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	5,462	239,685	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,643	200,738	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,931	221,499	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,429	213,457	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,952	181,773	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,010	225,010	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,831	203,900	A Moon Shaped Pool (70th)by Radiohead
2017	7,060	173,523	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,126	150,283	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (276th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,534	129,485	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,978	1,939,352

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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Going Places

Yellow Swans

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

30 charts

Rank Score:

265

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951

Overall Rank:

5,095

Average Rating:

75 (31 votes)

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952.

Heritage

Opeth

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

54 charts

Rank Score:

264

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953.

Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave

The Twilight Sad

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

264

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Rank in 2010s:

953

Overall Rank:

5,102

Average Rating:

73 (76 votes)

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954.

Hypnotic Eye

Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

264

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954

Overall Rank:

5,108

Average Rating:

72 (80 votes)

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955.

Ultimate Care II

Matmos

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

49 charts

Rank Score:

264

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Rank in 2010s:

955

Overall Rank:

5,111

Average Rating:

72 (74 votes)

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956.

Pale Green Ghosts

John Grant

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

264

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957.

Inform - Educate - Entertain

Public Service Broadcasting

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

264

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958.

Megalithic Symphony

Awolnation

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

264

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959.

Distance Over Time

Dream Theater

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

264

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959

Overall Rank:

5,121

Average Rating:

73 (61 votes)

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960.

The Weight Of These Wings

Miranda Lambert

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

50 charts

Rank Score:

263

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960

Overall Rank:

5,122

Average Rating:

73 (37 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	99	10%
2015	105	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	107	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	72	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Beach House	5	0%
Brockhampton	5	0%
Kendrick Lamar	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	990	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	996	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

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