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 54,000 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	5,611	234,169	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,812	197,884	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,054	216,595	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,566	209,787	Modern Vampires Of The City (124th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,093	179,460	Lost In The Dream (164th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,129	222,028	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,992	202,007	A Moon Shaped Pool (77th)by Radiohead
2017	7,190	173,936	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,240	149,869	Twin Fantasy (2018) (280th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,690	130,569	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (222nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,377	1,916,303

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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621.

Supermodel

Foster The People

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

414

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

621

Overall Rank:

3,528

Average Rating:

68 (187 votes)

Comments:

622.

Diamond Mine

King Creosote & Jon Hopkins

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

414

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

622

Overall Rank:

3,530

Average Rating:

77 (74 votes)

Comments:

623.

Never Hungover Again

Joyce Manor

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

413

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

623

Overall Rank:

3,539

Average Rating:

75 (56 votes)

Comments:

624.

Take Me Apart

Kelela

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

138 charts

Rank Score:

413

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

624

Overall Rank:

3,541

Average Rating:

74 (120 votes)

Comments:

625.

青葉市子 [Ichiko Aoba]

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

44 charts

Rank Score:

413

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

625

Overall Rank:

3,543

Average Rating:

80 (48 votes)

Comments:

626.

Time 'N' Place

Kero Kero Bonito

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

412

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

626

Overall Rank:

3,545

Average Rating:

79 (132 votes)

Comments:

627.

Wolf

Tyler, The Creator

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

96 charts

Rank Score:

412

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

627

Overall Rank:

3,550

Average Rating:

72 (269 votes)

Comments:

628.

Product
Compilation

SOPHIE

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

412

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

628

Overall Rank:

3,553

Average Rating:

73 (63 votes)

Comments:

629.

Another One

Mac DeMarco

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

107 charts

Rank Score:

409

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

629

Overall Rank:

3,570

Average Rating:

75 (248 votes)

Comments:

630.

Shrines

Purity Ring

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

110 charts

Rank Score:

409

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

630

Overall Rank:

3,575

Average Rating:

74 (157 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	94	9%
2011	122	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	109	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Drake	6	1%
Death Grips	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Kanye West	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	553	55%
	223	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	19	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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