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 53,000 greatest album charts.

Best albums by year or decade

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Year:

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	5,441	240,077	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,624	201,031	Helplessness Blues (166th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,916	221,522	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,405	213,105	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,922	182,203	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,975	225,104	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,806	204,053	A Moon Shaped Pool (74th)by Radiohead
2017	7,002	173,586	Damn. (249th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,093	150,413	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (277th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,494	129,240	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (236th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,678	1,940,333

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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95.

The Wild Hunt

The Tallest Man On Earth

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

367 charts

Rank Score:

2,789

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

642

Average Rating:

78 (473 votes)

Comments:

187.

Body Talk
Compilation

Robyn

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

217 charts

Rank Score:

1,435

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

187

Overall Rank:

1,237

Average Rating:

76 (189 votes)

Comments:

205.

Shaking The Habitual

The Knife

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

226 charts

Rank Score:

1,321

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

205

Overall Rank:

1,325

Average Rating:

75 (306 votes)

Comments:

253.

Clinging To A Scheme

The Radio Dept.

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

141 charts

Rank Score:

1,082

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

253

Overall Rank:

1,590

Average Rating:

77 (148 votes)

Comments:

336.

Meliora

Ghost (SE)

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

120 charts

Rank Score:

805

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

336

Overall Rank:

2,060

Average Rating:

78 (177 votes)

Comments:

380.

Honey

Robyn

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

185 charts

Rank Score:

701

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

380

Overall Rank:

2,292

Average Rating:

76 (144 votes)

Comments:

385.

The Lion's Roar

First Aid Kit

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

139 charts

Rank Score:

691

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

385

Overall Rank:

2,323

Average Rating:

74 (182 votes)

Comments:

413.

Wounded Rhymes

Lykke Li

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

146 charts

Rank Score:

636

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

413

Overall Rank:

2,489

Average Rating:

75 (193 votes)

Comments:

435.

There's No Leaving Now

The Tallest Man On Earth

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

112 charts

Rank Score:

590

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

435

Overall Rank:

2,631

Average Rating:

74 (163 votes)

Comments:

458.

Dead Magic

Anna Von Hausswolff

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

132 charts

Rank Score:

562

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

458

Overall Rank:

2,750

Average Rating:

76 (173 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	113	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	107	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	105	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	72	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
The Weeknd	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Kanye West	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	557	56%
	224	22%
	70	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	17	2%
	9	1%
Show all

Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	995	100%
Yes	5	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

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