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 33,000 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	3,759	329,231	The Suburbs (39th) by Arcade Fire
2011	3,943	249,942	Bon Iver, Bon Iver (190th) by Bon Iver
2012	4,200	258,343	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (71st) by Kendrick Lamar
2013	4,790	229,953	Modern Vampires Of The City (167th) by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,046	166,191	Lost In The Dream (243rd) by The War On Drugs
2015	4,846	184,988	To Pimp A Butterfly (65th) by Kendrick Lamar
2016	4,592	137,055	A Moon Shaped Pool (164th) by Radiohead
2017	4,406	96,466	DAMN. (605th) by Kendrick Lamar
2018	1,029	4,051	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (4,308th) by Car Seat Headrest
Total	36,611	1,656,220

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

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Album

Artist

11.

Teen Dream

Beach House

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	649 charts
Rank in 2010:	4	Rank Score:	12,561
Rank in 2010s	11	Overall Rank:	207
Average Rating: 82/100 (877 votes)
Comments: 81 comments

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12.

Helplessness Blues

Fleet Foxes

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	669 charts
Rank in 2011:	2	Rank Score:	12,452
Rank in 2010s	12	Overall Rank:	212
Average Rating: 81/100 (994 votes)
Comments: 90 comments

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13.

channel ORANGE

Frank Ocean

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	583 charts
Rank in 2012:	3	Rank Score:	11,732
Rank in 2010s	13	Overall Rank:	225
Average Rating: 81/100 (843 votes)
Comments: 90 comments

14.

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	654 charts
Rank in 2013:	2	Rank Score:	11,236
Rank in 2010s	14	Overall Rank:	233
Average Rating: 80/100 (1,184 votes)
Comments: 152 comments

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15.

This Is Happening

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	556 charts
Rank in 2010:	5	Rank Score:	11,166
Rank in 2010s	15	Overall Rank:	234
Average Rating: 82/100 (803 votes)
Comments: 51 comments

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16.

Lost In The Dream

The War On Drugs

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	622 charts
Rank in 2014:	1	Rank Score:	10,737
Rank in 2010s	16	Overall Rank:	242
Average Rating: 82/100 (810 votes)
Comments: 88 comments

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17.

An Awesome Wave

∆ (alt-j)

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	469 charts
Rank in 2012:	4	Rank Score:	10,626
Rank in 2010s	17	Overall Rank:	244
Average Rating: 78/100 (747 votes)
Comments: 66 comments

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18.

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	543 charts
Rank in 2013:	3	Rank Score:	10,178
Rank in 2010s	18	Overall Rank:	256
Average Rating: 77/100 (1,064 votes)
Comments: 115 comments

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19.

Brothers

The Black Keys

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	536 charts
Rank in 2010:	6	Rank Score:	9,266
Rank in 2010s	19	Overall Rank:	279
Average Rating: 78/100 (1,001 votes)
Comments: 44 comments

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20.

Random Access Memories

Daft Punk

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	571 charts
Rank in 2013:	4	Rank Score:	9,175
Rank in 2010s	20	Overall Rank:	283
Average Rating: 79/100 (1,017 votes)
Comments: 88 comments

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	159	16%
2011	173	17%
2012	144	14%
2013	147	15%
2014	111	11%
2015	110	11%
2016	75	8%
2017	79	8%
2018	2	0%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	6	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	6	1%
The Weeknd	5	1%
Laura Marling	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Lana Del Rey	5	1%
Susanne Sundfør	4	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	218	22%
	78	8%
	31	3%
	18	2%
	17	2%
	13	1%
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