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 46,000 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	4,634	273,362	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (34th)by Kanye West
2011	4,759	225,610	Helplessness Blues (163rd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,040	249,475	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (39th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,649	232,756	Modern Vampires Of The City (123rd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,007	187,645	Lost In The Dream (167th)by The War On Drugs
2015	5,936	233,746	To Pimp A Butterfly (23rd)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	5,793	200,184	A Moon Shaped Pool (84th)by Radiohead
2017	5,873	164,420	Damn. (295th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	5,848	136,759	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (330th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	6,048	104,249	Igor (347th)by Tyler, The Creator
Total	55,587	2,008,206

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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41.

Twin Fantasy (Face To Face)

Car Seat Headrest

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

431 charts

Rank Score:

5,972

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

330

Average Rating:

82 (715 votes)

Comments:

42.

Benji

Sun Kil Moon

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

506 charts

Rank Score:

5,902

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

338

Average Rating:

80 (722 votes)

Comments:

43.

Melodrama

Lorde

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

518 charts

Rank Score:

5,887

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

340

Average Rating:

81 (667 votes)

Comments:

44.

Igor

Tyler, The Creator

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

489 charts

Rank Score:

5,770

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

347

Average Rating:

83 (614 votes)

Comments:

45.

Innerspeaker

Tame Impala

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

605 charts

Rank Score:

5,716

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

349

Average Rating:

81 (956 votes)

Comments:

46.

El Camino

The Black Keys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

564 charts

Rank Score:

5,554

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

357

Average Rating:

78 (986 votes)

Comments:

47.

Flower Boy

Tyler, The Creator

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

490 charts

Rank Score:

5,367

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

369

Average Rating:

84 (680 votes)

Comments:

48.

Have One On Me

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

453 charts

Rank Score:

5,282

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

374

Average Rating:

81 (457 votes)

Comments:

49.

Norman Fucking Rockwell!

Lana Del Rey

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

471 charts

Rank Score:

5,133

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

381

Average Rating:

83 (534 votes)

Comments:

50.

Run The Jewels 2

Run The Jewels

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

505 charts

Rank Score:

5,096

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

388

Average Rating:

82 (700 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	135	14%
2012	109	11%
2013	124	12%
2014	104	10%
2015	108	11%
2016	77	8%
2017	103	10%
2018	84	8%
2019	60	6%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	10	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
The Weeknd	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Taylor Swift	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	565	57%
	214	21%
	65	7%
	35	4%
	34	3%
	18	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	988	99%
Yes	12	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	996	100%
Yes	4	0%

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

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Recognised Decade Charts (2010s)
1. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)
2. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)
3. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
4. Gorilla vs. Bear’s Albums of the Decade \| 2010-2019 by Gorilla vs. Bear (2019)
5. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
6. All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked by Uproxx (2019)
7. Top 100 Albums of the Decade by Crack Magazine (2019)
8. The Needle Drop's Top Albums Of The 2010s by The Needle Drop (2019)
9. Tiny Mix Tapes 2010s: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade by Tiny Mix Tapes (2019)
10. The A.V. Club's 50 best albums of the 2010s by The A.V. Club (2019)
11. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s by The Wild Honey Pie (2019)
12. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s by Stereogum (2019)
13. The 50 Best Albums of the Decade by Deep Cuts (2019)
14. StuBru albums of 2010s by StuBru (2017)
15. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2019)
16. Top 100 Albums of the 2010s by Consequence of Sound (2019)
17. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Paste (2019)
18. 100 greatest albums of the 2010s by cleveland.com (2019)
19. Top 108 Best Albums Of The 2010s by 108 Mics (2020)