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 54,000 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	5,592	236,002	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,742	198,893	Helplessness Blues (170th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,026	218,868	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,541	211,394	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,076	180,625	Lost In The Dream (163rd)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,106	223,496	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,971	203,232	A Moon Shaped Pool (77th)by Radiohead
2017	7,168	173,877	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,201	149,994	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (274th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,640	130,014	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (224th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,063	1,926,393

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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321.

Metamodern Sounds In Country Music

Sturgill Simpson

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

160 charts

Rank Score:

861

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

321

Overall Rank:

1,944

Average Rating:

77 (141 votes)

Comments:

322.

Pop 2

Charli XCX

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

859

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

322

Overall Rank:

1,949

Average Rating:

79 (148 votes)

Comments:

323.

A Sailor's Guide To Earth

Sturgill Simpson

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

211 charts

Rank Score:

858

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

323

Overall Rank:

1,951

Average Rating:

76 (274 votes)

Comments:

324.

Psychedelic Pill

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

152 charts

Rank Score:

850

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

324

Overall Rank:

1,965

Average Rating:

77 (176 votes)

Comments:

325.

Brutalism

Idles

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

180 charts

Rank Score:

847

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

325

Overall Rank:

1,968

Average Rating:

78 (211 votes)

Comments:

326.

Hot Thoughts

Spoon

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

207 charts

Rank Score:

846

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

326

Overall Rank:

1,970

Average Rating:

75 (290 votes)

Comments:

327.

Our Love

Caribou

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

207 charts

Rank Score:

845

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

327

Overall Rank:

1,973

Average Rating:

75 (224 votes)

Comments:

328.

An Empty Bliss Beyond This World

The Caretaker

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

111 charts

Rank Score:

834

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

328

Overall Rank:

1,998

Average Rating:

78 (124 votes)

Comments:

329.

Evil Friends

Portugal. The Man

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

833

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

329

Overall Rank:

2,001

Average Rating:

75 (174 votes)

Comments:

330.

My Head Is An Animal

Of Monsters And Men

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

161 charts

Rank Score:

818

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

330

Overall Rank:

2,029

Average Rating:

73 (278 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	122	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	112	11%
2014	98	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	110	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	551	55%
	226	23%
	70	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	20	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

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