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 51,000 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	5,247	246,948	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,391	204,106	Helplessness Blues (164th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,638	227,828	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (34th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,168	216,772	Modern Vampires Of The City (124th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,629	183,992	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,605	227,468	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,498	205,747	A Moon Shaped Pool (77th)by Radiohead
2017	6,748	172,717	Damn. (249th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	6,680	149,915	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (285th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,109	126,534	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (259th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	62,713	1,962,026

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 Nick Cave.

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The Seer

Swans

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

439 charts

Rank Score:

4,113

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

447

Average Rating:

81 (633 votes)

Comments:

62.

St. Vincent

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

531 charts

Rank Score:

3,995

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

461

Average Rating:

79 (773 votes)

Comments:

63.

Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit

Courtney Barnett

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

537 charts

Rank Score:

3,965

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

463

Average Rating:

79 (670 votes)

Comments:

64.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

465 charts

Rank Score:

3,960

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

464

Average Rating:

80 (603 votes)

Comments:

65.

Lemonade

Beyoncé

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

454 charts

Rank Score:

3,864

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

473

Average Rating:

77 (613 votes)

Comments:

66.

Kaputt

Destroyer

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

453 charts

Rank Score:

3,844

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

476

Average Rating:

79 (569 votes)

Comments:

67.

Sunbather

Deafheaven

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

388 charts

Rank Score:

3,730

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

485

Average Rating:

79 (560 votes)

Comments:

68.

Black Messiah

D'Angelo And The Vanguard

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

432 charts

Rank Score:

3,641

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

504

Average Rating:

81 (490 votes)

Comments:

69.

Hurry Up, We're Dreaming

M83

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

467 charts

Rank Score:

3,617

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

508

Average Rating:

78 (639 votes)

Comments:

70.

E•MO•TION

Carly Rae Jepsen

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

330 charts

Rank Score:

3,576

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

515

Average Rating:

77 (400 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	97	10%
2011	122	12%
2012	108	11%
2013	109	11%
2014	102	10%
2015	107	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	105	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
The Weeknd	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Car Seat Headrest	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	559	56%
	222	22%
	69	7%
	33	3%
	30	3%
	18	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

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

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

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Recognised Decade Charts (2020s)
1. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)
2. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
3. Gorilla vs. Bear Albums of the 2010s by Gorilla vs. Bear (2019)
4. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
5. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2019)
6. All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked by Uproxx (2019)
7. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)
8. Top 100 Albums of the Decade by Crack Magazine (2019)
9. The Needle Drop's Top Albums Of The 2010s by The Needle Drop (2019)
10. The A.V. Club's 50 best albums of the 2010s by The A.V. Club (2019)
11. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s by The Wild Honey Pie (2019)
12. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s by Stereogum (2019)
13. The 50 Best Albums of the Decade by Deep Cuts (2019)
14. Die besten Platten 2010-2019 by Spex (2019)
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16. Top 100 Albums of the 2010s by Consequence of Sound (2019)
17. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Paste (2019)
18. Tiny Mix Tapes 2010s: Favorite 100 Music Releases of the Decade by Tiny Mix Tapes (2019)
19. BEST OF 2011 - 2020: Die besten Alben des Jahrzehnts by laut (2020)
20. StuBru albums of 2010s by StuBru (2017)