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 33,000 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	3,759	329,231	The Suburbs (39th) by Arcade Fire
2011	3,943	249,942	Bon Iver, Bon Iver (190th) by Bon Iver
2012	4,200	258,343	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (71st) by Kendrick Lamar
2013	4,790	229,953	Modern Vampires Of The City (167th) by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,046	166,191	Lost In The Dream (243rd) by The War On Drugs
2015	4,846	184,988	To Pimp A Butterfly (65th) by Kendrick Lamar
2016	4,592	137,055	A Moon Shaped Pool (164th) by Radiohead
2017	4,406	96,466	DAMN. (605th) by Kendrick Lamar
2018	1,029	4,051	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (4,308th) by Car Seat Headrest
Total	36,611	1,656,220

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

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Album

Artist

31.

Yeezus

Kanye West

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	440 charts
Rank in 2013:	6	Rank Score:	7,366
Rank in 2010s	31	Overall Rank:	350
Average Rating: 75/100 (911 votes)
Comments: 124 comments

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32.

Trouble Will Find Me

The National

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	453 charts
Rank in 2013:	7	Rank Score:	6,941
Rank in 2010s	32	Overall Rank:	365
Average Rating: 79/100 (722 votes)
Comments: 78 comments

33.

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	356 charts
Rank in 2012:	6	Rank Score:	6,847
Rank in 2010s	33	Overall Rank:	370
Average Rating: 82/100 (597 votes)
Comments: 53 comments

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34.

El Camino

The Black Keys

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	454 charts
Rank in 2011:	5	Rank Score:	6,802
Rank in 2010s	34	Overall Rank:	373
Average Rating: 78/100 (850 votes)
Comments: 52 comments

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35.

Let England Shake

P.J. Harvey

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	487 charts
Rank in 2011:	6	Rank Score:	6,788
Rank in 2010s	35	Overall Rank:	375
Average Rating: 80/100 (694 votes)
Comments: 46 comments

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36.

Innerspeaker

Tame Impala

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	457 charts
Rank in 2010:	10	Rank Score:	6,486
Rank in 2010s	36	Overall Rank:	387
Average Rating: 81/100 (725 votes)
Comments: 43 comments

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37.

Teens Of Denial

Car Seat Headrest

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	408 charts
Rank in 2016:	4	Rank Score:	6,199
Rank in 2010s	37	Overall Rank:	399
Average Rating: 83/100 (484 votes)
Comments: 40 comments

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38.

Contra

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	423 charts
Rank in 2010:	11	Rank Score:	5,483
Rank in 2010s	38	Overall Rank:	450
Average Rating: 77/100 (848 votes)
Comments: 56 comments

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39.

I Love You, Honeybear

Father John Misty

Year of Release:	2015	Appears in:	431 charts
Rank in 2015:	4	Rank Score:	5,404
Rank in 2010s	39	Overall Rank:	455
Average Rating: 81/100 (637 votes)
Comments: 53 comments

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40.

To Be Kind

Swans

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	350 charts
Rank in 2014:	2	Rank Score:	5,307
Rank in 2010s	40	Overall Rank:	468
Average Rating: 82/100 (574 votes)
Comments: 82 comments

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	159	16%
2011	173	17%
2012	144	14%
2013	147	15%
2014	111	11%
2015	110	11%
2016	75	8%
2017	79	8%
2018	2	0%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	6	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	6	1%
The Weeknd	5	1%
Laura Marling	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Lana Del Rey	5	1%
Susanne Sundfør	4	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	550	55%
	218	22%
	78	8%
	31	3%
	18	2%
	17	2%
	13	1%
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