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	5,461	239,670	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,639	200,743	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,930	221,538	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,428	213,372	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,945	181,861	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,000	225,083	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,828	203,869	A Moon Shaped Pool (72nd)by Radiohead
2017	7,058	173,610	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,125	150,537	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (276th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,528	129,528	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (234th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,942	1,939,813

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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To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,775 charts

Rank Score:

36,928

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Average Rating:

89 (2,226 votes)

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365

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,684 charts

Rank Score:

26,123

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85 (2,300 votes)

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277

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,478 charts

Rank Score:

25,611

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2010

Appears in:

1,813 charts

Rank Score:

22,047

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2015

Appears in:

1,200 charts

Rank Score:

18,311

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2016

Appears in:

1,342 charts

Rank Score:

17,196

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2012

Appears in:

1,352 charts

Rank Score:

16,878

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Average Rating:

85 (1,850 votes)

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186

Blond

Frank Ocean

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

840 charts

Rank Score:

14,391

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84 (1,062 votes)

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★ (Blackstar)

David Bowie

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

1,192 charts

Rank Score:

12,615

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114

Average Rating:

86 (1,606 votes)

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Modern Vampires Of The City

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

1,017 charts

Rank Score:

11,971

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121

Average Rating:

82 (1,355 votes)

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134

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	98	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	5	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	56%
	224	22%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	18	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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