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 35,000 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	3,945	345,024	The Suburbs (40th) by Arcade Fire
2011	4,114	259,261	Bon Iver, Bon Iver (193rd) by Bon Iver
2012	4,374	275,052	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (63rd) by Kendrick Lamar
2013	4,996	241,487	Modern Vampires Of The City (171st) by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,252	177,011	Lost In The Dream (243rd) by The War On Drugs
2015	5,059	207,166	To Pimp A Butterfly (54th) by Kendrick Lamar
2016	4,825	159,941	A Moon Shaped Pool (143rd) by Radiohead
2017	4,767	123,048	DAMN. (464th) by Kendrick Lamar
2018	3,359	32,920	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (2,009th) by Car Seat Headrest
Total	40,691	1,820,909

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

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Album

Artist

981.

Emily's D+Evolution

Esperanza Spalding

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	60 charts
Rank in 2016:	70	Rank Score:	246
Rank in 2010s	981	Overall Rank:	6,336
Average Rating: 76/100 (93 votes)
Comments: 1 comment

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982.

新しい日の誕生/Birth Of A New Day

２８１４

Year of Release:	2015	Appears in:	37 charts
Rank in 2015:	106	Rank Score:	246
Rank in 2010s	982	Overall Rank:	6,341
Average Rating: 76/100 (40 votes)
Comments: 4 comments

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983.

Who Told You To Think??!!?!?!?!

Milo

Year of Release:	2017	Appears in:	39 charts
Rank in 2017:	90	Rank Score:	246
Rank in 2010s	983	Overall Rank:	6,342
Average Rating: 76/100 (48 votes)
Comments: 0 comments

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984.

Post-

Jeff Rosenstock

Year of Release:	2018	Appears in:	93 charts
Rank in 2018:	25	Rank Score:	245
Rank in 2010s	984	Overall Rank:	6,345
Average Rating: 74/100 (189 votes)
Comments: 7 comments

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985.

Ἀποκάλυψις [Apokalypsis]

Chelsea Wolfe

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	21 charts
Rank in 2011:	164	Rank Score:	245
Rank in 2010s	985	Overall Rank:	6,350
Average Rating: 76/100 (29 votes)
Comments: 2 comments

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986.

The Genesis Of Agoraphobia

The Pharmacists Band

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	5 charts
Rank in 2010:	148	Rank Score:	245
Rank in 2010s	986	Overall Rank:	6,362
Average Rating: 77/100 (18 votes)
Comments: 1 comment

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987.

Schmilco

Wilco

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	69 charts
Rank in 2016:	71	Rank Score:	244
Rank in 2010s	987	Overall Rank:	6,375
Average Rating: 72/100 (123 votes)
Comments: 10 comments

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988.

In Dream

Editors

Year of Release:	2015	Appears in:	31 charts
Rank in 2015:	107	Rank Score:	244
Rank in 2010s	988	Overall Rank:	6,381
Average Rating: 71/100 (42 votes)
Comments: 3 comments

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989.

Unorthodox Jukebox

Bruno Mars

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	32 charts
Rank in 2012:	135	Rank Score:	243
Rank in 2010s	989	Overall Rank:	6,391
Average Rating: 68/100 (66 votes)
Comments: 7 comments

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990.

Black Origami

Jlin

Year of Release:	2017	Appears in:	78 charts
Rank in 2017:	91	Rank Score:	243
Rank in 2010s	990	Overall Rank:	6,394
Average Rating: 72/100 (83 votes)
Comments: 5 comments

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	150	15%
2011	167	17%
2012	137	14%
2013	144	14%
2014	108	11%
2015	107	11%
2016	71	7%
2017	91	9%
2018	28	3%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	8	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	6	1%
Julia Holter	5	0%
Kendrick Lamar	5	0%
Lana Del Rey	5	0%
Beach House	5	0%
The Weeknd	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	558	56%
	214	21%
	76	8%
	31	3%
	19	2%
	19	2%
	12	1%
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