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 41,000 greatest album charts.

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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	4,394	274,877	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (34th)by Kanye West
2011	4,533	225,935	Bon Iver (161st)by Bon Iver
2012	4,840	249,747	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (41st)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,431	230,801	Modern Vampires Of The City (117th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,733	183,685	Lost In The Dream (163rd)by The War On Drugs
2015	5,647	226,759	To Pimp A Butterfly (25th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	5,445	190,598	A Moon Shaped Pool (79th)by Radiohead
2017	5,484	155,045	Damn. (299th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	5,223	120,240	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (410th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	4,794	79,270	Igor (484th)by Tyler, The Creator
Total	51,524	1,936,957

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

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31.

I Love You, Honeybear

Father John Misty

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

584 charts

Rank Score:

7,360

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

266

Average Rating:

81 (786 votes)

Comments:

32.

Plastic Beach

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

574 charts

Rank Score:

7,248

Rank in 2010:

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Overall Rank:

272

Average Rating:

79 (1,039 votes)

Comments:

33.

Trouble Will Find Me

The National

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

536 charts

Rank Score:

6,971

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

282

Average Rating:

79 (843 votes)

Comments:

34.

Damn.

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

648 charts

Rank Score:

6,577

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Average Rating:

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35.

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

583 charts

Rank Score:

6,556

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

302

Average Rating:

80 (813 votes)

Comments:

36.

Brothers

The Black Keys

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

614 charts

Rank Score:

6,544

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

303

Average Rating:

79 (1,122 votes)

Comments:

37.

The Age Of Adz

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

493 charts

Rank Score:

6,362

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

314

Average Rating:

80 (714 votes)

Comments:

38.

The King Of Limbs

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

734 charts

Rank Score:

6,266

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

316

Average Rating:

76 (1,780 votes)

Comments:

210

39.

The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

Fiona Apple

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

457 charts

Rank Score:

5,964

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

329

Average Rating:

81 (629 votes)

Comments:

40.

Melodrama

Lorde

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

481 charts

Rank Score:

5,715

Rank in 2017:

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Overall Rank:

344

Average Rating:

81 (619 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	105	11%
2011	142	14%
2012	111	11%
2013	127	13%
2014	105	11%
2015	103	10%
2016	74	7%
2017	104	10%
2018	76	8%
2019	53	5%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	10	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	7	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
Taylor Swift	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	569	57%
	217	22%
	66	7%
	34	3%
	25	3%
	17	2%
	11	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	9	1%

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