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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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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To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,447 charts

Rank Score:

40,337

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Average Rating:

90 (1,807 votes)

Comments:

319

Carrie & Lowell

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,024 charts

Rank Score:

19,920

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14.

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

781 charts

Rank Score:

11,434

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Overall Rank:

161

Average Rating:

82 (1,165 votes)

Comments:

101

32.

I Love You, Honeybear

Father John Misty

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

591 charts

Rank Score:

7,305

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Overall Rank:

273

Average Rating:

81 (793 votes)

Comments:

51.

Art Angels

Grimes

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

455 charts

Rank Score:

4,722

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Overall Rank:

415

Average Rating:

79 (548 votes)

Comments:

62.

Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit

Courtney Barnett

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

479 charts

Rank Score:

4,159

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Overall Rank:

464

Average Rating:

79 (611 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:

74.

E•MO•TION

Carly Rae Jepsen

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

267 charts

Rank Score:

3,389

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Overall Rank:

565

Average Rating:

77 (314 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)

Comments:

91.

Have You In My Wilderness

Julia Holter

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

317 charts

Rank Score:

3,053

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624

Average Rating:

81 (365 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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