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	3,893	339,566	The Suburbs (39th) by Arcade Fire
2011	4,082	257,020	Bon Iver, Bon Iver (191st) by Bon Iver
2012	4,342	270,512	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (67th) by Kendrick Lamar
2013	4,955	238,990	Modern Vampires Of The City (172nd) by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,208	173,879	Lost In The Dream (244th) by The War On Drugs
2015	5,019	200,680	To Pimp A Butterfly (59th) by Kendrick Lamar
2016	4,784	156,238	A Moon Shaped Pool (143rd) by Radiohead
2017	4,697	119,116	DAMN. (473rd) by Kendrick Lamar
2018	2,816	25,394	7 (2,265th) by Beach House
Total	39,796	1,781,395

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

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Album

Artist

11.

Teen Dream

Beach House

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	685 charts
Rank in 2010:	4	Rank Score:	13,199
Rank in 2010s	11	Overall Rank:	200
Average Rating: 82/100 (940 votes)
Comments: 85 comments

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12.

Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	683 charts
Rank in 2011:	2	Rank Score:	12,385
Rank in 2010s	12	Overall Rank:	218
Average Rating: 82/100 (1,025 votes)
Comments: 91 comments

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13.

channel ORANGE

Frank Ocean

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	611 charts
Rank in 2012:	3	Rank Score:	12,358
Rank in 2010s	13	Overall Rank:	220
Average Rating: 82/100 (912 votes)
Comments: 93 comments

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14.

This Is Happening

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	586 charts
Rank in 2010:	5	Rank Score:	11,559
Rank in 2010s	14	Overall Rank:	231
Average Rating: 82/100 (848 votes)
Comments: 54 comments

15.

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	677 charts
Rank in 2013:	2	Rank Score:	11,405
Rank in 2010s	15	Overall Rank:	235
Average Rating: 80/100 (1,239 votes)
Comments: 154 comments

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16.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	642 charts
Rank in 2014:	1	Rank Score:	11,057
Rank in 2010s	16	Overall Rank:	244
Average Rating: 82/100 (851 votes)
Comments: 88 comments

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17.

An Awesome Wave

∆ (alt-J)

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	490 charts
Rank in 2012:	4	Rank Score:	10,921
Rank in 2010s	17	Overall Rank:	247
Average Rating: 78/100 (790 votes)
Comments: 66 comments

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18.

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	578 charts
Rank in 2013:	3	Rank Score:	10,655
Rank in 2010s	18	Overall Rank:	254
Average Rating: 77/100 (1,134 votes)
Comments: 119 comments

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19.

★ (Blackstar)

David Bowie

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	755 charts
Rank in 2016:	2	Rank Score:	10,313
Rank in 2010s	19	Overall Rank:	260
Average Rating: 86/100 (1,126 votes)
Comments: 108 comments

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20.

Blonde

Frank Ocean

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	441 charts
Rank in 2016:	3	Rank Score:	9,985
Rank in 2010s	20	Overall Rank:	270
Average Rating: 84/100 (622 votes)
Comments: 56 comments

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	152	15%
2011	169	17%
2012	140	14%
2013	143	14%
2014	110	11%
2015	110	11%
2016	72	7%
2017	89	9%
2018	15	2%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	7	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	6	1%
Beach House	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
The Weeknd	5	1%
Lana Del Rey	5	1%
Drake	4	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	556	56%
	219	22%
	76	8%
	29	3%
	18	2%
	15	2%
	12	1%
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