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	236,504	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,713	198,892	Helplessness Blues (169th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,995	219,827	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,509	212,217	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,009	180,762	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,070	224,151	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,925	203,426	A Moon Shaped Pool (75th)by Radiohead
2017	7,130	173,805	Damn. (246th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,170	149,978	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (274th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,612	129,774	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (234th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,670	1,929,335

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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791.

I See Seaweed

The Drones (AU)

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

63 charts

Rank Score:

325

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

791

Overall Rank:

4,333

Average Rating:

77 (73 votes)

Comments:

792.

Coming Home

Leon Bridges

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

325

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

792

Overall Rank:

4,334

Average Rating:

73 (90 votes)

Comments:

793.

Prequelle

Ghost (SE)

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

325

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

793

Overall Rank:

4,335

Average Rating:

75 (95 votes)

Comments:

794.

Konnichiwa

Skepta

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

100 charts

Rank Score:

324

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

794

Overall Rank:

4,339

Average Rating:

73 (114 votes)

Comments:

795.

We're Here Because We're Here

Anathema

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

324

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

795

Overall Rank:

4,348

Average Rating:

80 (60 votes)

Comments:

796.

The Blue Hour

Suede

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

61 charts

Rank Score:

323

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

796

Overall Rank:

4,353

Average Rating:

73 (76 votes)

Comments:

797.

I Bet On Sky

Dinosaur Jr.

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

323

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

797

Overall Rank:

4,355

Average Rating:

75 (112 votes)

Comments:

798.

Little Fictions

Elbow

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

322

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

798

Overall Rank:

4,363

Average Rating:

69 (127 votes)

Comments:

799.

God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise

Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

322

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

799

Overall Rank:

4,365

Average Rating:

77 (57 votes)

Comments:

800.

Earth Rocker

Clutch

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

20 charts

Rank Score:

322

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

800

Overall Rank:

4,370

Average Rating:

77 (25 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	124	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	98	10%
2015	105	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	108	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	71	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	1%
Taylor Swift	5	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	552	55%
	226	23%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	19	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	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

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