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	5,467	239,081	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,651	200,477	Helplessness Blues (168th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,938	221,392	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (34th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,436	213,251	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,956	181,602	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,017	224,766	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,837	204,020	A Moon Shaped Pool (73rd)by Radiohead
2017	7,074	173,281	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,132	150,295	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (276th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,540	129,641	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,048	1,937,806

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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741.

Go Tell Fire To The Mountain

WU LYF

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

348

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

741

Overall Rank:

4,106

Average Rating:

70 (120 votes)

Comments:

742.

Present Tense

Wild Beasts

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

92 charts

Rank Score:

346

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

742

Overall Rank:

4,122

Average Rating:

75 (137 votes)

Comments:

743.

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Artpop

Lady Gaga

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

51 charts

Rank Score:

345

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Rank in 2010s:

743

Overall Rank:

4,129

Average Rating:

61 (162 votes)

Comments:

744.

Hang

Foxygen

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

102 charts

Rank Score:

345

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

744

Overall Rank:

4,133

Average Rating:

71 (181 votes)

Comments:

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A Winged Victory For The Sullen

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

56 charts

Rank Score:

344

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Rank in 2010s:

745

Overall Rank:

4,135

Average Rating:

79 (58 votes)

Comments:

746.

Oxymoron

Schoolboy Q

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

344

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

746

Overall Rank:

4,137

Average Rating:

72 (138 votes)

Comments:

747.

SBTRKT

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

92 charts

Rank Score:

343

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748.

Rocket

(Sandy) Alex G

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

91 charts

Rank Score:

343

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

748

Overall Rank:

4,151

Average Rating:

74 (119 votes)

Comments:

749.

Plunge

Fever Ray

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

110 charts

Rank Score:

343

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

749

Overall Rank:

4,153

Average Rating:

73 (104 votes)

Comments:

750.

All Bitches Die

Lingua Ignota

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

343

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

750

Overall Rank:

4,154

Average Rating:

77 (51 votes)

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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	87	9%
2017	107	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	72	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	226	23%
	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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