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	5,458	239,673	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,639	200,831	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,929	221,651	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,425	213,488	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,944	181,998	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,998	225,162	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,828	203,993	A Moon Shaped Pool (72nd)by Radiohead
2017	7,055	173,662	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,123	150,517	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (275th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,528	129,522	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (236th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,927	1,940,496

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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211.

Ten Love Songs

Susanne Sundfør

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

184 charts

Rank Score:

1,272

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

211

Overall Rank:

1,372

Average Rating:

78 (226 votes)

Comments:

212.

Saturation

Brockhampton

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

219 charts

Rank Score:

1,270

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

212

Overall Rank:

1,376

Average Rating:

80 (438 votes)

Comments:

213.

The King Is Dead

The Decemberists

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

213 charts

Rank Score:

1,264

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

213

Overall Rank:

1,380

Average Rating:

74 (363 votes)

Comments:

214.

Swing Lo Magellan

Dirty Projectors

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

200 charts

Rank Score:

1,260

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

214

Overall Rank:

1,381

Average Rating:

76 (266 votes)

Comments:

215.

Virgins

Tim Hecker

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

183 charts

Rank Score:

1,258

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

215

Overall Rank:

1,384

Average Rating:

78 (195 votes)

Comments:

216.

2012-2017

Against All Logic

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

241 charts

Rank Score:

1,256

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

216

Overall Rank:

1,385

Average Rating:

80 (363 votes)

Comments:

217.

Kveikur

Sigur Rós

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

222 charts

Rank Score:

1,256

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

217

Overall Rank:

1,386

Average Rating:

77 (390 votes)

Comments:

218.

2014 Forest Hills Drive

J. Cole

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

142 charts

Rank Score:

1,255

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

218

Overall Rank:

1,387

Average Rating:

75 (250 votes)

Comments:

219.

Red

Taylor Swift

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

157 charts

Rank Score:

1,250

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

219

Overall Rank:

1,394

Average Rating:

65 (282 votes)

Comments:

220.

I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside: An Album By Earl Sweatshirt

Earl Sweatshirt

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

223 charts

Rank Score:

1,229

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

220

Overall Rank:

1,413

Average Rating:

77 (327 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	87	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%
Taylor Swift	5	1%
The Weeknd	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
Show all

Country	Albums	%

	556	56%
	224	22%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	18	2%
	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%

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