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	5,537	236,468	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,715	198,853	Helplessness Blues (169th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,995	219,782	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,509	212,182	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,012	180,736	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,070	224,378	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,928	203,400	A Moon Shaped Pool (75th)by Radiohead
2017	7,132	173,793	Damn. (246th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,172	149,946	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (274th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,614	129,791	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (234th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,684	1,929,327

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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House Of Balloons

The Weeknd

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

252 charts

Rank Score:

1,906

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

140

Overall Rank:

946

Average Rating:

77 (397 votes)

Comments:

288.

Beauty Behind The Madness

The Weeknd

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

141 charts

Rank Score:

951

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

288

Overall Rank:

1,776

Average Rating:

71 (235 votes)

Comments:

413.

Trilogy
Compilation

The Weeknd

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

624

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

413

Overall Rank:

2,519

Average Rating:

79 (128 votes)

Comments:

447.

Starboy

The Weeknd

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

103 charts

Rank Score:

572

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

447

Overall Rank:

2,692

Average Rating:

69 (201 votes)

Comments:

647.

Kiss Land

The Weeknd

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

40 charts

Rank Score:

404

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

647

Overall Rank:

3,618

Average Rating:

68 (92 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	124	12%
2012	108	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	98	10%
2015	104	10%
2016	88	9%
2017	109	11%
2018	90	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%
Beach House	5	0%
Taylor Swift	5	0%
Brockhampton	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	553	55%
	227	23%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	19	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	6	1%

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