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 28,000 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	3,416	292,142	The Suburbs (39th) by Arcade Fire
2011	3,628	220,339	Bon Iver, Bon Iver (199th) by Bon Iver
2012	3,851	222,041	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (81st) by Kendrick Lamar
2013	4,400	198,782	Modern Vampires Of The City (172nd) by Vampire Weekend
2014	4,667	137,562	Lost In The Dream (280th) by The War On Drugs
2015	4,433	146,082	To Pimp A Butterfly (86th) by Kendrick Lamar
2016	3,955	90,744	A Moon Shaped Pool (223rd) by Radiohead
2017	1,597	9,084	DAMN. (3,076th) by Kendrick Lamar
Total	29,947	1,316,776

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

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Album

Artist

41.

To Be Kind

Swans

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	298 charts
Rank in 2014:	2	Rank Score:	4,490
Rank in 2010s	41	Overall Rank:	497
Average Rating: 81/100 (503 votes)
Comments: 76 comments

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42.

Run The Jewels 2

Run The Jewels

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	314 charts
Rank in 2014:	3	Rank Score:	4,392
Rank in 2010s	42	Overall Rank:	506
Average Rating: 82/100 (473 votes)
Comments: 25 comments

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43.

Adele

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	288 charts
Rank in 2011:	7	Rank Score:	4,381
Rank in 2010s	43	Overall Rank:	507
Average Rating: 71/100 (611 votes)
Comments: 66 comments

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44.

Wasting Light

Foo Fighters

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	273 charts
Rank in 2011:	8	Rank Score:	4,318
Rank in 2010s	44	Overall Rank:	515
Average Rating: 76/100 (553 votes)
Comments: 39 comments

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45.

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

M83

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	308 charts
Rank in 2011:	9	Rank Score:	4,240
Rank in 2010s	45	Overall Rank:	522
Average Rating: 78/100 (435 votes)
Comments: 39 comments

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46.

I Love You, Honeybear

Father John Misty

Year of Release:	2015	Appears in:	362 charts
Rank in 2015:	4	Rank Score:	4,198
Rank in 2010s	46	Overall Rank:	526
Average Rating: 80/100 (563 votes)
Comments: 47 comments

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47.

Benji

Sun Kil Moon

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	342 charts
Rank in 2014:	4	Rank Score:	4,174
Rank in 2010s	47	Overall Rank:	528
Average Rating: 79/100 (555 votes)
Comments: 72 comments

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48.

The Wild Hunt

The Tallest Man On Earth

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	268 charts
Rank in 2010:	13	Rank Score:	4,096
Rank in 2010s	48	Overall Rank:	535
Average Rating: 78/100 (352 votes)
Comments: 31 comments

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49.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	282 charts
Rank in 2010:	14	Rank Score:	3,988
Rank in 2010s	49	Overall Rank:	550
Average Rating: 80/100 (385 votes)
Comments: 29 comments

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50.

Salad Days

Mac DeMarco

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	311 charts
Rank in 2014:	5	Rank Score:	3,750
Rank in 2010s	50	Overall Rank:	575
Average Rating: 79/100 (514 votes)
Comments: 29 comments

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	181	18%
2011	187	19%
2012	157	16%
2013	160	16%
2014	121	12%
2015	116	12%
2016	72	7%
2017	6	1%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	6	1%
The Weeknd	6	1%
Drake	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Laura Marling	4	0%
Julia Holter	4	0%
Beach House	4	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	557	56%
	211	21%
	74	7%
	31	3%
	18	2%
	15	2%
	12	1%
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