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 41,000 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	4,402	275,171	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (34th)by Kanye West
2011	4,536	225,440	Bon Iver (160th)by Bon Iver
2012	4,848	249,441	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (41st)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,433	231,079	Modern Vampires Of The City (119th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,739	183,333	Lost In The Dream (163rd)by The War On Drugs
2015	5,654	227,120	To Pimp A Butterfly (25th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	5,450	190,826	A Moon Shaped Pool (79th)by Radiohead
2017	5,491	155,451	Damn. (299th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	5,234	120,415	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (408th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	4,809	79,572	Igor (485th)by Tyler, The Creator
Total	51,596	1,937,848

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

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91.

Pure Comedy

Father John Misty

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

330 charts

Rank Score:

3,024

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

627

Average Rating:

77 (525 votes)

Comments:

92.

Shields

Grizzly Bear

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

347 charts

Rank Score:

2,999

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

631

Average Rating:

79 (547 votes)

Comments:

93.

Untitled Unmastered.

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

350 charts

Rank Score:

2,911

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

642

Average Rating:

80 (726 votes)

Comments:

94.

Joy As An Act Of Resistance.

Idles

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

316 charts

Rank Score:

2,804

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

668

Average Rating:

80 (361 votes)

Comments:

95.

Sleep Well Beast

The National

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

366 charts

Rank Score:

2,788

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

676

Average Rating:

80 (464 votes)

Comments:

96.

Depression Cherry

Beach House

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

312 charts

Rank Score:

2,685

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

702

Average Rating:

77 (456 votes)

Comments:

97.

Section.80

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

287 charts

Rank Score:

2,657

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

709

Average Rating:

80 (555 votes)

Comments:

98.

American Dream

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

399 charts

Rank Score:

2,639

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

713

Average Rating:

78 (520 votes)

Comments:

99.

The Epic

Kamasi Washington

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

346 charts

Rank Score:

2,599

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

723

Average Rating:

82 (415 votes)

Comments:

100.

Vulnicura

Björk

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

331 charts

Rank Score:

2,599

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

100

Overall Rank:

724

Average Rating:

79 (492 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	107	11%
2011	141	14%
2012	111	11%
2013	126	13%
2014	105	11%
2015	103	10%
2016	74	7%
2017	104	10%
2018	76	8%
2019	53	5%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	10	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	7	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
Taylor Swift	5	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	570	57%
	217	22%
	66	7%
	34	3%
	25	3%
	17	2%
	11	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	9	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	999	100%
Yes	1	0%

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