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	4,762	264,028	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (32nd)by Kanye West
2011	4,919	216,535	Helplessness Blues (164th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,174	241,463	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (37th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,773	225,528	Modern Vampires Of The City (125th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,161	185,067	Lost In The Dream (163rd)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,072	230,504	To Pimp A Butterfly (21st)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	5,995	201,023	A Moon Shaped Pool (82nd)by Radiohead
2017	6,074	165,797	Damn. (296th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	6,023	140,663	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (312th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	6,321	109,290	Igor (331st)by Tyler, The Creator
Total	57,274	1,979,897

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 Vampire Weekend.

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,592 charts

Rank Score:

31,437

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Average Rating:

85 (2,135 votes)

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259

The Suburbs

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,719 charts

Rank Score:

27,040

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11.

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

990 charts

Rank Score:

13,070

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Overall Rank:

132

Average Rating:

82 (1,238 votes)

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Teen Dream

Beach House

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

894 charts

Rank Score:

12,304

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18.

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

795 charts

Rank Score:

9,798

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184

Average Rating:

82 (1,056 votes)

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Plastic Beach

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

645 charts

Rank Score:

7,819

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Overall Rank:

244

Average Rating:

79 (1,143 votes)

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Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

671 charts

Rank Score:

7,636

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258

Average Rating:

82 (854 votes)

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The Age Of Adz

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

533 charts

Rank Score:

6,118

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319

Average Rating:

80 (765 votes)

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Brothers

The Black Keys

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

662 charts

Rank Score:

5,999

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Overall Rank:

325

Average Rating:

79 (1,167 votes)

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Innerspeaker

Tame Impala

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

624 charts

Rank Score:

5,605

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349

Average Rating:

81 (985 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	133	13%
2012	108	11%
2013	118	12%
2014	104	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	82	8%
2017	103	10%
2018	89	9%
2019	62	6%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	8	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
The Weeknd	6	1%
Beach House	5	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	560	56%
	219	22%
	66	7%
	34	3%
	33	3%
	17	2%
	8	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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

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

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