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	4,432	275,982	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (34th)by Kanye West
2011	4,579	225,645	Bon Iver (162nd)by Bon Iver
2012	4,871	250,553	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (41st)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,469	231,894	Modern Vampires Of The City (118th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,780	184,031	Lost In The Dream (167th)by The War On Drugs
2015	5,691	228,835	To Pimp A Butterfly (25th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	5,489	192,490	A Moon Shaped Pool (79th)by Radiohead
2017	5,539	156,652	Damn. (299th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	5,291	123,110	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (407th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	4,912	85,828	Igor (445th)by Tyler, The Creator
Total	52,053	1,955,019

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

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★ (Blackstar)

David Bowie

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

975 charts

Rank Score:

13,235

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Overall Rank:

135

Average Rating:

86 (1,366 votes)

Comments:

131

12.

Teen Dream

Beach House

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

825 charts

Rank Score:

12,353

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Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

736 charts

Rank Score:

12,015

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Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

810 charts

Rank Score:

11,394

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Overall Rank:

162

Average Rating:

80 (1,192 votes)

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Currents

Tame Impala

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

780 charts

Rank Score:

11,316

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Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

771 charts

Rank Score:

11,160

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Overall Rank:

167

Average Rating:

82 (983 votes)

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Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

776 charts

Rank Score:

11,139

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Overall Rank:

168

Average Rating:

82 (1,155 votes)

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This Is Happening

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

741 charts

Rank Score:

10,355

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Overall Rank:

183

Average Rating:

82 (980 votes)

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Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

757 charts

Rank Score:

9,843

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Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

651 charts

Rank Score:

9,607

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Overall Rank:

199

Average Rating:

77 (1,313 votes)

Comments:

140

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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%
Car Seat Headrest	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Beach House	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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