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 55,000 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	5,680	231,562	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,851	195,904	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,147	214,317	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,636	208,168	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,182	178,608	Lost In The Dream (164th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,227	219,654	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	7,051	200,589	A Moon Shaped Pool (77th)by Radiohead
2017	7,257	172,946	Damn. (245th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,312	148,960	Twin Fantasy (2018) (285th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,795	131,022	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (218th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	68,138	1,901,729

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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991.

Going Places

Yellow Swans

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

254

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Rank in 2010s:

991

Overall Rank:

5,317

Average Rating:

74 (34 votes)

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992.

Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird

The Tallest Man On Earth

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

254

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992

Overall Rank:

5,320

Average Rating:

77 (55 votes)

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993.

Delta Machine

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

254

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994.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

253

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995.

Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?

Deerhunter

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

252

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995

Overall Rank:

5,336

Average Rating:

72 (209 votes)

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996.

Who Is William Onyeabor?
Compilation

William Onyeabor

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

252

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997.

Trick

Alex G

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

252

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998.

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

Beastie Boys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

250

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999.

Genesis Revisited II

Steve Hackett

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

250

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1000.

Cleopatra

The Lumineers

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

250

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1,000

Overall Rank:

5,378

Average Rating:

71 (73 votes)

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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%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Death Grips	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Kanye West	5	1%
Car Seat Headrest	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	551	55%
	224	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	20	2%
	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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