

Rank Score:

807

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

334

Overall Rank:

2,057

Average Rating:

75 (311 votes)

Comments:

335.

Django Django

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

180 charts

Rank Score:

805

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

335

Overall Rank:

2,061

Average Rating:

75 (275 votes)

Comments:

336.

Adele

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

152 charts

Rank Score:

804

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

336

Overall Rank:

2,064

Average Rating:

67 (296 votes)

Comments:

337.

1999

Joey Bada$$

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

804

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

337

Overall Rank:

2,065

Average Rating:

79 (134 votes)

Comments:

338.

Silence Yourself

Savages

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

188 charts

Rank Score:

803

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

338

Overall Rank:

2,070

Average Rating:

77 (268 votes)

Comments:

339.

The Whole Love

Wilco

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

188 charts

Rank Score:

795

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

339

Overall Rank:

2,090

Average Rating:

76 (285 votes)

Comments:

340.

Ruins

Grouper

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

791

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

340

Overall Rank:

2,097

Average Rating:

78 (143 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	98	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	106	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Beach House	5	0%
Taylor Swift	5	0%
The Weeknd	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	225	22%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	18	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	11	1%

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

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

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