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	5,473	239,042	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,657	200,243	Helplessness Blues (168th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,943	221,116	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (34th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,440	213,298	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,967	181,519	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,018	224,594	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,846	203,909	A Moon Shaped Pool (73rd)by Radiohead
2017	7,080	173,083	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,134	150,247	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (275th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,541	129,603	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,099	1,936,654

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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191.

Crystal Castles (II)

Crystal Castles

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

191 charts

Rank Score:

1,396

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

191

Overall Rank:

1,260

Average Rating:

75 (287 votes)

Comments:

192.

Father, Son, Holy Ghost

Girls

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

248 charts

Rank Score:

1,395

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

192

Overall Rank:

1,262

Average Rating:

77 (355 votes)

Comments:

193.

Celebration Rock

Japandroids

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

286 charts

Rank Score:

1,380

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

193

Overall Rank:

1,274

Average Rating:

74 (419 votes)

Comments:

194.

Are We There

Sharon Van Etten

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

243 charts

Rank Score:

1,372

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

194

Overall Rank:

1,277

Average Rating:

79 (279 votes)

Comments:

195.

Big Fish Theory

Vince Staples

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

282 charts

Rank Score:

1,370

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

195

Overall Rank:

1,281

Average Rating:

78 (382 votes)

Comments:

196.

Replica

Oneohtrix Point Never

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

193 charts

Rank Score:

1,361

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

196

Overall Rank:

1,287

Average Rating:

76 (233 votes)

Comments:

197.

Double Negative

Low

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

249 charts

Rank Score:

1,359

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

197

Overall Rank:

1,290

Average Rating:

77 (200 votes)

Comments:

198.

Aviary

Julia Holter

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

196 charts

Rank Score:

1,359

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

198

Overall Rank:

1,291

Average Rating:

79 (194 votes)

Comments:

199.

The Monitor

Titus Andronicus

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

207 charts

Rank Score:

1,358

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

199

Overall Rank:

1,293

Average Rating:

78 (302 votes)

Comments:

200.

This Old Dog

Mac DeMarco

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

220 charts

Rank Score:

1,352

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

200

Overall Rank:

1,298

Average Rating:

77 (403 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	113	11%
2014	98	10%
2015	107	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	109	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%
Julia Holter	5	0%
Kanye West	5	0%
Beach House	5	0%
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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	992	99%
Yes	10	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	6	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	6	1%

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