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 35,000 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	3,863	338,975	The Suburbs (39th) by Arcade Fire
2011	4,057	255,874	Bon Iver, Bon Iver (190th) by Bon Iver
2012	4,318	268,887	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (67th) by Kendrick Lamar
2013	4,924	238,337	Modern Vampires Of The City (171st) by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,177	172,669	Lost In The Dream (242nd) by The War On Drugs
2015	4,997	199,035	To Pimp A Butterfly (59th) by Kendrick Lamar
2016	4,753	154,822	A Moon Shaped Pool (142nd) by Radiohead
2017	4,666	117,334	DAMN. (490th) by Kendrick Lamar
2018	2,499	22,071	7 (2,381st) by Beach House
Total	39,254	1,768,004

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

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Album

Artist

31.

The King Of Limbs

Radiohead

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	672 charts
Rank in 2011:	4	Rank Score:	8,068
Rank in 2010s	31	Overall Rank:	338
Average Rating: 76/100 (1,603 votes)
Comments: 207 comments

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32.

The Age Of Adz

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	426 charts
Rank in 2010:	9	Rank Score:	7,824
Rank in 2010s	32	Overall Rank:	347
Average Rating: 80/100 (620 votes)
Comments: 48 comments

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33.

Teens Of Denial

Car Seat Headrest

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	452 charts
Rank in 2016:	4	Rank Score:	7,708
Rank in 2010s	33	Overall Rank:	351
Average Rating: 83/100 (539 votes)
Comments: 43 comments

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34.

Trouble Will Find Me

The National

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	468 charts
Rank in 2013:	7	Rank Score:	7,185
Rank in 2010s	34	Overall Rank:	367
Average Rating: 79/100 (750 votes)
Comments: 79 comments

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35.

Innerspeaker

Tame Impala

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	483 charts
Rank in 2010:	10	Rank Score:	6,777
Rank in 2010s	35	Overall Rank:	382
Average Rating: 81/100 (760 votes)
Comments: 44 comments

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36.

Let England Shake

P.J. Harvey

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	491 charts
Rank in 2011:	5	Rank Score:	6,719
Rank in 2010s	36	Overall Rank:	386
Average Rating: 80/100 (711 votes)
Comments: 47 comments

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37.

El Camino

The Black Keys

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	461 charts
Rank in 2011:	6	Rank Score:	6,717
Rank in 2010s	37	Overall Rank:	387
Average Rating: 78/100 (866 votes)
Comments: 52 comments

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38.

I Love You, Honeybear

Father John Misty

Year of Release:	2015	Appears in:	463 charts
Rank in 2015:	4	Rank Score:	6,628
Rank in 2010s	38	Overall Rank:	389
Average Rating: 81/100 (682 votes)
Comments: 55 comments

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39.

To Be Kind

Swans

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	389 charts
Rank in 2014:	2	Rank Score:	6,280
Rank in 2010s	39	Overall Rank:	408
Average Rating: 82/100 (621 votes)
Comments: 87 comments

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40.

Contra

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	434 charts
Rank in 2010:	11	Rank Score:	5,643
Rank in 2010s	40	Overall Rank:	453
Average Rating: 77/100 (876 votes)
Comments: 57 comments

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	153	15%
2011	169	17%
2012	138	14%
2013	147	15%
2014	110	11%
2015	112	11%
2016	71	7%
2017	88	9%
2018	12	1%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	7	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	6	1%
Beach House	5	1%
The Weeknd	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Lana Del Rey	5	1%
Taylor Swift	4	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	560	56%
	218	22%
	75	8%
	29	3%
	17	2%
	15	2%
	12	1%
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