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 53,000 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	5,537	236,468	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,715	198,853	Helplessness Blues (169th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,995	219,782	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,509	212,182	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,012	180,736	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,070	224,378	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,928	203,400	A Moon Shaped Pool (75th)by Radiohead
2017	7,132	173,793	Damn. (246th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,172	149,946	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (274th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,614	129,791	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (234th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,684	1,929,327

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

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51.

Kids See Ghosts

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

503 charts

Rank Score:

4,623

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

384

Average Rating:

82 (817 votes)

Comments:

52.

Skeleton Tree

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

594 charts

Rank Score:

4,562

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

389

Average Rating:

82 (686 votes)

Comments:

53.

A Deeper Understanding

The War On Drugs

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

542 charts

Rank Score:

4,508

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

393

Average Rating:

81 (593 votes)

Comments:

54.

El Camino

The Black Keys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

616 charts

Rank Score:

4,495

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

394

Average Rating:

78 (1,065 votes)

Comments:

55.

Run The Jewels 2

Run The Jewels

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

575 charts

Rank Score:

4,349

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

408

Average Rating:

82 (757 votes)

Comments:

56.

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The Life Of Pablo

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

505 charts

Rank Score:

4,243

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Overall Rank:

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57.

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

472 charts

Rank Score:

4,197

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

424

Average Rating:

72 (842 votes)

Comments:

58.

Art Angels

Grimes

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

519 charts

Rank Score:

4,141

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

432

Average Rating:

79 (639 votes)

Comments:

59.

Salad Days

Mac DeMarco

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

524 charts

Rank Score:

4,095

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

439

Average Rating:

80 (800 votes)

Comments:

60.

Contra

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

590 charts

Rank Score:

4,051

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

442

Average Rating:

77 (1,084 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	124	12%
2012	108	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	98	10%
2015	104	10%
2016	88	9%
2017	109	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	72	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Beach House	5	0%
Taylor Swift	5	0%
Brockhampton	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	553	55%
	227	23%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	19	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	6	1%

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