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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541.

Crushing

Julia Jacklin

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

124 charts

Rank Score:

470

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

541

Overall Rank:

3,180

Average Rating:

76 (160 votes)

Comments:

542.

Thank U, Next

Ariana Grande

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

159 charts

Rank Score:

469

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

542

Overall Rank:

3,184

Average Rating:

68 (298 votes)

Comments:

543.

The Hope Six Demolition Project

PJ Harvey

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

161 charts

Rank Score:

469

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

543

Overall Rank:

3,185

Average Rating:

73 (238 votes)

Comments:

544.

Black Sabbath

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

110 charts

Rank Score:

468

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

544

Overall Rank:

3,187

Average Rating:

72 (218 votes)

Comments:

545.

Transference

Spoon

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

467

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

545

Overall Rank:

3,195

Average Rating:

76 (227 votes)

Comments:

546.

Old

Danny Brown

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

143 charts

Rank Score:

467

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

546

Overall Rank:

3,197

Average Rating:

75 (199 votes)

Comments:

547.

Supermodel

Foster The People

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

467

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

547

Overall Rank:

3,198

Average Rating:

68 (186 votes)

Comments:

548.

Western Stars

Bruce Springsteen

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

120 charts

Rank Score:

466

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

548

Overall Rank:

3,200

Average Rating:

75 (156 votes)

Comments:

549.

I Forget Where We Were

Ben Howard

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

466

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

549

Overall Rank:

3,201

Average Rating:

78 (73 votes)

Comments:

550.

I'm New Here

Gil Scott-Heron

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

105 charts

Rank Score:

466

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

550

Overall Rank:

3,205

Average Rating:

78 (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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