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 50,000 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	5,060	250,548	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (32nd)by Kanye West
2011	5,217	207,417	Helplessness Blues (164th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,495	231,265	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (34th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,011	219,537	Modern Vampires Of The City (126th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,475	184,659	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,428	230,096	To Pimp A Butterfly (20th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,377	206,750	A Moon Shaped Pool (77th)by Radiohead
2017	6,534	173,519	Damn. (253rd)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	6,455	149,864	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (288th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	6,929	125,324	Igor (263rd)by Tyler, The Creator
Total	60,981	1,978,979

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

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31.

Igor

Tyler, The Creator

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

580 charts

Rank Score:

6,970

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

263

Average Rating:

84 (750 votes)

Comments:

32.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

697 charts

Rank Score:

6,942

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

264

Average Rating:

82 (887 votes)

Comments:

33.

The Smile Sessions

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

452 charts

Rank Score:

6,774

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

273

Average Rating:

85 (794 votes)

Comments:

34.

Norman Fucking Rockwell!

Lana Del Rey

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

587 charts

Rank Score:

6,718

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

276

Average Rating:

84 (649 votes)

Comments:

35.

I Love You, Honeybear

Father John Misty

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

646 charts

Rank Score:

6,561

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

286

Average Rating:

80 (874 votes)

Comments:

36.

Twin Fantasy (Face To Face)

Car Seat Headrest

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

497 charts

Rank Score:

6,483

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

288

Average Rating:

82 (788 votes)

Comments:

37.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

692 charts

Rank Score:

6,313

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

293

Average Rating:

80 (919 votes)

Comments:

38.

Atrocity Exhibition

Danny Brown

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

555 charts

Rank Score:

6,295

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

296

Average Rating:

83 (672 votes)

Comments:

39.

Trouble Will Find Me

The National

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

607 charts

Rank Score:

6,208

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

302

Average Rating:

79 (915 votes)

Comments:

40.

Melodrama

Lorde

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

592 charts

Rank Score:

6,064

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

309

Average Rating:

81 (737 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	126	13%
2012	108	11%
2013	112	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	110	11%
2016	84	8%
2017	105	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	69	7%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	559	56%
	221	22%
	68	7%
	33	3%
	31	3%
	17	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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

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

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