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	5,450	239,794	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,629	201,079	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,922	221,450	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,411	212,692	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,932	181,741	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,984	225,067	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,813	203,816	A Moon Shaped Pool (72nd)by Radiohead
2017	7,024	173,795	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,105	150,248	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (276th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,506	129,352	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (236th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,776	1,939,034

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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Who Is William Onyeabor?
Compilation

William Onyeabor

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

37 charts

Rank Score:

256

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992.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

255

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993.

Sea Of Cowards

The Dead Weather

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

255

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993

Overall Rank:

5,230

Average Rating:

75 (157 votes)

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994.

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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994

Overall Rank:

5,253

Average Rating:

78 (42 votes)

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995.

XXIVK Magic

Bruno Mars

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

254

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995

Overall Rank:

5,254

Average Rating:

69 (114 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:

5,255

Average Rating:

66 (45 votes)

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997.

Echoes Of Silence

The Weeknd

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

254

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998.

Skelethon

Aesop Rock

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

55 charts

Rank Score:

254

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999.

Algiers

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

253

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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	95	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	113	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	106	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%
The Weeknd	6	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	557	56%
	224	22%
	70	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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