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 35,000 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	3,945	345,024	The Suburbs (40th) by Arcade Fire
2011	4,114	259,261	Bon Iver, Bon Iver (192nd) by Bon Iver
2012	4,374	275,052	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (63rd) by Kendrick Lamar
2013	4,996	241,487	Modern Vampires Of The City (171st) by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,252	177,011	Lost In The Dream (243rd) by The War On Drugs
2015	5,059	207,166	To Pimp A Butterfly (54th) by Kendrick Lamar
2016	4,825	159,941	A Moon Shaped Pool (143rd) by Radiohead
2017	4,767	123,048	DAMN. (464th) by Kendrick Lamar
2018	3,359	32,920	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (2,009th) by Car Seat Headrest
Total	40,691	1,820,909

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

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Album

Artist

91.

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Compilation

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	301 charts
Rank in 2016:	10	Rank Score:	2,545
Rank in 2010s	91	Overall Rank:	943
Average Rating: 80/100 (619 votes)
Comments: 39 comments

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92.

Have You In My Wilderness

Julia Holter

Year of Release:	2015	Appears in:	238 charts
Rank in 2015:	9	Rank Score:	2,521
Rank in 2010s	92	Overall Rank:	952
Average Rating: 81/100 (297 votes)
Comments: 20 comments

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93.

This Is All Yours

∆ (alt-J)

Year of Release:	2014	Appears in:	189 charts
Rank in 2014:	8	Rank Score:	2,519
Rank in 2010s	93	Overall Rank:	955
Average Rating: 73/100 (420 votes)
Comments: 27 comments

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94.

E•MO•TION

Carly Rae Jepsen

Year of Release:	2015	Appears in:	170 charts
Rank in 2015:	10	Rank Score:	2,513
Rank in 2010s	94	Overall Rank:	960
Average Rating: 75/100 (201 votes)
Comments: 22 comments

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95.

The Monitor

Titus Andronicus

Year of Release:	2010	Appears in:	154 charts
Rank in 2010:	18	Rank Score:	2,481
Rank in 2010s	95	Overall Rank:	968
Average Rating: 78/100 (240 votes)
Comments: 20 comments

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96.

A Crow Looked At Me

Mount Eerie

Year of Release:	2017	Appears in:	294 charts
Rank in 2017:	5	Rank Score:	2,469
Rank in 2010s	96	Overall Rank:	972
Average Rating: 80/100 (416 votes)
Comments: 47 comments

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97.

Lemonade

Beyoncé

Year of Release:	2016	Appears in:	235 charts
Rank in 2016:	11	Rank Score:	2,409
Rank in 2010s	97	Overall Rank:	999
Average Rating: 76/100 (391 votes)
Comments: 35 comments

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98.

American Dream

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:	2017	Appears in:	343 charts
Rank in 2017:	6	Rank Score:	2,406
Rank in 2010s	98	Overall Rank:	1,000
Average Rating: 79/100 (439 votes)
Comments: 31 comments

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99.

The 2nd Law

Muse

Year of Release:	2012	Appears in:	197 charts
Rank in 2012:	16	Rank Score:	2,382
Rank in 2010s	99	Overall Rank:	1,013
Average Rating: 64/100 (586 votes)
Comments: 64 comments

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100.

Loud City Song

Julia Holter

Year of Release:	2013	Appears in:	203 charts
Rank in 2013:	13	Rank Score:	2,358
Rank in 2010s	100	Overall Rank:	1,023
Average Rating: 77/100 (266 votes)
Comments: 17 comments

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	150	15%
2011	167	17%
2012	137	14%
2013	144	14%
2014	108	11%
2015	107	11%
2016	71	7%
2017	91	9%
2018	28	3%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	8	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	6	1%
Julia Holter	5	0%
Kendrick Lamar	5	0%
Lana Del Rey	5	0%
Beach House	5	0%
The Weeknd	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	558	56%
	214	21%
	76	8%
	31	3%
	19	2%
	19	2%
	12	1%
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