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 49,000 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	4,926	252,262	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,131	208,864	Helplessness Blues (164th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,394	231,993	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,945	219,979	Modern Vampires Of The City (124th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,369	183,953	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,324	230,461	To Pimp A Butterfly (20th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,281	206,273	A Moon Shaped Pool (78th)by Radiohead
2017	6,396	172,058	Damn. (267th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	6,358	149,363	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (288th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	6,814	123,534	Igor (277th)by Tyler, The Creator
Total	59,938	1,978,739

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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Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

862 charts

Rank Score:

10,186

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Overall Rank:

164

Average Rating:

82 (1,269 votes)

Comments:

102

17.

Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Bon Iver

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

899 charts

Rank Score:

10,018

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32.

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

446 charts

Rank Score:

6,883

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Overall Rank:

270

Average Rating:

86 (791 votes)

Comments:

38.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

679 charts

Rank Score:

6,268

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Overall Rank:

302

Average Rating:

80 (917 votes)

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The King Of Limbs

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

812 charts

Rank Score:

5,330

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50.

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

602 charts

Rank Score:

4,910

Rank in 2011:

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Overall Rank:

383

Average Rating:

78 (1,042 votes)

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64.

Kaputt

Destroyer

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

449 charts

Rank Score:

3,933

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Overall Rank:

467

Average Rating:

79 (569 votes)

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68.

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

M83

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

463 charts

Rank Score:

3,658

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Overall Rank:

514

Average Rating:

77 (634 votes)

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72.

Adele

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

476 charts

Rank Score:

3,418

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Overall Rank:

541

Average Rating:

72 (892 votes)

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79.

Wasting Light

Foo Fighters

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

408 charts

Rank Score:

3,241

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Overall Rank:

571

Average Rating:

76 (758 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	93	9%
2011	126	13%
2012	109	11%
2013	111	11%
2014	101	10%
2015	110	11%
2016	84	8%
2017	106	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	70	7%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	9	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
The Weeknd	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Taylor Swift	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	561	56%
	220	22%
	69	7%
	33	3%
	30	3%
	16	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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

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

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