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	5,441	240,077	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,624	201,031	Helplessness Blues (166th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,916	221,522	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,405	213,105	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,922	182,203	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,975	225,104	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,806	204,053	A Moon Shaped Pool (74th)by Radiohead
2017	7,002	173,586	Damn. (249th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,093	150,413	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (277th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,494	129,240	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (236th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,678	1,940,333

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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801.

Loud

Rihanna

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

68 charts

Rank Score:

319

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

801

Overall Rank:

4,405

Average Rating:

57 (141 votes)

Comments:

802.

Drogas Wave

Lupe Fiasco

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

319

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

802

Overall Rank:

4,406

Average Rating:

75 (46 votes)

Comments:

803.

Broken Machine

Nothing But Thieves

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

319

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

803

Overall Rank:

4,407

Average Rating:

81 (63 votes)

Comments:

804.

C'mon

Low

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

319

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805.

Kelly Lee Owens

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

318

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

805

Overall Rank:

4,414

Average Rating:

75 (74 votes)

Comments:

806.

God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise

Ray LaMontagne And The Pariah Dogs

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

318

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

806

Overall Rank:

4,421

Average Rating:

77 (57 votes)

Comments:

807.

Pleasure

Feist

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

317

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

807

Overall Rank:

4,426

Average Rating:

75 (113 votes)

Comments:

808.

Pedestrian Verse

Frightened Rabbit

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

316

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

808

Overall Rank:

4,440

Average Rating:

73 (64 votes)

Comments:

809.

Strangers To Ourselves

Modest Mouse

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

315

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

809

Overall Rank:

4,448

Average Rating:

69 (283 votes)

Comments:

810.

Aromanticism

Moses Sumney

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

101 charts

Rank Score:

315

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

810

Overall Rank:

4,449

Average Rating:

77 (94 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	113	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	107	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	105	11%
2018	91	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%
The Weeknd	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Kanye West	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	557	56%
	224	22%
	70	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	17	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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