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	235,723	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,742	198,831	Helplessness Blues (171st)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,026	218,746	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,541	211,212	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,078	180,558	Lost In The Dream (163rd)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,107	223,442	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,971	203,127	A Moon Shaped Pool (77th)by Radiohead
2017	7,167	173,803	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,201	150,044	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (273rd)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,642	130,122	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (223rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,067	1,925,608

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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31.

Plastic Beach

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

713 charts

Rank Score:

6,740

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

258

Average Rating:

79 (1,227 votes)

Comments:

32.

Igor

Tyler, The Creator

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

616 charts

Rank Score:

6,690

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

261

Average Rating:

84 (785 votes)

Comments:

33.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

725 charts

Rank Score:

6,495

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

265

Average Rating:

82 (900 votes)

Comments:

34.

Twin Fantasy (Face To Face)

Car Seat Headrest

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

516 charts

Rank Score:

6,330

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

273

Average Rating:

82 (811 votes)

Comments:

35.

The Smile Sessions

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

462 charts

Rank Score:

6,296

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

275

Average Rating:

85 (810 votes)

Comments:

36.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

716 charts

Rank Score:

6,164

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

283

Average Rating:

80 (937 votes)

Comments:

37.

I Love You, Honeybear

Father John Misty

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

659 charts

Rank Score:

6,043

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

290

Average Rating:

80 (884 votes)

Comments:

38.

Trouble Will Find Me

The National

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

635 charts

Rank Score:

5,971

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

295

Average Rating:

79 (935 votes)

Comments:

39.

Atrocity Exhibition

Danny Brown

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

599 charts

Rank Score:

5,954

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

297

Average Rating:

83 (695 votes)

Comments:

40.

Melodrama

Lorde

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

618 charts

Rank Score:

5,859

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

306

Average Rating:

81 (766 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%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	552	55%
	225	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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