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 53,000 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	5,441	240,134	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,624	201,065	Helplessness Blues (166th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,916	221,570	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,405	213,153	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,922	182,230	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,974	225,152	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,805	204,083	A Moon Shaped Pool (74th)by Radiohead
2017	7,002	173,611	Damn. (249th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,093	150,433	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (277th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,494	129,236	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (236th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,676	1,940,667

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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421.

Iridescence

Brockhampton

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

140 charts

Rank Score:

623

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

421

Overall Rank:

2,526

Average Rating:

76 (257 votes)

Comments:

422.

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Beach House

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

149 charts

Rank Score:

621

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

422

Overall Rank:

2,530

Average Rating:

76 (256 votes)

Comments:

423.

The Rip Tide

Beirut

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

618

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

423

Overall Rank:

2,535

Average Rating:

75 (176 votes)

Comments:

424.

Songs Of Praise

Shame

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

179 charts

Rank Score:

612

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

424

Overall Rank:

2,552

Average Rating:

75 (227 votes)

Comments:

425.

Negro Swan

Blood Orange

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

147 charts

Rank Score:

603

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

425

Overall Rank:

2,575

Average Rating:

77 (154 votes)

Comments:

426.

Garden Of Delete

Oneohtrix Point Never

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

602

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

426

Overall Rank:

2,578

Average Rating:

77 (141 votes)

Comments:

427.

Slave Ambient

The War On Drugs

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

154 charts

Rank Score:

600

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

427

Overall Rank:

2,584

Average Rating:

76 (218 votes)

Comments:

428.

In Our Heads

Hot Chip

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

122 charts

Rank Score:

599

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

428

Overall Rank:

2,591

Average Rating:

74 (169 votes)

Comments:

429.

R Plus Seven

Oneohtrix Point Never

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

117 charts

Rank Score:

598

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

429

Overall Rank:

2,595

Average Rating:

76 (173 votes)

Comments:

430.

Star Wars

Wilco

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

175 charts

Rank Score:

597

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

430

Overall Rank:

2,599

Average Rating:

72 (260 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	113	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	107	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	105	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	72	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
The Weeknd	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Taylor Swift	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	557	56%
	224	22%
	70	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	17	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	995	100%
Yes	5	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

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