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	5,477	238,946	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,663	200,388	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,947	221,054	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,442	213,245	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,974	181,718	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,022	224,770	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,851	203,871	A Moon Shaped Pool (75th)by Radiohead
2017	7,083	173,394	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,139	150,272	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (272nd)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,547	129,857	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (232nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,145	1,937,516

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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991.

Revelator

Tedeschi Trucks Band

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

256

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992.

Government Plates

Death Grips

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

73 charts

Rank Score:

256

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993.

Strange Trails

Lord Huron

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

26 charts

Rank Score:

256

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994.

Safe Mode: On

Carry On The Grudge

Jamie T

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

255

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994

Overall Rank:

5,248

Average Rating:

76 (32 votes)

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995.

Spirit

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

255

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996.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

255

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997.

Who Told You To Think??!!?!?!?!

Milo

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

254

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998.

Young The Giant

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

36 charts

Rank Score:

254

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998

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5,268

Average Rating:

72 (72 votes)

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999.

Jónsi

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

88 charts

Rank Score:

254

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999

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5,277

Average Rating:

71 (157 votes)

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1000.

Home Again

Michael Kiwanuka

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

254

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	98	10%
2011	124	12%
2012	108	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	106	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	72	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Beach House	5	0%
Taylor Swift	5	0%
The Weeknd	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	227	23%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	20	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	10	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,001	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,000	99%
Yes	6	1%

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