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	5,591	236,081	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,742	198,762	Helplessness Blues (171st)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,025	218,922	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,541	211,368	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,077	180,600	Lost In The Dream (162nd)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,105	223,431	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,970	203,210	A Moon Shaped Pool (77th)by Radiohead
2017	7,168	173,943	Damn. (247th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,201	149,872	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (278th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,640	129,971	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (224th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,060	1,926,161

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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130.

Saturation III

Brockhampton

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

252 charts

Rank Score:

1,993

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

130

Overall Rank:

897

Average Rating:

83 (427 votes)

Comments:

143.

Saturation II

Brockhampton

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

244 charts

Rank Score:

1,849

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

143

Overall Rank:

972

Average Rating:

82 (433 votes)

Comments:

219.

Saturation

Brockhampton

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

220 charts

Rank Score:

1,233

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

219

Overall Rank:

1,411

Average Rating:

80 (438 votes)

Comments:

420.

Iridescence

Brockhampton

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

140 charts

Rank Score:

611

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

420

Overall Rank:

2,555

Average Rating:

75 (258 votes)

Comments:

652.

Ginger

Brockhampton

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

398

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

652

Overall Rank:

3,664

Average Rating:

74 (182 votes)

Comments:

Total albums: 5. Page 1 of 1

Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	132	13%
2012	106	11%
2013	112	11%
2014	98	10%
2015	105	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	110	11%
2018	90	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%
Kendrick Lamar	5	0%
Kanye West	5	0%
Taylor Swift	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	559	55%
	227	22%
	70	7%
	34	3%
	27	3%
	20	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	999	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,004	99%
Yes	6	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,004	99%
Yes	6	1%

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