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	5,598	234,666	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,753	198,568	Helplessness Blues (171st)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,049	218,066	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,547	210,587	Modern Vampires Of The City (124th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,086	180,156	Lost In The Dream (162nd)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,115	222,700	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,979	202,789	A Moon Shaped Pool (77th)by Radiohead
2017	7,172	173,914	Damn. (249th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,213	149,964	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (275th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,650	130,321	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (222nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,162	1,921,731

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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Cornell 5/8/77
Live

Grateful Dead

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

253

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992.

Audio, Video, Disco

Justice (FR)

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

253

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993.

Safe Mode: On

Goodness

The Hotelier

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

253

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993

Overall Rank:

5,300

Average Rating:

74 (74 votes)

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994.

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

Beastie Boys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

253

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995.

Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird

The Tallest Man On Earth

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

252

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995

Overall Rank:

5,306

Average Rating:

78 (54 votes)

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996.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

252

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997.

For Crying Out Loud

Kasabian

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

252

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998.

Last Night On Earth

Noah And The Whale

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

252

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999.

Indie Cindy

Pixies

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

251

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999

Overall Rank:

5,320

Average Rating:

60 (191 votes)

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1000.

Imperial

Denzel Curry

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

75 charts

Rank Score:

251

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1,000

Overall Rank:

5,321

Average Rating:

77 (114 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	105	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	110	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	552	55%
	225	23%
	70	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	20	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	994	99%
Yes	6	1%

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Recognised Decade Charts (2020s)
1. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)
2. The A.V. Club's 50 best albums of the 2010s by The A.V. Club (2019)
3. BrooklynVegan's Top Albums of 2010s by BrooklynVegan (2020)
4. Gorilla vs. Bear Albums of the 2010s by Gorilla vs. Bear (2019)
5. All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked by Uproxx (2019)
6. Top 100 Albums of the Decade by Crack Magazine (2019)
7. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s by The Wild Honey Pie (2019)
8. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
9. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)
10. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
11. The Needle Drop's Top Albums Of The 2010s by The Needle Drop (2019)
12. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2019)
13. The 100 Best Albums Of The 2010s by Stereogum (2019)
14. The 101 Best Albums of the 2010s by Spin (2020)
15. The 50 Best Albums of the Decade by Deep Cuts (2019)
16. Top 100 Albums of the 2010s by Consequence of Sound (2019)
17. Die 100 besten Alben der 10er Jahre by Musikexpress.de (2020)
18. Die besten Platten 2010-2019 by Spex (2019)
19. The 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Paste (2019)
20. BEST OF 2011 - 2020: Die besten Alben des Jahrzehnts by laut (2020)