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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15.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

874 charts

Rank Score:

10,560

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

160

Average Rating:

82 (1,104 votes)

Comments:

103

29.

To Be Kind

Swans

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

569 charts

Rank Score:

7,344

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

248

Average Rating:

82 (837 votes)

Comments:

100

48.

Benji

Sun Kil Moon

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

523 charts

Rank Score:

5,127

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

369

Average Rating:

80 (755 votes)

Comments:

54.

Run The Jewels 2

Run The Jewels

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

538 charts

Rank Score:

4,620

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

410

Average Rating:

82 (742 votes)

Comments:

61.

Salad Days

Mac DeMarco

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

502 charts

Rank Score:

4,109

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

450

Average Rating:

80 (785 votes)

Comments:

62.

St. Vincent

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

522 charts

Rank Score:

4,103

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

451

Average Rating:

79 (767 votes)

Comments:

67.

Black Messiah

D'Angelo And The Vanguard

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

422 charts

Rank Score:

3,708

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

500

Average Rating:

81 (487 votes)

Comments:

74.

Piñata

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

365 charts

Rank Score:

3,401

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

545

Average Rating:

81 (472 votes)

Comments:

103.

Alvvays

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

264 charts

Rank Score:

2,634

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

103

Overall Rank:

700

Average Rating:

79 (332 votes)

Comments:

105.

Ultraviolence

Lana Del Rey

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

286 charts

Rank Score:

2,613

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

105

Overall Rank:

709

Average Rating:

75 (457 votes)

Comments:

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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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