Best Albums of the 2010s

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
YearAlbums 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.
Year 2010Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 5,676Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 231,842Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
Year 2011Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 5,848Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 196,151Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
Year 2012Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 6,149Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 214,659Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
Year 2013Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 6,631Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 208,411Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
Year 2014Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 7,182Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 178,775Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
Year 2015Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 7,226Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 219,875Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
Year 2016Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 7,051Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 200,714Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
Year 2017Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 7,255Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 172,965Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
Year 2018Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 7,306Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 149,096Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
Year 2019Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 7,792Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 131,122Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
Year TotalAlbums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 68,116Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 1,903,608Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.

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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2010
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251
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2011
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Total albums: 1,000. Page 100 of 100

Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year Albums %


2010 95 10%
2011 121 12%
2012 108 11%
2013 110 11%
2014 99 10%
2015 106 11%
2016 88 9%
2017 108 11%
2018 89 9%
2019 76 8%
Country Albums %


United States 551 55%
United Kingdom 224 22%
Canada 71 7%
Australia 33 3%
Mixed Nationality 27 3%
Sweden 20 2%
France 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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