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 36,000 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	4,037	355,881	The Suburbs (39th) by Arcade Fire
2011	4,190	267,743	Bon Iver, Bon Iver (191st) by Bon Iver
2012	4,471	283,886	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (62nd) by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,075	251,059	Modern Vampires Of The City (161st) by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,361	185,929	Lost In The Dream (237th) by The War On Drugs
2015	5,212	217,475	To Pimp A Butterfly (54th) by Kendrick Lamar
2016	4,986	169,729	A Moon Shaped Pool (140th) by Radiohead
2017	4,902	129,142	DAMN. (458th) by Kendrick Lamar
2018	4,298	74,007	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (957th) by Car Seat Headrest
2019	444	574	Safe Mode: On Remind Me Tomorrow (23,123rd) by Sharon Van Etten
Total	42,976	1,935,425

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

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Album

Artist

991.

Alps

Motorama

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	15 charts
Rank in 2010:	140	Rank Score:	257
Rank in 2010s	991	Overall Rank:	6,200
Average Rating: 73/100 (20 votes)
Comments: 3 comments

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992.

Emily's D+Evolution

Esperanza Spalding

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	61 charts
Rank in 2016:	72	Rank Score:	256
Rank in 2010s	992	Overall Rank:	6,203
Average Rating: 76/100 (97 votes)
Comments: 1 comment

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993.

Minecraft - Volume Alpha

C418

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	9 charts
Rank in 2011:	162	Rank Score:	256
Rank in 2010s	993	Overall Rank:	6,206
Average Rating: 75/100 (18 votes)
Comments: 5 comments

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994.

The Final Frontier

Iron Maiden

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	40 charts
Rank in 2010:	141	Rank Score:	256
Rank in 2010s	994	Overall Rank:	6,207
Average Rating: 70/100 (115 votes)
Comments: 6 comments

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995.

Black Metal

Dean Blunt

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	34 charts
Rank in 2014:	109	Rank Score:	256
Rank in 2010s	995	Overall Rank:	6,218
Average Rating: 72/100 (38 votes)
Comments: 0 comments

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996.

Senior

Röyksopp

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	12 charts
Rank in 2010:	142	Rank Score:	256
Rank in 2010s	996	Overall Rank:	6,220
Average Rating: 72/100 (33 votes)
Comments: 2 comments

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997.

The Road Of Bones

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	25 charts
Rank in 2014:	110	Rank Score:	256
Rank in 2010s	997	Overall Rank:	6,221
Average Rating: 75/100 (26 votes)
Comments: 1 comment

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998.

Dear

Keaton Henson

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	10 charts
Rank in 2010:	143	Rank Score:	255
Rank in 2010s	998	Overall Rank:	6,224
Average Rating: 74/100 (18 votes)
Comments: 1 comment

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999.

Flamingo

Brandon Flowers

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	31 charts
Rank in 2010:	144	Rank Score:	255
Rank in 2010s	999	Overall Rank:	6,227
Average Rating: 71/100 (55 votes)
Comments: 7 comments

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1000.

Beach Fossils

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	29 charts
Rank in 2010:	145	Rank Score:	255
Rank in 2010s	1,000	Overall Rank:	6,239
Average Rating: 76/100 (34 votes)
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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	145	15%
2011	162	16%
2012	131	13%
2013	141	14%
2014	109	11%
2015	101	10%
2016	72	7%
2017	88	9%
2018	51	5%
2019	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	555	56%
	217	22%
	73	7%
	32	3%
	22	2%
	17	2%
	12	1%
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