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 53,000 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	5,537	236,468	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,715	198,853	Helplessness Blues (169th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,995	219,782	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,509	212,182	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,012	180,736	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,070	224,378	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,928	203,400	A Moon Shaped Pool (75th)by Radiohead
2017	7,132	173,793	Damn. (246th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,172	149,946	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (274th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,614	129,791	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (234th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,684	1,929,327

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

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Those Who Throw Objects At The Crocodiles Will Be Asked To Retrieve Them

Bruno Pernadas

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

33 charts

Rank Score:

255

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Rank in 2010s:

991

Overall Rank:

5,243

Average Rating:

78 (43 votes)

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992.

Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird

The Tallest Man On Earth

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

255

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992

Overall Rank:

5,245

Average Rating:

78 (54 votes)

Comments:

993.

Government Plates

Death Grips

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

255

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994.

The Drums

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

255

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994

Overall Rank:

5,253

Average Rating:

74 (107 votes)

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995.

Indie Cindy

Pixies

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

255

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995

Overall Rank:

5,254

Average Rating:

60 (191 votes)

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996.

Spirit

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

255

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997.

Pageant Material

Kacey Musgraves

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

254

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998.

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

Beastie Boys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

254

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999.

Control System

Ab-Soul

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

254

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1000.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

254

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	124	12%
2012	108	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	98	10%
2015	104	10%
2016	88	9%
2017	109	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	72	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Beach House	5	0%
Taylor Swift	5	0%
Brockhampton	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	553	55%
	227	23%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	19	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	6	1%

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