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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461.

Public Strain

Women

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

120 charts

Rank Score:

557

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

461

Overall Rank:

2,773

Average Rating:

76 (143 votes)

Comments:

462.

Hadestown

Anaïs Mitchell

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

557

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

462

Overall Rank:

2,774

Average Rating:

79 (96 votes)

Comments:

463.

Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager

Kid Cudi

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

91 charts

Rank Score:

552

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

463

Overall Rank:

2,795

Average Rating:

69 (195 votes)

Comments:

464.

Painted Shut

Hop Along

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

552

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

464

Overall Rank:

2,799

Average Rating:

74 (119 votes)

Comments:

465.

B'lieve I'm Goin Down...

Kurt Vile

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

155 charts

Rank Score:

551

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

465

Overall Rank:

2,800

Average Rating:

76 (182 votes)

Comments:

466.

Field Of Reeds

These New Puritans

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

551

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

466

Overall Rank:

2,803

Average Rating:

73 (102 votes)

Comments:

467.

Chasing Yesterday

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

548

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

467

Overall Rank:

2,813

Average Rating:

73 (211 votes)

Comments:

468.

Forgiveness Rock Record

Broken Social Scene

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

545

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

468

Overall Rank:

2,825

Average Rating:

75 (172 votes)

Comments:

469.

Bonito Generation

Kero Kero Bonito

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

544

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

469

Overall Rank:

2,827

Average Rating:

75 (144 votes)

Comments:

470.

Perils From The Sea

Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

93 charts

Rank Score:

543

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

470

Overall Rank:

2,830

Average Rating:

75 (113 votes)

Comments:

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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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