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	239,282	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,646	200,473	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,936	221,518	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,433	213,395	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,956	181,651	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,013	224,878	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,834	203,824	A Moon Shaped Pool (73rd)by Radiohead
2017	7,068	173,433	Damn. (247th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,128	150,185	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (276th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,538	129,592	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,016	1,938,231

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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381.

The Disintegration Loops
Compilation

William Basinski

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

48 charts

Rank Score:

697

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

381

Overall Rank:

2,310

Average Rating:

82 (113 votes)

Comments:

382.

Velociraptor!

Kasabian

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

693

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

382

Overall Rank:

2,322

Average Rating:

75 (240 votes)

Comments:

383.

Tetsuo & Youth

Lupe Fiasco

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

81 charts

Rank Score:

692

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

383

Overall Rank:

2,324

Average Rating:

73 (149 votes)

Comments:

384.

Lush

Snail Mail

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

173 charts

Rank Score:

691

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

384

Overall Rank:

2,329

Average Rating:

74 (204 votes)

Comments:

385.

Same Trailer Different Park

Kacey Musgraves

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

124 charts

Rank Score:

691

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

385

Overall Rank:

2,330

Average Rating:

77 (142 votes)

Comments:

386.

Sonic Highways

Foo Fighters

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

125 charts

Rank Score:

688

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

386

Overall Rank:

2,338

Average Rating:

69 (281 votes)

Comments:

387.

R.A.P. Music

Killer Mike

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

170 charts

Rank Score:

682

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

387

Overall Rank:

2,349

Average Rating:

77 (177 votes)

Comments:

388.

The Impossible Kid

Aesop Rock

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

112 charts

Rank Score:

682

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

388

Overall Rank:

2,351

Average Rating:

78 (142 votes)

Comments:

389.

Knife Man

Andrew Jackson Jihad

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

680

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

389

Overall Rank:

2,361

Average Rating:

78 (140 votes)

Comments:

390.

新しい日の誕生 [Birth Of A New Day]

2814

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

680

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

390

Overall Rank:

2,362

Average Rating:

79 (84 votes)

Comments:

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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	72	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	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	225	23%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	18	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	995	100%
Yes	5	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

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