Best Albums of the 2010s
Listed below are the best albums of the 2010s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 59,000 greatest album charts. (Chart last updated: 1 hour ago).
"There's a review that criticizes these songs as mere character sketches in which "very little happens." If that's what you're taking away from these songs, you're just not listening. I've said it before, but his ability to create a whole world in four minutes is masterful." Reply
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zdwyatt | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2015
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"A very unique sounding album. I'm impressed by the incredibly clean instrumentals and the idiosyncratically authentic lyrics that cover a wide variety of topics but never falter. From the start, the album is abrasive but it also possesses the chaotic form that continues throughout. Consistently g..." [+] Reply
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mdbaxter | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"I've been waiting for Lykke Li to find her sound ever since her 2008 debut. That album, and the follow-up, were promising Swedish dance-pop, but they were missing something. On this release, she's managed a solid collection, including a couple of real standout tracks. I suspect her best album is ..." [+] Reply
- zdwyatt | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2014
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"Not sure why so much hate for this simply because it followed up one of the most loved albums of the past half-decade. For what it is, the album is solid and every song is an ear-worm." Reply
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2013
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"Wow! This album is actually really impressive. It's playful and super creative. The song "The Story of Hip Hop" really sums up all the greatest qualities of this whole album-it's upbeat and well produced and really it's own genre. It's the books at their best. And right at the end of that track y..." [+] Reply
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Mercury | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"This one time I had a huge crush on a girl after kissing her this one night and I couldn't take it anymore and so I met up with her the night after and spoke with her and she had mutual feelings but didn't know if she was ready for a relationship with me or not, that night we ended up kissing aga..." [+] Reply
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SuedeSwede | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +13 votes (13 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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"It feels almost like a pop album, with its catchy melodies, variable production, and the occasional cringy moment. I don't feel that its as artistically significant as their debut or Meliora, but its so fun it'll probably be the album of theirs I play the most. Best Track: Miasma" Reply
"Miguel said that he wanted to change the face of R&B, and if that means going back to 90s R&B then I'm all for it. Outside of one semi-joke track, there's not as many Playstation drops, John Mayer licks, or other toys that you find on Planet Orange but I think that helps the album rather than hin..." [+] Reply
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ShaneSpear | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (2 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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2012
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440
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"All songs are a real sound experience. My favorites are: State of the Art andSomebody that I Used To Know. In your light and I feel better are the weakest songs on the album, but they are fine too." Reply
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BasdeWit97 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (3 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2011
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"It's that great Kinks thing of optimistic uplifting music with pessimistic depressing lyrics. His voice is fantastic and I'd say this is better than their debut. It's more cohesive. It's 21st Century young adult troubles funneled into blissful and meticulous electro-pop." Reply
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2012
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 58 of 100
Best Albums of the 2010s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2010 | 91 | 9% | |
| 2011 | 122 | 12% | |
| 2012 | 103 | 10% | |
| 2013 | 114 | 11% | |
| 2014 | 93 | 9% | |
| 2015 | 106 | 11% | |
| 2016 | 85 | 9% | |
| 2017 | 115 | 12% | |
| 2018 | 91 | 9% | |
| 2019 | 80 | 8% |
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| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 8 | 1% | |
| Drake | 6 | 1% | |
| Lana Del Rey | 6 | 1% | |
| Death Grips | 6 | 1% | |
| Julia Holter | 5 | 1% | |
| Brockhampton | 5 | 1% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 5 | 1% | |
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557 | 56% | |
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214 | 21% | |
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70 | 7% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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29 | 3% | |
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20 | 2% | |
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11 | 1% | |
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| Best Artists of the 2000s | |
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| 1. Radiohead | |
| 2. Arcade Fire | |
| 3. The Strokes | |
| 4. Coldplay | |
| 5. Sufjan Stevens | |
| 6. Muse | |
| 7. Arctic Monkeys | |
| 8. The White Stripes | |
| 9. Wilco | |
| 10. Animal Collective |
