Best Albums of the 2010s
Explore the best albums of the 2010s, based on over 2 million album rankings across 60,000 charts.
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"If creativity, mirth & passion ruled the day, popular music might sound like this instead of the top-40 hit factory we often hear." Reply
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junodog4 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2015
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3,677
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"A pleasant surprise. "Star Roving" is one of my favourite songs of the 21st century. Here's hoping that Slowdive will soon have another album in the BEA top 1000. Oh, and by the way, I respectfully disagree with those of you who claim that the last 2 tracks bring this album down. I especially lov..." [+] Reply
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2017
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3,638
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"The tunes vary from peppy little numbers and longer, slower, more methodical anthems, but in each case, Courtney's lyrics shine through as extremely unique and interesting. These superb lyrics provide the backbone for the classic rock songs that make up the album. It doesn't hurt that Barnett has..." [+] Reply
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jeremih724 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +4 votes (4 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2015
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"Very good album. The melodies are so interesting and catchy, as the other two albums. Quite consistent band. Also, as a Valencian myself, I liked the title of the song Horchata, so funny." Reply
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JMGL95 | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2010
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3,623
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"Oh my lord. My great people, this is an album that looking back in 20 years will be a music landmark. So many elements of this album just make it completely a one of a kind: Combining, raw power, beautiful ear candy, and excellent song writing and variety, after listening to this album, I feel co..." [+] Reply
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2013
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3,590
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"Monae's ability to hop from one genre to another is almost unbelievable; she makes it look so effortless and cool. Tracks like Cold War, Wondaland, Tightrope, 57821, and Mushrooms & Roses are all great examples as to why Janelle Monae will go down in history as one of the greatest artists of all ..." [+] Reply
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2010
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3,583
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"Okay, no matter how much I wanted and tried to love this I just couldn't do it. It's still a very good album, I don't dislike it by any means, but I know Annie is capable of much better. Actor and Strange Mercy are absolutely fantastic, but this just never reaches those heights. Sadly, I'm not ev..." [+] Reply
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2014
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3,566
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"The only album on earth that alters space-time !" Reply
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cartoken | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (9 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2012
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3,457
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"Man For a really long time I forgot to see prettiness on the things in life and I thought I was alright. And I have never noted I have never felt something lost but only now that they come in this dinky big surprise box I realized how empty I was. And as Time and fantasy slowly stopped and faded ..." [+] Reply
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Antonio-Pedro | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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2011
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3,446
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"It's a scientific fact that every time Gibbs starts a verse with, "slammin'", it automatically becomes the best verse of all-time." Reply
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Skinny | Helpful? (Log in to vote) | +9 votes (10 helpful | 1 unhelpful)
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2014
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 7 of 100
Best Albums of the 2010s composition
| Year | Albums | % | |
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| 2010 | 92 | 9% | |
| 2011 | 125 | 13% | |
| 2012 | 104 | 10% | |
| 2013 | 116 | 12% | |
| 2014 | 93 | 9% | |
| 2015 | 105 | 11% | |
| 2016 | 83 | 8% | |
| 2017 | 113 | 11% | |
| 2018 | 91 | 9% | |
| 2019 | 78 | 8% |
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| King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard | 9 | 1% | |
| Lana Del Rey | 6 | 1% | |
| Drake | 6 | 1% | |
| Death Grips | 6 | 1% | |
| Julia Holter | 5 | 1% | |
| Laura Marling | 5 | 1% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 5 | 1% | |
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560 | 56% | |
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215 | 22% | |
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70 | 7% | |
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32 | 3% | |
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28 | 3% | |
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20 | 2% | |
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8 | 1% | |
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Best Albums of the 2010s chart changes
| Biggest climbers Biggest climbers in top 100 since last month |
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Up 4 from 102nd to 98th |
Up 4 from 89th to 85th |
Up 3 from 94th to 91st |
| Biggest fallers Biggest fallers in top 100 since last month |
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Down 3 from 96th to 99th |
Down 2 from 35th to 37th |
Down 2 from 47th to 49th |
| New entries New entries in top 100 since last month |
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Up 4 from 102nd to 98th |
| Leavers Leavers from top 100 since last month |
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Down 2 from 100th to 102nd |
