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 36,000 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	4,037	355,881	The Suburbs (39th) by Arcade Fire
2011	4,190	267,743	Bon Iver, Bon Iver (191st) by Bon Iver
2012	4,471	283,886	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (62nd) by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,075	251,059	Modern Vampires Of The City (161st) by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,361	185,929	Lost In The Dream (237th) by The War On Drugs
2015	5,212	217,475	To Pimp A Butterfly (54th) by Kendrick Lamar
2016	4,986	169,729	A Moon Shaped Pool (140th) by Radiohead
2017	4,902	129,142	DAMN. (458th) by Kendrick Lamar
2018	4,298	74,007	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (957th) by Car Seat Headrest
2019	444	574	Safe Mode: On Remind Me Tomorrow (23,146th) by Sharon Van Etten
Total	42,976	1,935,425

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

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Album

Artist

41.

Benji

Sun Kil Moon

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	430 charts
Rank in 2014:	3	Rank Score:	5,887
Rank in 2010s	41	Overall Rank:	453
Average Rating: 80/100 (647 votes)
Comments: 77 comments

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42.

DAMN.

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:	2017	Appears in:	567 charts
Rank in 2017:	1	Rank Score:	5,834
Rank in 2010s	42	Overall Rank:	458
Average Rating: 81/100 (869 votes)
Comments: 126 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:	372 charts
Rank in 2012:	7	Rank Score:	5,579
Rank in 2010s	43	Overall Rank:	471
Average Rating: 80/100 (547 votes)
Comments: 56 comments

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44.

Have One On Me

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	339 charts
Rank in 2010:	12	Rank Score:	5,536
Rank in 2010s	44	Overall Rank:	477
Average Rating: 81/100 (382 votes)
Comments: 33 comments

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45.

Adele

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	356 charts
Rank in 2011:	7	Rank Score:	5,440
Rank in 2010s	45	Overall Rank:	485
Average Rating: 71/100 (721 votes)
Comments: 79 comments

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46.

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

M83

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	364 charts
Rank in 2011:	8	Rank Score:	5,298
Rank in 2010s	46	Overall Rank:	496
Average Rating: 77/100 (519 votes)
Comments: 42 comments

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47.

Born To Die

Lana Del Rey

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	310 charts
Rank in 2012:	8	Rank Score:	5,183
Rank in 2010s	47	Overall Rank:	507
Average Rating: 69/100 (615 votes)
Comments: 82 comments

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48.

Run The Jewels 2

Run The Jewels

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	395 charts
Rank in 2014:	4	Rank Score:	5,180
Rank in 2010s	48	Overall Rank:	508
Average Rating: 82/100 (589 votes)
Comments: 30 comments

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49.

The Seer

Swans

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	319 charts
Rank in 2012:	9	Rank Score:	5,152
Rank in 2010s	49	Overall Rank:	514
Average Rating: 81/100 (513 votes)
Comments: 39 comments

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50.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	355 charts
Rank in 2010:	13	Rank Score:	5,031
Rank in 2010s	50	Overall Rank:	522
Average Rating: 80/100 (475 votes)
Comments: 30 comments

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	145	15%
2011	162	16%
2012	131	13%
2013	141	14%
2014	109	11%
2015	101	10%
2016	72	7%
2017	88	9%
2018	51	5%
2019	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	8	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	6	1%
Beach House	5	1%
The Weeknd	5	1%
Lana Del Rey	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	56%
	217	22%
	73	7%
	32	3%
	22	2%
	17	2%
	12	1%
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