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 55,000 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	5,665	232,017	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,839	196,301	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,141	214,834	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,627	208,614	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,172	178,895	Lost In The Dream (164th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,217	220,047	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	7,044	200,770	A Moon Shaped Pool (76th)by Radiohead
2017	7,243	173,113	Damn. (246th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,299	149,176	Twin Fantasy (2018) (285th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,775	130,734	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (220th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	68,022	1,904,501

The best artists of the 2010s were Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Tame Impala, Arcade Fire, Beach House, Frank Ocean, Sufjan Stevens, The National, Radiohead and Nick Cave.

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Delta Machine

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

254

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992.

Who Is William Onyeabor?
Compilation

William Onyeabor

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

253

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993.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

253

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994.

Trick

Alex G

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

253

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995.

Psychodrama

Dave

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

252

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995

Overall Rank:

5,343

Average Rating:

75 (88 votes)

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996.

Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?

Deerhunter

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

252

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996

Overall Rank:

5,344

Average Rating:

72 (209 votes)

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997.

Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird

The Tallest Man On Earth

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

251

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997

Overall Rank:

5,360

Average Rating:

77 (55 votes)

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998.

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

Beastie Boys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

251

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999.

Cleopatra

The Lumineers

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

251

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999

Overall Rank:

5,368

Average Rating:

71 (73 votes)

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1000.

Merrie Land

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

250

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1,000

Overall Rank:

5,370

Average Rating:

76 (53 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	121	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	109	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	76	8%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Death Grips	6	1%
Beach House	5	1%
The Weeknd	5	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	552	55%
	223	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	28	3%
	20	2%
	10	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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