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 54,000 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	5,597	234,515	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,782	198,363	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,052	217,778	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,548	210,513	Modern Vampires Of The City (124th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,087	180,083	Lost In The Dream (162nd)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,117	222,706	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,980	202,652	A Moon Shaped Pool (77th)by Radiohead
2017	7,174	173,988	Damn. (249th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,214	149,848	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (285th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,653	130,591	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (219th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,204	1,921,036

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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Get Disowned

Hop Along

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

253

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992.

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Carry On The Grudge

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

253

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992

Overall Rank:

5,300

Average Rating:

75 (33 votes)

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993.

Cornell 5/8/77
Live

Grateful Dead

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

253

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994.

Audio, Video, Disco

Justice (FR)

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

253

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995.

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

Beastie Boys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

253

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996.

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Goodness

The Hotelier

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

252

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996

Overall Rank:

5,316

Average Rating:

74 (75 votes)

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997.

Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird

The Tallest Man On Earth

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

252

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997

Overall Rank:

5,318

Average Rating:

78 (54 votes)

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998.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

252

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999.

Slide

George Clanton

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

252

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999

Overall Rank:

5,320

Average Rating:

77 (50 votes)

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1000.

Last Night On Earth

Noah And The Whale

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

251

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	98	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	110	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Drake	6	1%
Death Grips	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Julia Holter	5	0%
Kendrick Lamar	5	0%
Kanye West	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	552	55%
	226	23%
	70	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	20	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

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