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 50,000 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	5,058	250,609	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (32nd)by Kanye West
2011	5,215	207,365	Helplessness Blues (164th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,495	231,283	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (34th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,009	219,726	Modern Vampires Of The City (126th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,470	184,731	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,427	230,021	To Pimp A Butterfly (20th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,373	206,790	A Moon Shaped Pool (77th)by Radiohead
2017	6,527	173,444	Damn. (253rd)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	6,411	149,907	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (288th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	6,927	124,962	Igor (263rd)by Tyler, The Creator
Total	60,912	1,978,838

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

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To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,733 charts

Rank Score:

39,623

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Average Rating:

90 (2,176 votes)

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360

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,646 charts

Rank Score:

28,785

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85 (2,266 votes)

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274

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,436 charts

Rank Score:

27,815

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2010

Appears in:

1,779 charts

Rank Score:

24,227

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2015

Appears in:

1,172 charts

Rank Score:

18,889

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2012

Appears in:

1,324 charts

Rank Score:

18,388

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2016

Appears in:

1,310 charts

Rank Score:

18,086

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Average Rating:

87 (2,048 votes)

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269

Blonde

Frank Ocean

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

810 charts

Rank Score:

15,128

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84 (1,037 votes)

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David Bowie

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

1,161 charts

Rank Score:

13,136

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116

Average Rating:

86 (1,570 votes)

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Modern Vampires Of The City

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

987 charts

Rank Score:

12,629

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126

Average Rating:

82 (1,330 votes)

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133

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	126	13%
2012	108	11%
2013	112	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	110	11%
2016	84	8%
2017	105	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	69	7%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	559	56%
	221	22%
	68	7%
	33	3%
	31	3%
	17	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	995	100%
Yes	5	1%

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Recognised Decade Charts (2020s)
1. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)
2. The A.V. Club's 50 best albums of the 2010s by The A.V. Club (2019)
3. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s by The Wild Honey Pie (2019)
4. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
5. Gorilla vs. Bear Albums of the 2010s by Gorilla vs. Bear (2019)
6. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
7. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2019)
8. All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked by Uproxx (2019)
9. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (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)
16. Tiny Mix Tapes 2010s: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade by Tiny Mix Tapes (2019)
17. BEST OF 2011 - 2020: Die besten Alben des Jahrzehnts by laut (2020)
18. Die besten Platten 2010-2019 by Spex (2019)
19. Die 100 besten Alben der 10er Jahre by Musikexpress.de (2020)
20. Die 100 besten Alben der 2010er by VISIONS (2020)