Best Albums of the 2010s : Best Ever Albums

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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 39,000 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	4,219	365,508	The Suburbs (40th) by Arcade Fire
2011	4,347	274,199	Bon Iver, Bon Iver (194th) by Bon Iver
2012	4,636	291,212	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (63rd) by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,235	259,559	Modern Vampires Of The City (158th) by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,530	194,171	Lost In The Dream (233rd) by The War On Drugs
2015	5,386	229,690	To Pimp A Butterfly (51st) by Kendrick Lamar
2016	5,198	184,145	A Moon Shaped Pool (135th) by Radiohead
2017	5,177	140,030	Damn. (453rd) by Kendrick Lamar
2018	4,871	98,653	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (642nd) by Car Seat Headrest
2019	2,783	21,137	Titanic Rising (2,296th) by Weyes Blood
Total	47,382	2,058,306

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

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Teens Of Denial

United States

Car Seat Headrest

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2016

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8,631

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The King Of Limbs

United Kingdom

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2011

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8,172

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76 (1,734 votes)

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Trouble Will Find Me

United States

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2013

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8,084

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United States

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2010

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8,029

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United States

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2014

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7,731

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Let England Shake

United Kingdom

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2011

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7,569

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United States

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2011

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7,453

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Australia

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2010

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7,392

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I Love You, Honeybear

United States

Father John Misty

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2015

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7,327

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United States

Vampire Weekend

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2010

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6,359

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	136	14%
2011	160	16%
2012	126	13%
2013	138	14%
2014	113	11%
2015	98	10%
2016	69	7%
2017	89	9%
2018	61	6%
2019	10	1%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	9	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Car Seat Headrest	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	553	55%
	213	21%
	70	7%
	33	3%
	30	3%
	16	2%
	13	1%
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