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 54,000 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	5,591	236,081	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,742	198,762	Helplessness Blues (171st)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,025	218,922	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,541	211,368	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,077	180,600	Lost In The Dream (162nd)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,105	223,431	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,970	203,210	A Moon Shaped Pool (77th)by Radiohead
2017	7,168	173,943	Damn. (247th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,201	149,872	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (278th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,640	129,971	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (224th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,060	1,926,161

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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181.

Ravedeath, 1972

Tim Hecker

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

211 charts

Rank Score:

1,473

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

181

Overall Rank:

1,207

Average Rating:

77 (246 votes)

Comments:

182.

Bottomless Pit

Death Grips

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

215 charts

Rank Score:

1,453

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

182

Overall Rank:

1,216

Average Rating:

80 (424 votes)

Comments:

183.

Viet Cong

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

257 charts

Rank Score:

1,429

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

183

Overall Rank:

1,233

Average Rating:

76 (396 votes)

Comments:

184.

Father, Son, Holy Ghost

Girls

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

250 charts

Rank Score:

1,421

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

184

Overall Rank:

1,239

Average Rating:

77 (356 votes)

Comments:

185.

Wakin On A Pretty Daze

Kurt Vile

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

249 charts

Rank Score:

1,420

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

185

Overall Rank:

1,241

Average Rating:

78 (360 votes)

Comments:

186.

Science Fiction

Brand New

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

190 charts

Rank Score:

1,415

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

186

Overall Rank:

1,245

Average Rating:

79 (308 votes)

Comments:

187.

I'm In Your Mind Fuzz

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

161 charts

Rank Score:

1,414

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

187

Overall Rank:

1,246

Average Rating:

80 (236 votes)

Comments:

188.

The Powers That B
Compilation

Death Grips

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

183 charts

Rank Score:

1,410

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

188

Overall Rank:

1,250

Average Rating:

80 (372 votes)

Comments:

189.

Summertime '06

Vince Staples

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

237 charts

Rank Score:

1,387

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

189

Overall Rank:

1,269

Average Rating:

77 (277 votes)

Comments:

190.

Melophobia

Cage The Elephant

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

181 charts

Rank Score:

1,383

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

190

Overall Rank:

1,272

Average Rating:

77 (312 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	132	13%
2012	106	11%
2013	112	11%
2014	98	10%
2015	105	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	110	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Drake	6	1%
Death Grips	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	0%
Kanye West	5	0%
Taylor Swift	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	559	55%
	227	22%
	70	7%
	34	3%
	27	3%
	20	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	999	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,004	99%
Yes	6	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,004	99%
Yes	6	1%

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