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 55,000 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	5,908	233,073	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,985	196,162	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,173	214,092	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,648	207,976	Modern Vampires Of The City (123rd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,188	178,590	Lost In The Dream (164th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,251	219,524	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	7,082	200,307	A Moon Shaped Pool (78th)by Radiohead
2017	7,273	173,159	Damn. (238th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,333	149,047	Twin Fantasy (2018) (285th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,820	131,049	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (214th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	68,661	1,902,980

The best artists of the 2010s were Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Tame Impala, Arcade Fire, Beach House, Frank Ocean, Sufjan Stevens, The National, Radiohead and Nick Cave.

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A Moon Shaped Pool

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

1,373 charts

Rank Score:

16,236

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Average Rating:

87 (2,129 votes)

Comments:

274

★ [Blackstar]

David Bowie

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

1,232 charts

Rank Score:

12,671

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18.

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

828 charts

Rank Score:

8,448

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alt-J

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

676 charts

Rank Score:

6,892

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Overall Rank:

246

Average Rating:

78 (995 votes)

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32.

Plastic Beach

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

723 charts

Rank Score:

6,554

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Overall Rank:

261

Average Rating:

79 (1,240 votes)

Comments:

36.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

722 charts

Rank Score:

5,979

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Overall Rank:

287

Average Rating:

80 (946 votes)

Comments:

46.

The King Of Limbs

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

857 charts

Rank Score:

4,744

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63.

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

485 charts

Rank Score:

3,780

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Overall Rank:

468

Average Rating:

81 (605 votes)

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75.

Adele

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

501 charts

Rank Score:

3,246

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Overall Rank:

545

Average Rating:

72 (922 votes)

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76.

Joy As An Act Of Resistance.

Idles

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

423 charts

Rank Score:

3,195

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Overall Rank:

554

Average Rating:

80 (474 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	120	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	107	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	109	11%
2018	89	9%
2019	75	8%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	551	55%
	222	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	20	2%
	10	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

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