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 (122nd)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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351.

Tomorrow's Harvest

Boards Of Canada

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

197 charts

Rank Score:

764

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

351

Overall Rank:

2,143

Average Rating:

76 (276 votes)

Comments:

352.

1999

Joey Bada$$

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

86 charts

Rank Score:

763

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

352

Overall Rank:

2,145

Average Rating:

78 (137 votes)

Comments:

353.

Hopelessness

Anohni

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

194 charts

Rank Score:

762

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

353

Overall Rank:

2,148

Average Rating:

73 (216 votes)

Comments:

354.

Nocturne

Wild Nothing

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

123 charts

Rank Score:

755

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

354

Overall Rank:

2,162

Average Rating:

78 (164 votes)

Comments:

355.

Kiwanuka

Michael Kiwanuka

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

181 charts

Rank Score:

754

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

355

Overall Rank:

2,164

Average Rating:

79 (178 votes)

Comments:

356.

No Cities To Love

Sleater-Kinney

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

223 charts

Rank Score:

751

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

356

Overall Rank:

2,169

Average Rating:

74 (298 votes)

Comments:

357.

Everywhere At The End Of Time
Compilation

The Caretaker

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

750

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

357

Overall Rank:

2,170

Average Rating:

84 (91 votes)

Comments:

358.

New Bermuda

Deafheaven

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

147 charts

Rank Score:

748

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

358

Overall Rank:

2,174

Average Rating:

77 (190 votes)

Comments:

359.

Room 25

Noname

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

173 charts

Rank Score:

746

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

359

Overall Rank:

2,180

Average Rating:

79 (183 votes)

Comments:

360.

The Disintegration Loops
Compilation

William Basinski

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

746

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

360

Overall Rank:

2,183

Average Rating:

81 (115 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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