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	5,441	240,077	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,624	201,031	Helplessness Blues (166th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,916	221,522	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,405	213,105	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,922	182,203	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,975	225,104	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,806	204,053	A Moon Shaped Pool (74th)by Radiohead
2017	7,002	173,586	Damn. (249th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,093	150,413	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (277th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,494	129,240	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (236th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,678	1,940,333

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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Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,479 charts

Rank Score:

25,817

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Average Rating:

88 (1,952 votes)

Comments:

204

Lonerism

Tame Impala

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,348 charts

Rank Score:

16,831

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14.

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

883 charts

Rank Score:

10,042

Rank in 2012:

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Overall Rank:

157

Average Rating:

82 (1,245 votes)

Comments:

118

22.

Bloom

Beach House

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

801 charts

Rank Score:

8,297

Rank in 2012:

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Overall Rank:

198

Average Rating:

82 (1,141 votes)

Comments:

24.

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The Money Store

Death Grips

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

635 charts

Rank Score:

7,886

Rank in 2012:

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Overall Rank:

214

Average Rating:

82 (952 votes)

Comments:

27.

An Awesome Wave

alt-J

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

670 charts

Rank Score:

7,449

Rank in 2012:

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Overall Rank:

225

Average Rating:

78 (988 votes)

Comments:

41.

The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

Fiona Apple

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

566 charts

Rank Score:

5,711

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Overall Rank:

316

Average Rating:

81 (745 votes)

Comments:

56.

Born To Die

Lana Del Rey

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

465 charts

Rank Score:

4,287

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Overall Rank:

420

Average Rating:

72 (835 votes)

Comments:

61.

The Seer

Swans

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

450 charts

Rank Score:

3,980

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Overall Rank:

450

Average Rating:

81 (643 votes)

Comments:

84.

Visions

Grimes

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

473 charts

Rank Score:

2,965

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Overall Rank:

597

Average Rating:

77 (710 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	113	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	107	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	105	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%
The Weeknd	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Kanye West	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	557	56%
	224	22%
	70	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	17	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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