Best Albums of the 2010s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 2010s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 2010s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 35,000 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	3,952	345,514	The Suburbs (40th) by Arcade Fire
2011	4,119	259,474	Bon Iver, Bon Iver (192nd) by Bon Iver
2012	4,385	275,713	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (62nd) by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,006	242,249	Modern Vampires Of The City (171st) by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,264	177,710	Lost In The Dream (241st) by The War On Drugs
2015	5,067	207,775	To Pimp A Butterfly (54th) by Kendrick Lamar
2016	4,842	161,215	A Moon Shaped Pool (143rd) by Radiohead
2017	4,777	123,488	DAMN. (461st) by Kendrick Lamar
2018	3,469	34,981	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (1,963rd) by Car Seat Headrest
Total	40,881	1,828,118

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

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Album

Artist

991.

In Dream

Editors

Year of Release:	2015	Appears in:	31 charts
Rank in 2015:	106	Rank Score:	244
Rank in 2010s	991	Overall Rank:	6,383
Average Rating: 71/100 (42 votes)
Comments: 3 comments

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992.

Schmilco

Wilco

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	69 charts
Rank in 2016:	72	Rank Score:	243
Rank in 2010s	992	Overall Rank:	6,393
Average Rating: 72/100 (123 votes)
Comments: 10 comments

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993.

Unorthodox Jukebox

Bruno Mars

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	32 charts
Rank in 2012:	135	Rank Score:	243
Rank in 2010s	993	Overall Rank:	6,397
Average Rating: 68/100 (66 votes)
Comments: 7 comments

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994.

Black Origami

Jlin

Year of Release:	2017	Appears in:	78 charts
Rank in 2017:	92	Rank Score:	243
Rank in 2010s	994	Overall Rank:	6,401
Average Rating: 72/100 (83 votes)
Comments: 5 comments

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995.

Hell: The Sequel

Bad Meets Evil

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	13 charts
Rank in 2011:	166	Rank Score:	243
Rank in 2010s	995	Overall Rank:	6,403
Average Rating: 71/100 (23 votes)
Comments: 3 comments

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996.

Floating Coffin

Thee Oh Sees

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	45 charts
Rank in 2013:	143	Rank Score:	242
Rank in 2010s	996	Overall Rank:	6,421
Average Rating: 76/100 (55 votes)
Comments: 8 comments

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997.

A Thing Called Divine Fits

Divine Fits

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	21 charts
Rank in 2012:	136	Rank Score:	242
Rank in 2010s	997	Overall Rank:	6,424
Average Rating: 72/100 (43 votes)
Comments: 4 comments

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998.

Pandora's Pinata

Diablo Swing Orchestra

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	11 charts
Rank in 2012:	137	Rank Score:	242
Rank in 2010s	998	Overall Rank:	6,427
Average Rating: 73/100 (13 votes)
Comments: 1 comment

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999.

Flamingo

Brandon Flowers

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	28 charts
Rank in 2010:	149	Rank Score:	242
Rank in 2010s	999	Overall Rank:	6,430
Average Rating: 71/100 (55 votes)
Comments: 7 comments

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1000.

Goon

Tobias Jesso Jr.

Year of Release:	2015	Appears in:	81 charts
Rank in 2015:	107	Rank Score:	242
Rank in 2010s	1,000	Overall Rank:	6,435
Average Rating: 72/100 (169 votes)
Comments: 18 comments

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	149	15%
2011	166	17%
2012	137	14%
2013	144	14%
2014	108	11%
2015	106	11%
2016	72	7%
2017	92	9%
2018	26	3%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	8	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Lana Del Rey	5	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
The Weeknd	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	560	56%
	211	21%
	75	8%
	31	3%
	18	2%
	18	2%
	12	1%
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