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 46,000 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	4,653	272,425	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (34th)by Kanye West
2011	4,774	224,760	Helplessness Blues (163rd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,054	248,498	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (39th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,661	231,073	Modern Vampires Of The City (123rd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,030	187,413	Lost In The Dream (166th)by The War On Drugs
2015	5,948	233,775	To Pimp A Butterfly (23rd)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	5,824	200,084	A Moon Shaped Pool (83rd)by Radiohead
2017	5,900	164,862	Damn. (296th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	5,881	137,075	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (329th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	6,129	105,340	Igor (343rd)by Tyler, The Creator
Total	55,854	2,005,304

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:

1,546 charts

Rank Score:

41,099

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Average Rating:

90 (1,927 votes)

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,538 charts

Rank Score:

32,450

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85 (2,060 votes)

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251

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,325 charts

Rank Score:

30,594

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2010

Appears in:

1,700 charts

Rank Score:

29,471

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2012

Appears in:

1,245 charts

Rank Score:

22,183

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2015

Appears in:

1,078 charts

Rank Score:

19,738

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2016

Appears in:

1,193 charts

Rank Score:

18,837

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Average Rating:

87 (1,868 votes)

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250

Blonde

Frank Ocean

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

709 charts

Rank Score:

14,886

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114

Average Rating:

84 (927 votes)

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Modern Vampires Of The City

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

926 charts

Rank Score:

14,221

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10.

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

962 charts

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13,857

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127

Average Rating:

82 (1,207 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	98	10%
2011	135	14%
2012	109	11%
2013	120	12%
2014	106	11%
2015	106	11%
2016	78	8%
2017	102	10%
2018	85	9%
2019	61	6%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	9	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
The Weeknd	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Taylor Swift	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	566	57%
	215	22%
	65	7%
	35	4%
	34	3%
	18	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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

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

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