Best Albums of the 2010s : Best Ever Albums

Best Albums of the 2010s

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Listed below are the greatest albums of the 2010s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 38,000 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	4,161	362,041	The Suburbs (40th) by Arcade Fire
2011	4,291	271,563	Bon Iver, Bon Iver (192nd) by Bon Iver
2012	4,589	289,036	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (61st) by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,178	255,296	Modern Vampires Of The City (157th) by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,485	190,175	Lost In The Dream (236th) by The War On Drugs
2015	5,333	227,253	To Pimp A Butterfly (48th) by Kendrick Lamar
2016	5,125	180,218	A Moon Shaped Pool (132nd) by Radiohead
2017	5,090	136,578	Damn. (450th) by Kendrick Lamar
2018	4,685	92,543	Kids See Ghosts (697th) by Kids See Ghosts
2019	1,828	9,879	Titanic Rising (3,280th) by Weyes Blood
Total	45,765	2,014,584

The best artists of the 2010s are Kendrick Lamar, Arcade Fire, Kanye West, Tame Impala, Beach House, Sufjan Stevens, The National, Radiohead, Frank Ocean and Vampire Weekend.

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Album

Artist

81.

Ceremonials

Florence + The Machine

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	203 charts
Rank in 2011:	13	Rank Score:	3,277
Rank in 2010s	81	Overall Rank:	780
Average Rating: 75/100 (369 votes)
Comments: 17 comments

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82.

In Colour

Jamie xx

Year of Release:	2015	Appears in:	331 charts
Rank in 2015:	8	Rank Score:	3,240
Rank in 2010s	82	Overall Rank:	787
Average Rating: 78/100 (528 votes)
Comments: 37 comments

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83.

Section.80

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	272 charts
Rank in 2011:	14	Rank Score:	3,118
Rank in 2010s	83	Overall Rank:	819
Average Rating: 80/100 (518 votes)
Comments: 24 comments

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84.

untitled unmastered.
Compilation

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	323 charts
Rank in 2016:	9	Rank Score:	3,067
Rank in 2010s	84	Overall Rank:	835
Average Rating: 80/100 (671 votes)
Comments: 43 comments

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85.

We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service

A Tribe Called Quest

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	296 charts
Rank in 2016:	10	Rank Score:	3,046
Rank in 2010s	85	Overall Rank:	844
Average Rating: 82/100 (414 votes)
Comments: 21 comments

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86.

Exmilitary

Death Grips

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	177 charts
Rank in 2011:	15	Rank Score:	2,958
Rank in 2010s	86	Overall Rank:	862
Average Rating: 80/100 (358 votes)
Comments: 23 comments

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87.

Total Life Forever

Foals

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	194 charts
Rank in 2010:	17	Rank Score:	2,944
Rank in 2010s	87	Overall Rank:	867
Average Rating: 76/100 (363 votes)
Comments: 19 comments

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88.

E•MO•TION

Carly Rae Jepsen

Year of Release:	2015	Appears in:	207 charts
Rank in 2015:	9	Rank Score:	2,875
Rank in 2010s	88	Overall Rank:	882
Average Rating: 77/100 (248 votes)
Comments: 23 comments

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89.

Angles

The Strokes

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	236 charts
Rank in 2011:	16	Rank Score:	2,777
Rank in 2010s	89	Overall Rank:	904
Average Rating: 72/100 (705 votes)
Comments: 63 comments

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90.

Lemonade

Beyoncé

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	270 charts
Rank in 2016:	11	Rank Score:	2,768
Rank in 2010s	90	Overall Rank:	908
Average Rating: 76/100 (434 votes)
Comments: 39 comments

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	141	14%
2011	160	16%
2012	128	13%
2013	139	14%
2014	112	11%
2015	100	10%
2016	67	7%
2017	90	9%
2018	58	6%
2019	5	1%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	10	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Lana Del Rey	5	1%
The Weeknd	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	553	55%
	211	21%
	70	7%
	32	3%
	30	3%
	18	2%
	13	1%
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