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	5,444	240,002	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,626	201,145	Helplessness Blues (166th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,920	221,658	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,409	212,933	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,928	181,885	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,978	225,250	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,810	203,929	A Moon Shaped Pool (72nd)by Radiohead
2017	7,013	173,923	Damn. (249th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,100	150,243	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (277th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,501	129,340	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (236th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,729	1,940,306

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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911.

Dark Comedy

Open Mike Eagle

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

277

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

911

Overall Rank:

4,895

Average Rating:

77 (62 votes)

Comments:

912.

Better Oblivion Community Center

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

116 charts

Rank Score:

277

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

912

Overall Rank:

4,901

Average Rating:

73 (156 votes)

Comments:

913.

A Weird Exits

Thee Oh Sees

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

71 charts

Rank Score:

276

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

913

Overall Rank:

4,904

Average Rating:

76 (66 votes)

Comments:

914.

Third Side Of Tape

Lil Ugly Mane

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

276

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

914

Overall Rank:

4,907

Average Rating:

78 (44 votes)

Comments:

915.

Phantom Thread
Soundtrack

Jonny Greenwood

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

276

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

915

Overall Rank:

4,908

Average Rating:

77 (135 votes)

Comments:

916.

Zonoscope

Cut Copy

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

274

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917.

Liumin

Deepchord Presents Echospace

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

274

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

917

Overall Rank:

4,926

Average Rating:

74 (31 votes)

Comments:

918.

Cults

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

89 charts

Rank Score:

273

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919.

Beyondless

Iceage

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

109 charts

Rank Score:

273

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

919

Overall Rank:

4,933

Average Rating:

74 (137 votes)

Comments:

920.

Gentle Spirit

Jonathan Wilson

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

47 charts

Rank Score:

273

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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	106	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	105	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	73	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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