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	5,456	239,672	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,636	200,855	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,928	221,561	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,420	213,357	Modern Vampires Of The City (120th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,941	182,011	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,993	225,011	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,824	203,891	A Moon Shaped Pool (71st)by Radiohead
2017	7,042	173,715	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,112	150,534	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (275th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,516	129,507	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (236th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,868	1,940,113

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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471.

Bonito Generation

Kero Kero Bonito

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

544

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

471

Overall Rank:

2,833

Average Rating:

75 (143 votes)

Comments:

472.

Perils From The Sea

Mark Kozelek & Jimmy Lavalle

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

93 charts

Rank Score:

544

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

472

Overall Rank:

2,834

Average Rating:

75 (113 votes)

Comments:

473.

A Thousand Suns

Linkin Park

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

541

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

473

Overall Rank:

2,848

Average Rating:

58 (283 votes)

Comments:

474.

Jeffery

Young Thug

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

541

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

474

Overall Rank:

2,849

Average Rating:

74 (155 votes)

Comments:

475.

Gossamer

Passion Pit

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

534

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

475

Overall Rank:

2,871

Average Rating:

72 (161 votes)

Comments:

476.

Tramp

Sharon Van Etten

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

143 charts

Rank Score:

530

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

476

Overall Rank:

2,885

Average Rating:

76 (160 votes)

Comments:

477.

Crazy For You

Best Coast

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

130 charts

Rank Score:

529

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

477

Overall Rank:

2,887

Average Rating:

72 (208 votes)

Comments:

478.

Sprained Ankle

Julien Baker

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

81 charts

Rank Score:

529

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

478

Overall Rank:

2,890

Average Rating:

77 (101 votes)

Comments:

479.

Allo Darlin'

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

528

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

479

Overall Rank:

2,891

Average Rating:

77 (61 votes)

Comments:

480.

The Colour In Anything

James Blake

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

152 charts

Rank Score:

527

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

480

Overall Rank:

2,895

Average Rating:

72 (285 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	105	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	106	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Kanye West	5	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	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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