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 55,000 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	5,837	233,077	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,853	195,980	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,157	214,443	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,642	208,211	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,186	178,793	Lost In The Dream (164th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,247	219,789	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	7,076	200,504	A Moon Shaped Pool (78th)by Radiohead
2017	7,270	173,264	Damn. (239th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,327	149,125	Twin Fantasy (2018) (286th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,809	131,168	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (217th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	68,404	1,904,354

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

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241.

Coloring Book

Chance The Rapper

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

270 charts

Rank Score:

1,139

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

241

Overall Rank:

1,525

Average Rating:

75 (432 votes)

Comments:

242.

50 Words For Snow

Kate Bush

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

209 charts

Rank Score:

1,137

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

242

Overall Rank:

1,530

Average Rating:

75 (303 votes)

Comments:

243.

Doris

Earl Sweatshirt

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

230 charts

Rank Score:

1,137

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

243

Overall Rank:

1,531

Average Rating:

76 (309 votes)

Comments:

244.

Overgrown

James Blake

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

251 charts

Rank Score:

1,133

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

244

Overall Rank:

1,534

Average Rating:

76 (386 votes)

Comments:

245.

Anima

Thom Yorke

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

270 charts

Rank Score:

1,128

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

245

Overall Rank:

1,539

Average Rating:

79 (380 votes)

Comments:

246.

Honeymoon

Lana Del Rey

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

166 charts

Rank Score:

1,121

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

246

Overall Rank:

1,551

Average Rating:

72 (266 votes)

Comments:

247.

Anti

Rihanna

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

194 charts

Rank Score:

1,113

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

247

Overall Rank:

1,561

Average Rating:

70 (290 votes)

Comments:

248.

How I Got Over

The Roots

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

199 charts

Rank Score:

1,105

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

248

Overall Rank:

1,569

Average Rating:

79 (227 votes)

Comments:

249.

Days Are Gone

Haim

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

202 charts

Rank Score:

1,104

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

249

Overall Rank:

1,570

Average Rating:

72 (269 votes)

Comments:

250.

Mylo Xyloto

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

237 charts

Rank Score:

1,101

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

250

Overall Rank:

1,575

Average Rating:

60 (733 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	121	12%
2012	108	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	101	10%
2015	109	11%
2016	90	9%
2017	111	11%
2018	89	9%
2019	75	8%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	553	55%
	227	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	20	2%
	10	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	998	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,002	99%
Yes	7	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,003	99%
Yes	6	1%

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