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	233,968	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,818	197,667	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,060	216,132	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,571	209,630	Modern Vampires Of The City (123rd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,114	179,584	Lost In The Dream (165th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,147	221,936	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,993	201,646	A Moon Shaped Pool (76th)by Radiohead
2017	7,196	173,858	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,243	149,704	Twin Fantasy (2018) (280th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,694	130,546	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (222nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,448	1,914,671

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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101.

Nonagon Infinity

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

335 charts

Rank Score:

2,637

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

101

Overall Rank:

680

Average Rating:

81 (469 votes)

Comments:

102.

They Want My Soul

Spoon

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

377 charts

Rank Score:

2,579

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

102

Overall Rank:

697

Average Rating:

79 (477 votes)

Comments:

103.

Magdalene

FKA twigs

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

356 charts

Rank Score:

2,574

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

103

Overall Rank:

699

Average Rating:

80 (360 votes)

Comments:

104.

Little Dark Age

MGMT

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

427 charts

Rank Score:

2,561

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

104

Overall Rank:

702

Average Rating:

80 (753 votes)

Comments:

105.

"Awaken, My Love!"

Childish Gambino

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

324 charts

Rank Score:

2,558

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

105

Overall Rank:

704

Average Rating:

79 (508 votes)

Comments:

106.

Shields

Grizzly Bear

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

430 charts

Rank Score:

2,499

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

106

Overall Rank:

714

Average Rating:

79 (596 votes)

Comments:

107.

My Woman

Angel Olsen

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

409 charts

Rank Score:

2,486

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

107

Overall Rank:

716

Average Rating:

79 (414 votes)

Comments:

108.

Schlagenheim

Black Midi

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

354 charts

Rank Score:

2,484

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

108

Overall Rank:

717

Average Rating:

80 (416 votes)

Comments:

109.

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

Billie Eilish

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

390 charts

Rank Score:

2,403

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

109

Overall Rank:

745

Average Rating:

75 (584 votes)

Comments:

110.

Golden Hour

Kacey Musgraves

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

330 charts

Rank Score:

2,394

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

110

Overall Rank:

750

Average Rating:

76 (375 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	94	9%
2011	122	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	109	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	74	7%

Artist	Albums	%

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