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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21.

This Is Happening

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

852 charts

Rank Score:

8,100

Rank in 2010:

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Overall Rank:

202

Average Rating:

82 (1,132 votes)

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22.

Yeezus

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

734 charts

Rank Score:

7,981

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23.

Queens Of The Stone Age

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

752 charts

Rank Score:

7,696

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Overall Rank:

214

Average Rating:

83 (1,147 votes)

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24.

Teens Of Denial

Car Seat Headrest

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

699 charts

Rank Score:

7,605

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Overall Rank:

217

Average Rating:

83 (827 votes)

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The Money Store

Death Grips

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

648 charts

Rank Score:

7,511

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Overall Rank:

219

Average Rating:

82 (963 votes)

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Norman Fucking Rockwell!

Lana Del Rey

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

640 charts

Rank Score:

7,438

Rank in 2019:

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Overall Rank:

222

Average Rating:

83 (694 votes)

Comments:

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Reflektor

Arcade Fire

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

850 charts

Rank Score:

7,321

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alt-J

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

673 charts

Rank Score:

7,032

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Overall Rank:

240

Average Rating:

78 (991 votes)

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29.

Damn.

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

788 charts

Rank Score:

6,941

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30.

Swans

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

614 charts

Rank Score:

6,891

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Overall Rank:

250

Average Rating:

82 (871 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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