Best Albums of the 2010s : Best Ever Albums

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 40,000 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	4,338	275,615	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	4,484	225,372	Bon Iver (159th)by Bon Iver
2012	4,774	250,423	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (40th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,345	230,966	Modern Vampires Of The City (117th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,648	182,463	Lost In The Dream (171st)by The War On Drugs
2015	5,538	221,633	To Pimp A Butterfly (26th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	5,341	185,190	A Moon Shaped Pool (82nd)by Radiohead
2017	5,350	149,670	Damn. (309th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	5,101	112,826	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (425th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	4,568	64,779	Titanic Rising (625th)by Weyes Blood
Total	50,487	1,898,936

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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Innerspeaker

Tame Impala

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

545 charts

Rank Score:

5,735

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

344

Average Rating:

81 (888 votes)

Comments:

42.

El Camino

The Black Keys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

511 charts

Rank Score:

5,722

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

345

Average Rating:

78 (947 votes)

Comments:

43.

Melodrama

Lorde

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

472 charts

Rank Score:

5,672

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

348

Average Rating:

81 (597 votes)

Comments:

44.

Flower Boy

Tyler, The Creator

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

421 charts

Rank Score:

5,326

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

361

Average Rating:

83 (585 votes)

Comments:

45.

Atrocity Exhibition

Danny Brown

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

406 charts

Rank Score:

5,316

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

362

Average Rating:

83 (533 votes)

Comments:

46.

Contra

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

503 charts

Rank Score:

5,112

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

377

Average Rating:

77 (975 votes)

Comments:

47.

Run The Jewels 2

Run The Jewels

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

444 charts

Rank Score:

5,076

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

379

Average Rating:

81 (640 votes)

Comments:

48.

Have One On Me

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

400 charts

Rank Score:

5,052

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

381

Average Rating:

81 (423 votes)

Comments:

49.

Art Angels

Grimes

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

436 charts

Rank Score:

4,747

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

405

Average Rating:

78 (530 votes)

Comments:

50.

Born To Die

Lana Del Rey

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

355 charts

Rank Score:

4,745

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

406

Average Rating:

70 (695 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	106	11%
2011	143	14%
2012	119	12%
2013	130	13%
2014	110	11%
2015	103	10%
2016	75	8%
2017	103	10%
2018	73	7%
2019	38	4%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	9	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	7	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	566	57%
	215	22%
	67	7%
	35	4%
	28	3%
	18	2%
	11	1%
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10. Nirvana
11. The Smiths
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15. The Beach Boys
16. Miles Davis
17. Kanye West
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