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: 18 minutes ago).
"Great release, though quite overshadowed by Parker's more recent releases. Gets a little slow sometimes, but picks up with some absolute fantastic tracks. Really surprised It Is Not Meant to Be and Alter Ego are rated so low. Or runaway Houses, cities, clouds. The later tracks is a long, gorgeous..." [+] Reply
- 
ShadowColossi | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
2010
Appears in:
Rank Score:
4,236
Rank in 2010:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"Some wonderful moments, some not so. The more melodic and accessible the songs, the better. Still, it is a brave record and it doesn't out stay it's welcome and I'm sure it has yet to fully hit me yet. A challenging album, which I hope will reward me with a great record, but I'm not quite there y..." [+] Reply
Year of Release:
2016
Appears in:
Rank Score:
4,184
Rank in 2016:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"Kanye and Cudi are regulars of the unexpected and the surprise. With "Kids See Ghosts" Kanye West releases one of his best albums in terms of production and Cudi finally manages to release his perfect album. The atmosphere of the record is strange and psychedelic. The album is crossed by voices, ..." [+] Reply
Year of Release:
2018
Appears in:
Rank Score:
4,169
Rank in 2018:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"None of the songs are bad at all. As a matter of fact, on its own merit this is a very very good album. The problem is that I just heard this album last year and back in 2008 also. You could put all the tracks from El Camino, Brothers, and Attack & Release in one playlist, hit random, and have th..." [+] Reply
- 
ShaneSpear | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +3 votes (4 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
2011
Appears in:
Rank Score:
4,092
Rank in 2011:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"Another album that gets low ratings on this site, and I suspect I know why. I remember when Lana Del Rey played "Video Games" on Saturday Night Live, a performance panned by critics and viewers who want female singers to dress titillatingly and give over-the-top live performances like those on Am..." [+] Reply
- 
buzzdainer | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +12 votes (12 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
2012
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,937
Rank in 2012:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
56.
Safe Mode: On Certain images on this site may contain sensitive content and are flagged as 'unsafe'. BestEverAlbums.com does not display these images by default, but you may choose to show or hide these images from your profile page. If you choose to hide these images, you'll see an image with a warning message instead of the actual image. If you choose to show them, you'll see these images no differently than regular (safe) images.
"How can you rate this before it comes out? The version yesterday wasn't complete and even if it was, it was a livestream of music being played over an arena sound system, not exactly the best audio quality." Reply
Year of Release:
2016
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,867
Rank in 2016:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"Seriously, listening to 40 mins of El-P and Killer Mike calling out all the fuckboys in the world is as good as it gets. Yeah i know that's not representative of the entire album but its bloody refreshing to finally hear a hip hop record with the balls to ignore label stereotypes yet still be as ..." [+] Reply
Year of Release:
2014
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,841
Rank in 2014:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"People on this site love dumping all over pop albums for no reason. If you given this album a 5/100 you clearly haven't listened to it open mindedly or at all." Reply
- 
andy_hunter | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +29 votes (32 helpful | 3 unhelpful)
A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
2016
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,776
Rank in 2016:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"Visions did a good job of creating a mirthful street-headphones atmosphere and getting that modern, slightly trepid young-urban feeling just right, but with Art Angels Grimes creates her own little wonderland... it's as if some remote galaxy intercepted our popular pop trends, gleefuly turning ev..." [+] Reply
- 
cestuneblague | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +10 votes (10 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
2015
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,760
Rank in 2015:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
"Pfff the seemingly effortless ease with which DeMarco launches laidback classic after laidback classic puts a lot of less modest songwriters to shame. Great record." Reply
- 
Norman Bates | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +8 votes (9 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
A maximum of 5 top-voted qualifying comments are selected for each album. To provide the best experience for visitors, comments are excluded if they refer to data corrections, contain excessive profanity, are written in all caps, are non-English, are too short, consist of conversations between users, or contain lists of best tracks etc.
Year of Release:
2014
Appears in:
Rank Score:
3,753
Rank in 2014:
Rank in 2010s:
Overall Rank:
Average Rating:
Comments:
Total albums: 1,000. Page 6 of 100
Best Albums of the 2010s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Artist | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 8 | 1% | |
| Death Grips | 6 | 1% | |
| Drake | 6 | 1% | |
| Lana Del Rey | 6 | 1% | |
| Kanye West | 5 | 1% | |
| Car Seat Headrest | 5 | 1% | |
| Beach House | 5 | 1% | |
| Show all | |||
| Country | Albums | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
|
|||
 |
557 | 56% | |
 |
214 | 21% | |
 |
70 | 7% | |
 |
32 | 3% | |
 |
29 | 3% | |
 |
20 | 2% | |
 |
11 | 1% | |
| Show all | |||
| Best Artists of 2023 | |
|---|---|
| 1. Sufjan Stevens | |
| 2. Lana Del Rey | |
| 3. JPEGMAFIA x Danny Brown | |
| 4. Caroline Polachek | |
| 5. The National | |
| 6. Boygenius | |
| 7. Slowdive | |
| 8. 파란노을 [Parannoul] | |
| 9. Jessie Ware | |
| 10. Black Country, New Road |
