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	239,240	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,648	200,437	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,936	221,470	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,434	213,348	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,956	181,625	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,013	224,841	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,834	203,788	A Moon Shaped Pool (73rd)by Radiohead
2017	7,070	173,416	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,130	150,177	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (276th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,538	129,583	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,023	1,937,924

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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241.

Virtue

The Voidz

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

155 charts

Rank Score:

1,142

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

241

Overall Rank:

1,516

Average Rating:

76 (286 votes)

Comments:

242.

Anti

Rihanna

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

192 charts

Rank Score:

1,141

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

242

Overall Rank:

1,519

Average Rating:

70 (281 votes)

Comments:

243.

Swim

Caribou

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

237 charts

Rank Score:

1,141

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

243

Overall Rank:

1,520

Average Rating:

77 (291 votes)

Comments:

244.

Treats

Sleigh Bells

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

187 charts

Rank Score:

1,130

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

244

Overall Rank:

1,539

Average Rating:

73 (255 votes)

Comments:

245.

Queen Of Denmark

John Grant

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

166 charts

Rank Score:

1,129

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

245

Overall Rank:

1,540

Average Rating:

77 (145 votes)

Comments:

246.

U.F.O.F.

Big Thief

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

255 charts

Rank Score:

1,126

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

246

Overall Rank:

1,542

Average Rating:

77 (313 votes)

Comments:

247.

Undun

The Roots

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

172 charts

Rank Score:

1,115

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

247

Overall Rank:

1,556

Average Rating:

81 (171 votes)

Comments:

248.

Koi No Yokan

Deftones

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

146 charts

Rank Score:

1,109

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

248

Overall Rank:

1,559

Average Rating:

77 (240 votes)

Comments:

249.

Fear Fun

Father John Misty

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

196 charts

Rank Score:

1,108

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

249

Overall Rank:

1,560

Average Rating:

77 (290 votes)

Comments:

250.

Whokill

Tune-Yards

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

222 charts

Rank Score:

1,104

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

250

Overall Rank:

1,566

Average Rating:

75 (293 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	98	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	107	11%
2018	92	9%
2019	72	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	0%
The Weeknd	5	0%
Julia Holter	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	991	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	6	1%

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