Best Albums of the 2010s

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
YearAlbums 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.
20105,466239,120
20115,651200,499
20125,937221,440
20136,435213,294
20146,956181,621
20157,014224,672
20166,836204,055
20177,072173,288
20187,132150,302
20197,539129,655
Total66,0381,937,947

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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2013
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453
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2016
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452
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2018
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450
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2011
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450
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2010
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450
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2016
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2019
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448
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2019
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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 87 9%
2017 107 11%
2018 91 9%
2019 72 7%
Country Albums %


United States 554 55%
United Kingdom 226 23%
Canada 69 7%
Australia 34 3%
Mixed Nationality 28 3%
Sweden 18 2%
France 9 1%
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Compilation? Albums %
No 989 99%
Yes 11 1%
Live? Albums %
No 995 100%
Yes 5 1%
Soundtrack? Albums %
No 994 99%
Yes 6 1%
Best Artists of 1998
1. Neutral Milk Hotel
2. Massive Attack
3. Air
4. OutKast
5. Lauryn Hill
6. Boards Of Canada
7. Elliott Smith
8. Mercury Rev
9. Eels
10. Madonna
11. Lucinda Williams
12. Placebo
13. The Smashing Pumpkins
14. Refused
15. Belle And Sebastian
16. Pulp
17. Tortoise
18. Black Star
19. Pearl Jam
20. Queens Of The Stone Age
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