Best Albums of the 2010s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 2010s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 2010s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 38,000 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	4,131	360,666	The Suburbs (40th) by Arcade Fire
2011	4,261	270,655	Bon Iver, Bon Iver (192nd) by Bon Iver
2012	4,552	288,071	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (61st) by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,152	254,113	Modern Vampires Of The City (158th) by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,448	188,689	Lost In The Dream (236th) by The War On Drugs
2015	5,312	225,460	To Pimp A Butterfly (50th) by Kendrick Lamar
2016	5,091	177,317	A Moon Shaped Pool (135th) by Radiohead
2017	5,049	133,991	Damn. (451st) by Kendrick Lamar
2018	4,603	88,680	Kids See Ghosts (763rd) by Kids See Ghosts
2019	1,462	6,921	Titanic Rising (4,030th) by Weyes Blood
Total	45,061	1,994,564

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

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Album

Artist

41.

Damn.

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:	2017	Appears in:	576 charts
Rank in 2017:	1	Rank Score:	6,034
Rank in 2010s	41	Overall Rank:	451
Average Rating: 81/100 (914 votes)
Comments: 130 comments

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42.

Benji

Sun Kil Moon

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	444 charts
Rank in 2014:	3	Rank Score:	5,951
Rank in 2010s	42	Overall Rank:	456
Average Rating: 80/100 (663 votes)
Comments: 81 comments

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43.

Have One On Me

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	357 charts
Rank in 2010:	12	Rank Score:	5,815
Rank in 2010s	43	Overall Rank:	462
Average Rating: 81/100 (401 votes)
Comments: 34 comments

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44.

The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

Fiona Apple

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	389 charts
Rank in 2012:	7	Rank Score:	5,778
Rank in 2010s	44	Overall Rank:	465
Average Rating: 80/100 (567 votes)
Comments: 57 comments

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45.

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

M83

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	376 charts
Rank in 2011:	7	Rank Score:	5,509
Rank in 2010s	45	Overall Rank:	485
Average Rating: 77/100 (534 votes)
Comments: 42 comments

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46.

Run The Jewels 2

Run The Jewels

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	411 charts
Rank in 2014:	4	Rank Score:	5,377
Rank in 2010s	46	Overall Rank:	491
Average Rating: 82/100 (611 votes)
Comments: 31 comments

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47.

Adele

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	361 charts
Rank in 2011:	8	Rank Score:	5,245
Rank in 2010s	47	Overall Rank:	506
Average Rating: 71/100 (745 votes)
Comments: 80 comments

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48.

The Seer

Swans

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	329 charts
Rank in 2012:	8	Rank Score:	5,087
Rank in 2010s	48	Overall Rank:	521
Average Rating: 81/100 (526 votes)
Comments: 39 comments

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49.

Wasting Light

Foo Fighters

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	332 charts
Rank in 2011:	9	Rank Score:	5,043
Rank in 2010s	49	Overall Rank:	524
Average Rating: 76/100 (659 votes)
Comments: 45 comments

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50.

Born To Die

Lana Del Rey

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	313 charts
Rank in 2012:	9	Rank Score:	5,029
Rank in 2010s	50	Overall Rank:	527
Average Rating: 70/100 (637 votes)
Comments: 82 comments

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	142	14%
2011	161	16%
2012	130	13%
2013	139	14%
2014	109	11%
2015	102	10%
2016	68	7%
2017	89	9%
2018	57	6%
2019	4	0%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	10	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	6	1%
Beach House	5	0%
Julia Holter	5	0%
Lana Del Rey	5	0%
Kendrick Lamar	5	0%
The Weeknd	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	549	55%
	212	21%
	72	7%
	33	3%
	30	3%
	18	2%
	13	1%
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