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	5,613	233,493	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,818	197,491	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,061	215,825	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,570	209,373	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,118	179,454	Lost In The Dream (165th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,149	221,416	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,998	201,518	A Moon Shaped Pool (76th)by Radiohead
2017	7,199	173,747	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,243	149,574	Twin Fantasy (2018) (281st)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,700	130,480	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (222nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,469	1,912,370

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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141.

Suck It And See

Arctic Monkeys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

313 charts

Rank Score:

1,878

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

141

Overall Rank:

954

Average Rating:

73 (844 votes)

Comments:

142.

Daytona

Pusha T

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

371 charts

Rank Score:

1,818

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

142

Overall Rank:

981

Average Rating:

79 (522 votes)

Comments:

143.

Saturation II

Brockhampton

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

246 charts

Rank Score:

1,815

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

143

Overall Rank:

985

Average Rating:

82 (439 votes)

Comments:

144.

We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic

Foxygen

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

329 charts

Rank Score:

1,807

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

144

Overall Rank:

988

Average Rating:

76 (523 votes)

Comments:

145.

Amok

Atoms For Peace

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

330 charts

Rank Score:

1,806

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

145

Overall Rank:

989

Average Rating:

75 (588 votes)

Comments:

146.

Father Of The Bride

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

333 charts

Rank Score:

1,792

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

146

Overall Rank:

998

Average Rating:

76 (514 votes)

Comments:

147.

Ghosteen

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

345 charts

Rank Score:

1,775

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

147

Overall Rank:

1,001

Average Rating:

79 (328 votes)

Comments:

148.

You're Dead!

Flying Lotus

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

314 charts

Rank Score:

1,761

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

148

Overall Rank:

1,008

Average Rating:

79 (446 votes)

Comments:

149.

Psychic

Darkside

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

249 charts

Rank Score:

1,713

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

149

Overall Rank:

1,026

Average Rating:

77 (328 votes)

Comments:

150.

Grey Area

Little Simz

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

320 charts

Rank Score:

1,707

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

150

Overall Rank:

1,029

Average Rating:

78 (369 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	122	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	109	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	75	8%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Death Grips	6	1%
Beach House	5	0%
The Weeknd	5	0%
Taylor Swift	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	224	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	20	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	997	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	6	1%

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