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 41,000 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	4,402	275,221	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (34th)by Kanye West
2011	4,536	225,455	Bon Iver (160th)by Bon Iver
2012	4,847	249,354	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (41st)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,432	230,918	Modern Vampires Of The City (119th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,739	183,290	Lost In The Dream (163rd)by The War On Drugs
2015	5,653	226,987	To Pimp A Butterfly (25th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	5,449	190,879	A Moon Shaped Pool (79th)by Radiohead
2017	5,489	154,889	Damn. (299th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	5,234	120,354	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (409th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	4,809	79,589	Igor (485th)by Tyler, The Creator
Total	51,590	1,936,936

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

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981.

Spirit

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

255

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982.

The Winter Of Mixed Drinks

Frightened Rabbit

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

255

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983.

Common As Light And Love Are Red Valleys Of Blood

Sun Kil Moon

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

255

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984.

How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident

Future Of The Left

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

255

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985.

Dark Comedy

Open Mike Eagle

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

254

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986.

The Sciences

Sleep

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

254

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986

Overall Rank:

5,073

Average Rating:

76 (111 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	107	11%
2011	141	14%
2012	111	11%
2013	126	13%
2014	105	11%
2015	103	10%
2016	74	7%
2017	104	10%
2018	76	8%
2019	53	5%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	10	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	7	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
Taylor Swift	5	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	570	57%
	217	22%
	66	7%
	34	3%
	25	3%
	17	2%
	11	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	9	1%

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