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	5,460	239,733	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,639	200,783	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,929	221,594	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,427	213,356	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,945	181,892	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	6,998	225,092	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,828	203,911	A Moon Shaped Pool (72nd)by Radiohead
2017	7,056	173,639	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,124	150,502	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (275th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,528	129,542	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (234th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,934	1,940,044

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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Fine Line

Harry Styles

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

71 charts

Rank Score:

470

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

541

Overall Rank:

3,179

Average Rating:

71 (108 votes)

Comments:

542.

Thank U, Next

Ariana Grande

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

159 charts

Rank Score:

469

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

542

Overall Rank:

3,184

Average Rating:

68 (298 votes)

Comments:

543.

The Hope Six Demolition Project

PJ Harvey

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

162 charts

Rank Score:

469

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

543

Overall Rank:

3,186

Average Rating:

73 (238 votes)

Comments:

544.

Black Sabbath

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

110 charts

Rank Score:

468

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

544

Overall Rank:

3,189

Average Rating:

72 (218 votes)

Comments:

545.

Transference

Spoon

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

127 charts

Rank Score:

467

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

545

Overall Rank:

3,194

Average Rating:

76 (227 votes)

Comments:

546.

I Forget Where We Were

Ben Howard

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

53 charts

Rank Score:

467

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

546

Overall Rank:

3,195

Average Rating:

78 (73 votes)

Comments:

547.

Supermodel

Foster The People

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

78 charts

Rank Score:

467

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

547

Overall Rank:

3,196

Average Rating:

68 (186 votes)

Comments:

548.

Lover

Taylor Swift

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

466

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

548

Overall Rank:

3,200

Average Rating:

65 (150 votes)

Comments:

549.

I'm New Here

Gil Scott-Heron

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

104 charts

Rank Score:

466

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

549

Overall Rank:

3,201

Average Rating:

78 (84 votes)

Comments:

550.

Western Stars

Bruce Springsteen

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

121 charts

Rank Score:

465

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

550

Overall Rank:

3,203

Average Rating:

75 (156 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%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
Julia Holter	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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