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 46,000 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	4,848	259,163	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (32nd)by Kanye West
2011	5,008	212,786	Helplessness Blues (164th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,257	237,079	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (37th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,835	222,598	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,260	183,203	Lost In The Dream (161st)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,169	229,042	To Pimp A Butterfly (20th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,111	200,393	A Moon Shaped Pool (79th)by Radiohead
2017	6,187	167,260	Damn. (286th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	6,144	142,333	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (293rd)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	6,484	111,196	Igor (296th)by Tyler, The Creator
Total	58,303	1,965,053

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 Vampire Weekend.

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81.

A Crow Looked At Me

Mount Eerie

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

396 charts

Rank Score:

3,220

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

577

Average Rating:

80 (564 votes)

Comments:

82.

Visions

Grimes

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

439 charts

Rank Score:

3,213

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

579

Average Rating:

77 (684 votes)

Comments:

83.

Mac DeMarco

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

285 charts

Rank Score:

3,184

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

587

Average Rating:

80 (484 votes)

Comments:

84.

Congratulations

MGMT

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

384 charts

Rank Score:

3,173

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

590

Average Rating:

75 (741 votes)

Comments:

85.

In Colour

Jamie xx

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

398 charts

Rank Score:

3,113

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

598

Average Rating:

78 (586 votes)

Comments:

86.

Joy As An Act Of Resistance.

Idles

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

366 charts

Rank Score:

3,108

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

599

Average Rating:

80 (433 votes)

Comments:

87.

The Epic

Kamasi Washington

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

396 charts

Rank Score:

3,096

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

605

Average Rating:

82 (454 votes)

Comments:

88.

Have You In My Wilderness

Julia Holter

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

344 charts

Rank Score:

3,068

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

613

Average Rating:

80 (397 votes)

Comments:

89.

Strange Mercy

St. Vincent

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

387 charts

Rank Score:

3,047

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

619

Average Rating:

79 (509 votes)

Comments:

90.

Pure Heroine

Lorde

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

329 charts

Rank Score:

3,042

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

620

Average Rating:

75 (534 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	98	10%
2011	131	13%
2012	112	11%
2013	117	12%
2014	103	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	81	8%
2017	103	10%
2018	87	9%
2019	62	6%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	8	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
The Weeknd	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Kanye West	5	1%
Car Seat Headrest	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	558	56%
	223	22%
	66	7%
	33	3%
	31	3%
	18	2%
	8	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

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

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

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