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 45,000 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	4,589	273,960	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (34th)by Kanye West
2011	4,719	225,400	Bon Iver (163rd)by Bon Iver
2012	5,002	249,968	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (39th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,615	232,780	Modern Vampires Of The City (123rd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,949	187,524	Lost In The Dream (167th)by The War On Drugs
2015	5,861	232,615	To Pimp A Butterfly (23rd)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	5,709	198,281	A Moon Shaped Pool (84th)by Radiohead
2017	5,774	162,386	Damn. (299th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	5,701	135,317	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (334th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	5,778	101,960	Igor (353rd)by Tyler, The Creator
Total	54,697	2,000,191

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

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To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,530 charts

Rank Score:

40,998

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Average Rating:

90 (1,898 votes)

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,532 charts

Rank Score:

32,700

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85 (2,034 votes)

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Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,308 charts

Rank Score:

30,622

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Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,689 charts

Rank Score:

30,110

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2012

Appears in:

1,238 charts

Rank Score:

22,526

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2015

Appears in:

1,069 charts

Rank Score:

19,852

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2016

Appears in:

1,177 charts

Rank Score:

18,884

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Average Rating:

87 (1,843 votes)

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249

Blonde

Frank Ocean

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

693 charts

Rank Score:

14,572

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121

Average Rating:

84 (907 votes)

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Modern Vampires Of The City

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

909 charts

Rank Score:

14,349

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10.

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

950 charts

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13,942

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124

Average Rating:

82 (1,194 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	135	14%
2012	108	11%
2013	122	12%
2014	104	10%
2015	107	11%
2016	79	8%
2017	104	10%
2018	83	8%
2019	62	6%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	10	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
The Weeknd	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Kanye West	5	1%
Car Seat Headrest	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	564	56%
	214	21%
	70	7%
	35	4%
	30	3%
	17	2%
	10	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	996	100%
Yes	4	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	995	100%
Yes	5	1%

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Recognised Decade Charts (2010s)
1. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)
2. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)
3. Tiny Mix Tapes 2010s: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade by Tiny Mix Tapes (2019)
4. The A.V. Club's 50 best albums of the 2010s by The A.V. Club (2019)
5. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s by The Wild Honey Pie (2019)
6. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
7. Gorilla vs. Bear’s Albums of the Decade \| 2010-2019 by Gorilla vs. Bear (2019)
8. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
9. All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked by Uproxx (2019)
10. Top 100 Albums of the Decade by Crack Magazine (2019)
11. The Needle Drop's Top Albums Of The 2010s by The Needle Drop (2019)
12. The 50 Best Albums of the Decade by Deep Cuts (2019)
13. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s by Stereogum (2019)
14. Top 100 Albums of the 2010s by Consequence of Sound (2019)
15. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Paste (2019)
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17. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2019)
18. 100 greatest albums of the 2010s by cleveland.com (2019)
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