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	233,516	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,817	197,510	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,061	215,918	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,575	209,388	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,118	179,553	Lost In The Dream (165th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,150	221,438	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	7,000	201,514	A Moon Shaped Pool (76th)by Radiohead
2017	7,203	173,821	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,244	149,608	Twin Fantasy (2018) (281st)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,702	130,570	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (222nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,483	1,912,836

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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261.

Clinging To A Scheme

The Radio Dept.

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

143 charts

Rank Score:

1,049

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

261

Overall Rank:

1,636

Average Rating:

77 (151 votes)

Comments:

262.

God's Favorite Customer

Father John Misty

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

243 charts

Rank Score:

1,041

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

262

Overall Rank:

1,644

Average Rating:

77 (357 votes)

Comments:

263.

Before Today

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

208 charts

Rank Score:

1,019

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

263

Overall Rank:

1,663

Average Rating:

77 (285 votes)

Comments:

264.

Capacity

Big Thief

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

172 charts

Rank Score:

1,013

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

264

Overall Rank:

1,673

Average Rating:

78 (182 votes)

Comments:

265.

Nothing Was The Same

Drake

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

170 charts

Rank Score:

1,009

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

265

Overall Rank:

1,684

Average Rating:

70 (332 votes)

Comments:

266.

The English Riviera

Metronomy

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

165 charts

Rank Score:

1,009

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

266

Overall Rank:

1,685

Average Rating:

74 (247 votes)

Comments:

267.

Run The Jewels

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

235 charts

Rank Score:

1,005

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

267

Overall Rank:

1,689

Average Rating:

77 (381 votes)

Comments:

268.

Space Is Only Noise

Nicolas Jaar

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

176 charts

Rank Score:

995

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

268

Overall Rank:

1,699

Average Rating:

75 (224 votes)

Comments:

269.

I See You

The xx

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

250 charts

Rank Score:

994

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

269

Overall Rank:

1,700

Average Rating:

72 (451 votes)

Comments:

270.

6 Feet Beneath The Moon

King Krule

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

122 charts

Rank Score:

994

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

270

Overall Rank:

1,703

Average Rating:

77 (148 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	94	9%
2011	122	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	112	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	89	9%
2017	109	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	74	7%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	556	55%
	223	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	19	2%
	10	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	998	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	997	99%
Yes	6	1%

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