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	5,491	238,473	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,668	200,051	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,949	220,764	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,443	212,981	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,977	181,447	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,021	224,520	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,852	203,707	A Moon Shaped Pool (75th)by Radiohead
2017	7,087	173,401	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,141	150,277	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (272nd)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,548	129,842	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (232nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,177	1,935,463

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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261.

Nothing Was The Same

Drake

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

171 charts

Rank Score:

1,053

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

261

Overall Rank:

1,628

Average Rating:

70 (329 votes)

Comments:

262.

God's Favorite Customer

Father John Misty

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

240 charts

Rank Score:

1,045

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

262

Overall Rank:

1,635

Average Rating:

77 (355 votes)

Comments:

263.

6 Feet Beneath The Moon

King Krule

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

123 charts

Rank Score:

1,036

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

263

Overall Rank:

1,648

Average Rating:

77 (147 votes)

Comments:

264.

Before Today

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

205 charts

Rank Score:

1,033

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

264

Overall Rank:

1,653

Average Rating:

77 (281 votes)

Comments:

265.

Ghost Stories

Coldplay

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

196 charts

Rank Score:

1,029

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

265

Overall Rank:

1,658

Average Rating:

60 (576 votes)

Comments:

266.

Space Is Only Noise

Nicolas Jaar

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

176 charts

Rank Score:

1,027

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

266

Overall Rank:

1,664

Average Rating:

75 (222 votes)

Comments:

267.

Run The Jewels

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

230 charts

Rank Score:

1,024

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

267

Overall Rank:

1,667

Average Rating:

77 (379 votes)

Comments:

268.

I See You

The xx

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

246 charts

Rank Score:

1,010

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

268

Overall Rank:

1,684

Average Rating:

72 (449 votes)

Comments:

269.

Painted Ruins

Grizzly Bear

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

177 charts

Rank Score:

1,007

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

269

Overall Rank:

1,690

Average Rating:

76 (231 votes)

Comments:

270.

Plowing Into The Field Of Love

Iceage

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

165 charts

Rank Score:

1,007

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

270

Overall Rank:

1,691

Average Rating:

78 (211 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	101	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	113	11%
2014	99	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%
Julia Holter	5	0%
Kendrick Lamar	5	0%
Kanye West	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	227	23%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	18	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	10	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,000	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	999	99%
Yes	6	1%

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