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 33,000 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	3,765	329,074	The Suburbs (39th) by Arcade Fire
2011	3,949	249,836	Bon Iver, Bon Iver (190th) by Bon Iver
2012	4,206	258,337	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (72nd) by Kendrick Lamar
2013	4,796	230,622	Modern Vampires Of The City (168th) by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,051	166,018	Lost In The Dream (243rd) by The War On Drugs
2015	4,853	185,247	To Pimp A Butterfly (65th) by Kendrick Lamar
2016	4,605	137,297	A Moon Shaped Pool (163rd) by Radiohead
2017	4,423	97,117	DAMN. (597th) by Kendrick Lamar
2018	1,098	4,360	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (4,188th) by Car Seat Headrest
Total	36,746	1,657,910

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

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Album

Artist

41.

Run The Jewels 2

Run The Jewels

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	384 charts
Rank in 2014:	3	Rank Score:	5,066
Rank in 2010s	41	Overall Rank:	486
Average Rating: 82/100 (535 votes)
Comments: 29 comments

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42.

Benji

Sun Kil Moon

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	394 charts
Rank in 2014:	4	Rank Score:	5,048
Rank in 2010s	42	Overall Rank:	487
Average Rating: 80/100 (600 votes)
Comments: 75 comments

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43.

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:	350 charts
Rank in 2012:	7	Rank Score:	5,039
Rank in 2010s	43	Overall Rank:	488
Average Rating: 80/100 (506 votes)
Comments: 55 comments

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44.

Have One On Me

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	317 charts
Rank in 2010:	12	Rank Score:	5,038
Rank in 2010s	44	Overall Rank:	489
Average Rating: 80/100 (361 votes)
Comments: 33 comments

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45.

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

M83

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	340 charts
Rank in 2011:	7	Rank Score:	4,903
Rank in 2010s	45	Overall Rank:	500
Average Rating: 77/100 (480 votes)
Comments: 40 comments

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46.

Adele

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	327 charts
Rank in 2011:	8	Rank Score:	4,901
Rank in 2010s	46	Overall Rank:	501
Average Rating: 71/100 (672 votes)
Comments: 72 comments

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47.

The Seer

Swans

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	296 charts
Rank in 2012:	8	Rank Score:	4,861
Rank in 2010s	47	Overall Rank:	509
Average Rating: 81/100 (470 votes)
Comments: 38 comments

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48.

Wasting Light

Foo Fighters

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	311 charts
Rank in 2011:	9	Rank Score:	4,777
Rank in 2010s	48	Overall Rank:	516
Average Rating: 76/100 (617 votes)
Comments: 43 comments

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49.

Born To Die

Lana Del Rey

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	269 charts
Rank in 2012:	9	Rank Score:	4,636
Rank in 2010s	49	Overall Rank:	525
Average Rating: 68/100 (571 votes)
Comments: 77 comments

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50.

Salad Days

Mac DeMarco

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	369 charts
Rank in 2014:	5	Rank Score:	4,518
Rank in 2010s	50	Overall Rank:	534
Average Rating: 80/100 (589 votes)
Comments: 32 comments

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	158	16%
2011	173	17%
2012	145	15%
2013	147	15%
2014	110	11%
2015	110	11%
2016	75	8%
2017	80	8%
2018	2	0%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	6	1%
Death Grips	6	1%
The Weeknd	5	1%
Laura Marling	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Lana Del Rey	5	1%
Swans	4	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	552	55%
	217	22%
	78	8%
	30	3%
	18	2%
	17	2%
	13	1%
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