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 50,000 greatest album charts.

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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	5,062	250,461	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (32nd)by Kanye West
2011	5,236	207,252	Helplessness Blues (164th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,520	230,944	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (34th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,012	219,368	Modern Vampires Of The City (126th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,475	184,608	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,431	229,957	To Pimp A Butterfly (20th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,388	206,631	A Moon Shaped Pool (77th)by Radiohead
2017	6,535	173,457	Damn. (251st)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	6,456	149,925	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (288th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	6,930	125,434	Igor (261st)by Tyler, The Creator
Total	61,045	1,978,037

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

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511.

Tomboy

Panda Bear

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

511

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

511

Overall Rank:

2,993

Average Rating:

72 (245 votes)

Comments:

512.

Faces

Mac Miller

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

510

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

512

Overall Rank:

2,997

Average Rating:

80 (72 votes)

Comments:

513.

Melody's Echo Chamber

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

104 charts

Rank Score:

509

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

513

Overall Rank:

3,003

Average Rating:

75 (125 votes)

Comments:

514.

Sirens

Nicolas Jaar

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

507

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

514

Overall Rank:

3,014

Average Rating:

77 (110 votes)

Comments:

515.

Harmony Of Difference

Kamasi Washington

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

103 charts

Rank Score:

507

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

515

Overall Rank:

3,016

Average Rating:

79 (122 votes)

Comments:

516.

One Life Stand

Hot Chip

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

114 charts

Rank Score:

506

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

516

Overall Rank:

3,020

Average Rating:

72 (153 votes)

Comments:

517.

Just Got Back From The Discomfort - We're Alright

The Brave Little Abacus

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

506

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

517

Overall Rank:

3,022

Average Rating:

78 (54 votes)

Comments:

518.

Boygenius

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

105 charts

Rank Score:

505

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

518

Overall Rank:

3,024

Average Rating:

78 (84 votes)

Comments:

519.

New

Paul McCartney

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

102 charts

Rank Score:

505

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

519

Overall Rank:

3,026

Average Rating:

72 (202 votes)

Comments:

520.

Making Mirrors

Gotye

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

504

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

520

Overall Rank:

3,029

Average Rating:

71 (164 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	126	13%
2012	108	11%
2013	112	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	110	11%
2016	84	8%
2017	105	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	69	7%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	558	56%
	221	22%
	69	7%
	33	3%
	31	3%
	17	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	995	100%
Yes	5	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	995	100%
Yes	5	1%

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