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 37,000 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	4,049	356,111	The Suburbs (39th) by Arcade Fire
2011	4,190	267,999	Bon Iver, Bon Iver (190th) by Bon Iver
2012	4,473	284,327	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (62nd) by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,075	251,278	Modern Vampires Of The City (160th) by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,365	186,303	Lost In The Dream (237th) by The War On Drugs
2015	5,211	217,909	To Pimp A Butterfly (54th) by Kendrick Lamar
2016	4,987	170,404	A Moon Shaped Pool (140th) by Radiohead
2017	4,907	129,506	DAMN. (459th) by Kendrick Lamar
2018	4,310	74,586	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (956th) by Car Seat Headrest
2019	460	660	Safe Mode: On Remind Me Tomorrow (19,762nd) by Sharon Van Etten
Total	43,027	1,939,081

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.

The Life Of Pablo

Kanye West

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	326 charts
Rank in 2016:	8	Rank Score:	2,980
Rank in 2010s	81	Overall Rank:	841
Average Rating: 74/100 (703 votes)
Comments: 93 comments

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82.

Section.80

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	245 charts
Rank in 2011:	14	Rank Score:	2,967
Rank in 2010s	82	Overall Rank:	847
Average Rating: 79/100 (492 votes)
Comments: 24 comments

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83.

Exmilitary

Death Grips

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	167 charts
Rank in 2011:	15	Rank Score:	2,739
Rank in 2010s	83	Overall Rank:	893
Average Rating: 80/100 (339 votes)
Comments: 21 comments

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84.

Angles

The Strokes

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	235 charts
Rank in 2011:	16	Rank Score:	2,733
Rank in 2010s	84	Overall Rank:	895
Average Rating: 72/100 (693 votes)
Comments: 63 comments

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85.

Suck It And See

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	247 charts
Rank in 2011:	17	Rank Score:	2,722
Rank in 2010s	85	Overall Rank:	899
Average Rating: 73/100 (683 votes)
Comments: 40 comments

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86.

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

A Tribe Called Quest

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	268 charts
Rank in 2016:	9	Rank Score:	2,708
Rank in 2010s	86	Overall Rank:	905
Average Rating: 82/100 (398 votes)
Comments: 21 comments

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87.

Lemonade

Beyoncé

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	249 charts
Rank in 2016:	10	Rank Score:	2,697
Rank in 2010s	87	Overall Rank:	910
Average Rating: 76/100 (407 votes)
Comments: 36 comments

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88.

Torches

Foster The People

Year of Release:	2011	Appears in:	212 charts
Rank in 2011:	18	Rank Score:	2,693
Rank in 2010s	88	Overall Rank:	912
Average Rating: 71/100 (463 votes)
Comments: 35 comments

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89.

We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic

Foxygen

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	276 charts
Rank in 2013:	12	Rank Score:	2,686
Rank in 2010s	89	Overall Rank:	914
Average Rating: 76/100 (460 votes)
Comments: 77 comments

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90.

untitled unmastered.
Compilation

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	302 charts
Rank in 2016:	11	Rank Score:	2,671
Rank in 2010s	90	Overall Rank:	921
Average Rating: 80/100 (636 votes)
Comments: 41 comments

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	144	14%
2011	162	16%
2012	132	13%
2013	140	14%
2014	110	11%
2015	101	10%
2016	72	7%
2017	88	9%
2018	51	5%
2019	0	0%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	8	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	6	1%
Beach House	5	1%
The Weeknd	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Lana Del Rey	5	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	553	55%
	218	22%
	73	7%
	32	3%
	23	2%
	17	2%
	12	1%
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