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	5,475	239,029	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,660	200,327	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,945	221,091	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,440	213,245	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,972	181,553	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,021	224,513	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,849	203,926	A Moon Shaped Pool (74th)by Radiohead
2017	7,083	173,216	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,138	150,258	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (273rd)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,547	129,729	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,130	1,936,889

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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521.

Freetown Sound

Blood Orange

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

135 charts

Rank Score:

488

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

521

Overall Rank:

3,079

Average Rating:

77 (165 votes)

Comments:

522.

Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action

Franz Ferdinand

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

487

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

522

Overall Rank:

3,085

Average Rating:

71 (242 votes)

Comments:

523.

Peripheral Vision

Turnover

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

41 charts

Rank Score:

486

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

523

Overall Rank:

3,091

Average Rating:

79 (53 votes)

Comments:

524.

New

Paul McCartney

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

105 charts

Rank Score:

485

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

524

Overall Rank:

3,098

Average Rating:

72 (208 votes)

Comments:

525.

Paradise

Lana Del Rey

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

483

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

525

Overall Rank:

3,108

Average Rating:

76 (130 votes)

Comments:

526.

From The Fires

Greta Van Fleet

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

483

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

526

Overall Rank:

3,109

Average Rating:

73 (127 votes)

Comments:

527.

Humanz

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

131 charts

Rank Score:

483

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

527

Overall Rank:

3,113

Average Rating:

64 (436 votes)

Comments:

528.

Utopia

Björk

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

157 charts

Rank Score:

482

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

528

Overall Rank:

3,114

Average Rating:

74 (233 votes)

Comments:

529.

The Way Out

The Books

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

72 charts

Rank Score:

482

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

529

Overall Rank:

3,117

Average Rating:

75 (82 votes)

Comments:

530.

Melody's Echo Chamber

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

106 charts

Rank Score:

482

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

530

Overall Rank:

3,119

Average Rating:

76 (126 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	97	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	108	11%
2013	113	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	107	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	107	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	74	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%
Brockhampton	5	0%
Taylor Swift	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	557	55%
	227	23%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	18	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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