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	5,453	239,507	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,634	200,787	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,925	221,249	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,414	212,543	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,939	181,779	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,986	224,847	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,817	203,815	A Moon Shaped Pool (73rd)by Radiohead
2017	7,033	173,623	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,107	150,542	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (274th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,510	129,378	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (235th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,818	1,938,069

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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Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

255

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992.

Who Is William Onyeabor?
Compilation

William Onyeabor

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

255

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993.

Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

16 charts

Rank Score:

255

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993

Overall Rank:

5,230

Average Rating:

71 (22 votes)

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994.

Sea Of Cowards

The Dead Weather

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

255

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994

Overall Rank:

5,237

Average Rating:

75 (157 votes)

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995.

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:

254

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995

Overall Rank:

5,254

Average Rating:

78 (42 votes)

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996.

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Going To Hell

The Pretty Reckless

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

254

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996

Overall Rank:

5,258

Average Rating:

66 (45 votes)

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997.

Skelethon

Aesop Rock

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

253

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998.

XXIVK Magic

Bruno Mars

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

253

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998

Overall Rank:

5,267

Average Rating:

69 (114 votes)

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999.

Jónsi

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

253

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999

Overall Rank:

5,273

Average Rating:

70 (156 votes)

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1000.

Kintsugi

Death Cab For Cutie

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

253

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	122	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	105	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	105	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	557	56%
	224	22%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	17	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	995	100%
Yes	5	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

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