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 37,000 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	4,072	358,590	The Suburbs (39th) by Arcade Fire
2011	4,217	269,781	Bon Iver, Bon Iver (191st) by Bon Iver
2012	4,520	286,241	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (62nd) by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,114	253,077	Modern Vampires Of The City (161st) by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,394	187,622	Lost In The Dream (238th) by The War On Drugs
2015	5,240	219,613	To Pimp A Butterfly (53rd) by Kendrick Lamar
2016	5,031	172,938	A Moon Shaped Pool (139th) by Radiohead
2017	4,973	131,491	Damn. (450th) by Kendrick Lamar
2018	4,429	81,177	Kids See Ghosts (850th) by Kids See Ghosts
2019	803	2,035	Safe Mode: On Certain images on this site may contain adult content and are flagged as 'unsafe'. BestEverAlbums.com does not display these images by default, but you may choose to show or hide these images from your profile page. If you choose to hide these images, you'll see an image with a warning message instead of the actual image. If you choose to show them, you'll see these images no differently than regular (safe) images. Remind Me Tomorrow (10,122nd) by Sharon Van Etten
Total	43,793	1,962,564

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

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Album

Artist

31.

The Age Of Adz

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	466 charts
Rank in 2010:	9	Rank Score:	8,288
Rank in 2010s	31	Overall Rank:	339
Average Rating: 80/100 (663 votes)
Comments: 49 comments

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32.

Teens Of Denial

Car Seat Headrest

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	488 charts
Rank in 2016:	4	Rank Score:	8,273
Rank in 2010s	32	Overall Rank:	340
Average Rating: 83/100 (586 votes)
Comments: 45 comments

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33.

The King Of Limbs

Radiohead

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	698 charts
Rank in 2011:	4	Rank Score:	8,236
Rank in 2010s	33	Overall Rank:	341
Average Rating: 76/100 (1,674 votes)
Comments: 211 comments

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34.

Trouble Will Find Me

The National

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	488 charts
Rank in 2013:	7	Rank Score:	7,518
Rank in 2010s	34	Overall Rank:	365
Average Rating: 79/100 (784 votes)
Comments: 79 comments

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35.

El Camino

The Black Keys

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	479 charts
Rank in 2011:	5	Rank Score:	7,377
Rank in 2010s	35	Overall Rank:	370
Average Rating: 78/100 (900 votes)
Comments: 54 comments

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36.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	514 charts
Rank in 2011:	6	Rank Score:	7,365
Rank in 2010s	36	Overall Rank:	371
Average Rating: 80/100 (753 votes)
Comments: 47 comments

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37.

Innerspeaker

Tame Impala

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	512 charts
Rank in 2010:	10	Rank Score:	7,306
Rank in 2010s	37	Overall Rank:	373
Average Rating: 80/100 (815 votes)
Comments: 44 comments

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38.

To Be Kind

Swans

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	430 charts
Rank in 2014:	2	Rank Score:	7,014
Rank in 2010s	38	Overall Rank:	387
Average Rating: 82/100 (663 votes)
Comments: 90 comments

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39.

I Love You, Honeybear

Father John Misty

Year of Release:	2015	Appears in:	489 charts
Rank in 2015:	4	Rank Score:	6,752
Rank in 2010s	39	Overall Rank:	394
Average Rating: 81/100 (717 votes)
Comments: 56 comments

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40.

Contra

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	458 charts
Rank in 2010:	11	Rank Score:	6,020
Rank in 2010s	40	Overall Rank:	449
Average Rating: 77/100 (918 votes)
Comments: 59 comments

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	143	14%
2011	163	16%
2012	130	13%
2013	142	14%
2014	110	11%
2015	101	10%
2016	68	7%
2017	89	9%
2018	54	5%
2019	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	554	55%
	213	21%
	73	7%
	30	3%
	29	3%
	17	2%
	12	1%
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