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	5,585	236,147	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,728	198,741	Helplessness Blues (170th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,018	218,973	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,532	211,538	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,048	180,579	Lost In The Dream (162nd)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,100	223,606	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,961	203,157	A Moon Shaped Pool (75th)by Radiohead
2017	7,156	173,997	Damn. (245th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,196	149,734	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (276th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,631	130,123	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (225th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,955	1,926,595

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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991.

Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird

The Tallest Man On Earth

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

254

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991

Overall Rank:

5,263

Average Rating:

78 (54 votes)

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992.

Who Is William Onyeabor?
Compilation

William Onyeabor

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

254

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993.

The Drums

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

254

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993

Overall Rank:

5,268

Average Rating:

74 (107 votes)

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994.

Where Did The Night Fall

Unkle

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

253

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994

Overall Rank:

5,269

Average Rating:

74 (30 votes)

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995.

Indie Cindy

Pixies

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

253

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995

Overall Rank:

5,271

Average Rating:

60 (191 votes)

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996.

Strange Cacti

Angel Olsen

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

253

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996

Overall Rank:

5,277

Average Rating:

76 (46 votes)

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997.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

253

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998.

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

Beastie Boys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

253

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999.

Government Plates

Death Grips

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

253

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1000.

Painting With

Animal Collective

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

105 charts

Rank Score:

252

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1,000

Overall Rank:

5,289

Average Rating:

67 (257 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	124	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	104	10%
2015	104	10%
2016	89	9%
2017	109	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	72	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Brockhampton	5	0%
Julia Holter	5	0%
The Weeknd	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	552	55%
	231	23%
	70	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	19	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	12	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,000	99%
Yes	7	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,001	99%
Yes	6	1%

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