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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511.

Cocoa Sugar

Young Fathers

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

499

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

511

Overall Rank:

3,032

Average Rating:

74 (147 votes)

Comments:

512.

Long.Live.A$AP

A$AP Rocky

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

99 charts

Rank Score:

498

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

512

Overall Rank:

3,036

Average Rating:

71 (203 votes)

Comments:

513.

Hardwired... To Self-Destruct

Metallica

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

118 charts

Rank Score:

496

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

513

Overall Rank:

3,042

Average Rating:

68 (233 votes)

Comments:

514.

Night Visions

Imagine Dragons

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

106 charts

Rank Score:

495

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

514

Overall Rank:

3,044

Average Rating:

61 (280 votes)

Comments:

515.

Nightmare

Avenged Sevenfold

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

495

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

515

Overall Rank:

3,045

Average Rating:

69 (171 votes)

Comments:

516.

Fishing For Fishies

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

115 charts

Rank Score:

493

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

516

Overall Rank:

3,054

Average Rating:

74 (200 votes)

Comments:

517.

Year Of The Snitch

Death Grips

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

492

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

517

Overall Rank:

3,057

Average Rating:

77 (284 votes)

Comments:

518.

Slow Focus

Fuck Buttons

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

91 charts

Rank Score:

491

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

518

Overall Rank:

3,066

Average Rating:

77 (123 votes)

Comments:

519.

Harmony Of Difference

Kamasi Washington

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

109 charts

Rank Score:

491

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

519

Overall Rank:

3,071

Average Rating:

79 (128 votes)

Comments:

520.

Freetown Sound

Blood Orange

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

136 charts

Rank Score:

489

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

520

Overall Rank:

3,074

Average Rating:

77 (165 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	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%
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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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