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 42,000 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	4,438	276,057	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (34th)by Kanye West
2011	4,583	225,946	Bon Iver (164th)by Bon Iver
2012	4,878	250,450	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (41st)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,480	231,717	Modern Vampires Of The City (118th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,784	184,359	Lost In The Dream (166th)by The War On Drugs
2015	5,699	229,058	To Pimp A Butterfly (25th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	5,495	192,782	A Moon Shaped Pool (79th)by Radiohead
2017	5,548	157,108	Damn. (299th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	5,306	123,337	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (408th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	4,934	86,143	Igor (444th)by Tyler, The Creator
Total	52,145	1,956,957

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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A Moon Shaped Pool

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

1,137 charts

Rank Score:

19,613

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Average Rating:

88 (1,759 votes)

Comments:

244

11.

★ (Blackstar)

David Bowie

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

975 charts

Rank Score:

13,216

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20.

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

651 charts

Rank Score:

9,550

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23.

alt-J

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

558 charts

Rank Score:

9,017

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Overall Rank:

215

Average Rating:

78 (896 votes)

Comments:

30.

Plastic Beach

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

586 charts

Rank Score:

7,519

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Overall Rank:

264

Average Rating:

79 (1,048 votes)

Comments:

35.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

596 charts

Rank Score:

6,624

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Overall Rank:

300

Average Rating:

80 (822 votes)

Comments:

38.

The King Of Limbs

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

742 charts

Rank Score:

6,254

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Overall Rank:

320

Average Rating:

76 (1,792 votes)

Comments:

211

65.

Adele

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

402 charts

Rank Score:

4,017

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Overall Rank:

485

Average Rating:

72 (799 votes)

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71.

Hand. Cannot. Erase.

Steven Wilson

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

235 charts

Rank Score:

3,664

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Overall Rank:

529

Average Rating:

81 (331 votes)

Comments:

80.

In Colour

Jamie xx

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

372 charts

Rank Score:

3,248

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Overall Rank:

592

Average Rating:

78 (558 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	107	11%
2011	140	14%
2012	111	11%
2013	127	13%
2014	104	10%
2015	103	10%
2016	74	7%
2017	102	10%
2018	77	8%
2019	55	6%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	10	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Car Seat Headrest	5	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	570	57%
	215	22%
	66	7%
	35	4%
	25	3%
	17	2%
	11	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	9	1%

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