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	5,773	232,042	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,851	195,776	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,155	214,166	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,640	208,248	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,184	178,662	Lost In The Dream (163rd)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,239	219,555	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	7,067	200,475	A Moon Shaped Pool (78th)by Radiohead
2017	7,264	173,169	Damn. (246th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,321	148,985	Twin Fantasy (2018) (285th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,802	131,026	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (216th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	68,296	1,902,105

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.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

255

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992.

Stranger To Stranger

Paul Simon

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

254

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Rank in 2010s:

992

Overall Rank:

5,321

Average Rating:

72 (109 votes)

Comments:

993.

Sea Of Cowards

The Dead Weather

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

82 charts

Rank Score:

254

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993

Overall Rank:

5,323

Average Rating:

75 (158 votes)

Comments:

994.

Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird

The Tallest Man On Earth

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

253

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994

Overall Rank:

5,329

Average Rating:

77 (55 votes)

Comments:

995.

Going Places

Yellow Swans

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

34 charts

Rank Score:

253

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995

Overall Rank:

5,333

Average Rating:

74 (35 votes)

Comments:

996.

Delta Machine

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

253

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997.

Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?

Deerhunter

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

252

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Rank in 2010s:

997

Overall Rank:

5,342

Average Rating:

72 (209 votes)

Comments:

998.

Who Is William Onyeabor?
Compilation

William Onyeabor

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

252

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999.

Trick

Alex G

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

251

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1000.

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

Beastie Boys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

250

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	121	12%
2012	108	11%
2013	111	11%
2014	101	10%
2015	108	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	108	11%
2018	89	9%
2019	75	8%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	554	55%
	223	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	20	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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