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	5,464	239,421	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,646	200,533	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,935	221,648	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,431	213,424	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,956	181,700	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,013	225,000	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,833	203,871	A Moon Shaped Pool (73rd)by Radiohead
2017	7,068	173,479	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,127	150,217	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (276th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,538	129,684	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,011	1,938,977

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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321.

Our Love

Caribou

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

203 charts

Rank Score:

853

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

321

Overall Rank:

1,957

Average Rating:

75 (223 votes)

Comments:

322.

Pop 2

Charli XCX

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

851

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

322

Overall Rank:

1,963

Average Rating:

79 (143 votes)

Comments:

323.

Hot Thoughts

Spoon

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

204 charts

Rank Score:

849

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

323

Overall Rank:

1,968

Average Rating:

75 (289 votes)

Comments:

324.

My Head Is An Animal

Of Monsters And Men

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

159 charts

Rank Score:

846

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

324

Overall Rank:

1,973

Average Rating:

73 (278 votes)

Comments:

325.

In A Poem Unlimited

U.S. Girls

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

210 charts

Rank Score:

840

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

325

Overall Rank:

1,983

Average Rating:

77 (258 votes)

Comments:

326.

Psychedelic Pill

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

151 charts

Rank Score:

832

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

326

Overall Rank:

1,996

Average Rating:

77 (175 votes)

Comments:

327.

Brutalism

Idles

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

173 charts

Rank Score:

832

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

327

Overall Rank:

1,998

Average Rating:

78 (207 votes)

Comments:

328.

Tell Me How You Really Feel

Courtney Barnett

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

222 charts

Rank Score:

821

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

328

Overall Rank:

2,019

Average Rating:

73 (247 votes)

Comments:

329.

Metamodern Sounds In Country Music

Sturgill Simpson

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

159 charts

Rank Score:

812

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

329

Overall Rank:

2,043

Average Rating:

77 (138 votes)

Comments:

330.

Paramore

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

812

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

330

Overall Rank:

2,044

Average Rating:

67 (236 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	88	9%
2017	106	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%
Beach House	5	0%
Taylor Swift	5	0%
The Weeknd	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	225	22%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	18	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	996	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

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