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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My Bloody Valentine

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

445 charts

Rank Score:

3,066

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

579

Average Rating:

78 (735 votes)

Comments:

82.

Have You In My Wilderness

Julia Holter

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

380 charts

Rank Score:

2,981

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

595

Average Rating:

80 (422 votes)

Comments:

83.

Wasting Light

Foo Fighters

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

417 charts

Rank Score:

2,980

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

597

Average Rating:

76 (776 votes)

Comments:

84.

Visions

Grimes

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

473 charts

Rank Score:

2,948

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

602

Average Rating:

77 (712 votes)

Comments:

85.

Wide Awake!

Parquet Courts

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

399 charts

Rank Score:

2,936

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

604

Average Rating:

80 (516 votes)

Comments:

86.

Cosmogramma

Flying Lotus

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

430 charts

Rank Score:

2,926

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

608

Average Rating:

80 (565 votes)

Comments:

87.

Pure Heroine

Lorde

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

368 charts

Rank Score:

2,895

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

616

Average Rating:

75 (578 votes)

Comments:

88.

Congratulations

MGMT

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

410 charts

Rank Score:

2,848

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

623

Average Rating:

75 (771 votes)

Comments:

89.

Sleep Well Beast

The National

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

436 charts

Rank Score:

2,846

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

624

Average Rating:

80 (535 votes)

Comments:

90.

Mac DeMarco

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

311 charts

Rank Score:

2,831

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

627

Average Rating:

80 (509 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	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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