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 54,000 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	5,612	233,986	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,817	197,645	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,060	216,140	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,571	209,588	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,109	179,545	Lost In The Dream (165th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,145	221,909	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,993	201,600	A Moon Shaped Pool (76th)by Radiohead
2017	7,196	173,836	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,243	149,675	Twin Fantasy (2018) (280th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,694	130,516	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (222nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,440	1,914,440

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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To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,791 charts

Rank Score:

35,408

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Average Rating:

89 (2,256 votes)

Comments:

366

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,705 charts

Rank Score:

25,130

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85 (2,328 votes)

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279

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,495 charts

Rank Score:

24,607

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2010

Appears in:

1,819 charts

Rank Score:

20,818

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2015

Appears in:

1,215 charts

Rank Score:

17,708

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2016

Appears in:

1,364 charts

Rank Score:

16,641

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2012

Appears in:

1,360 charts

Rank Score:

16,037

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85 (1,864 votes)

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186

Blond

Frank Ocean

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

857 charts

Rank Score:

13,944

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84 (1,082 votes)

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★ [Blackstar]

David Bowie

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

1,211 charts

Rank Score:

12,441

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112

Average Rating:

86 (1,624 votes)

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149

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Modern Vampires Of The City

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

1,024 charts

Rank Score:

11,493

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122

Average Rating:

82 (1,365 votes)

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134

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	94	9%
2011	122	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	109	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Drake	6	1%
Death Grips	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Kanye West	5	1%
Car Seat Headrest	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	553	55%
	223	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	19	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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