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	5,590	236,283	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,730	198,706	Helplessness Blues (171st)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,023	219,094	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,541	211,277	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,076	180,742	Lost In The Dream (162nd)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,102	223,671	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,965	203,295	A Moon Shaped Pool (76th)by Radiohead
2017	7,167	173,908	Damn. (247th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,198	149,689	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (276th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,634	130,062	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (224th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,026	1,926,728

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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For Crying Out Loud

Kasabian

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

254

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992.

Act IV: Rebirth In Reprise

The Dear Hunter

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

27 charts

Rank Score:

254

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993.

Cornell 5/8/77
Live

Grateful Dead

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

254

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994.

Last Night On Earth

Noah And The Whale

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

254

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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:

254

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995

Overall Rank:

5,277

Average Rating:

78 (54 votes)

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996.

Sempiternal

Bring Me The Horizon

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

254

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997.

Where Did The Night Fall

Unkle

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

253

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997

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5,283

Average Rating:

74 (30 votes)

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998.

Indie Cindy

Pixies

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

253

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998

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5,284

Average Rating:

60 (191 votes)

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999.

Government Plates

Death Grips

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

253

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1000.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

64 charts

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253

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	122	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	113	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	104	10%
2016	88	9%
2017	110	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Kanye West	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	551	55%
	227	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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