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	5,462	239,685	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,643	200,738	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,931	221,499	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,429	213,457	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,952	181,773	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,010	225,010	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,831	203,900	A Moon Shaped Pool (70th)by Radiohead
2017	7,060	173,523	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,126	150,283	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (276th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,534	129,485	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,978	1,939,352

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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201.

Beyoncé

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

199 charts

Rank Score:

1,350

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

201

Overall Rank:

1,303

Average Rating:

72 (342 votes)

Comments:

202.

Dogrel

Fontaines D.C.

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

252 charts

Rank Score:

1,349

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

202

Overall Rank:

1,304

Average Rating:

79 (255 votes)

Comments:

203.

The Bones Of What You Believe

CHVRCHES

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

221 charts

Rank Score:

1,348

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

203

Overall Rank:

1,306

Average Rating:

74 (351 votes)

Comments:

204.

Purple Mountains

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

246 charts

Rank Score:

1,329

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

204

Overall Rank:

1,320

Average Rating:

79 (228 votes)

Comments:

205.

Broken Bells

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

224 charts

Rank Score:

1,327

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

205

Overall Rank:

1,323

Average Rating:

74 (406 votes)

Comments:

206.

Shaking The Habitual

The Knife

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

227 charts

Rank Score:

1,318

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

206

Overall Rank:

1,331

Average Rating:

75 (308 votes)

Comments:

207.

Total Life Forever

Foals

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

251 charts

Rank Score:

1,313

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

207

Overall Rank:

1,332

Average Rating:

76 (421 votes)

Comments:

208.

Sun Structures

Temples

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

231 charts

Rank Score:

1,302

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

208

Overall Rank:

1,337

Average Rating:

75 (364 votes)

Comments:

209.

Singles

Future Islands

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

203 charts

Rank Score:

1,300

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

209

Overall Rank:

1,340

Average Rating:

75 (264 votes)

Comments:

210.

All Mirrors

Angel Olsen

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

280 charts

Rank Score:

1,279

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

210

Overall Rank:

1,364

Average Rating:

79 (271 votes)

Comments:

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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	99	10%
2015	105	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	107	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	72	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Beach House	5	0%
Brockhampton	5	0%
Kendrick Lamar	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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