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 54,000 greatest album charts.

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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	5,610	234,230	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,807	197,817	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,054	216,648	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,565	209,830	Modern Vampires Of The City (124th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,093	179,483	Lost In The Dream (164th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,129	222,078	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,992	202,040	A Moon Shaped Pool (77th)by Radiohead
2017	7,190	173,951	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,239	149,879	Twin Fantasy (2018) (280th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,690	130,579	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (220th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,369	1,916,535

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 Nick Cave.

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15.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

918 charts

Rank Score:

9,541

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

164

Average Rating:

82 (1,134 votes)

Comments:

104

30.

To Be Kind

Swans

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

613 charts

Rank Score:

6,876

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

250

Average Rating:

82 (868 votes)

Comments:

100

50.

Benji

Sun Kil Moon

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

550 charts

Rank Score:

4,591

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

385

Average Rating:

80 (767 votes)

Comments:

55.

Run The Jewels 2

Run The Jewels

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

574 charts

Rank Score:

4,244

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

420

Average Rating:

82 (757 votes)

Comments:

59.

Salad Days

Mac DeMarco

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

528 charts

Rank Score:

4,026

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

445

Average Rating:

80 (800 votes)

Comments:

66.

St. Vincent

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

545 charts

Rank Score:

3,691

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

482

Average Rating:

79 (790 votes)

Comments:

70.

Piñata

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

406 charts

Rank Score:

3,496

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

513

Average Rating:

80 (492 votes)

Comments:

72.

Black Messiah

D'Angelo And The Vanguard

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

446 charts

Rank Score:

3,415

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

526

Average Rating:

81 (499 votes)

Comments:

91.

Ultraviolence

Lana Del Rey

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

330 charts

Rank Score:

2,781

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

637

Average Rating:

75 (497 votes)

Comments:

100.

Alvvays

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

299 charts

Rank Score:

2,655

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

100

Overall Rank:

674

Average Rating:

79 (364 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	94	9%
2011	122	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	110	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	553	55%
	223	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	19	2%
	9	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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Recognised Decade Charts (2020s)
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