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	5,886	233,148	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,853	195,893	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,158	214,323	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,643	208,127	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,187	178,700	Lost In The Dream (164th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,248	219,791	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	7,078	200,420	A Moon Shaped Pool (78th)by Radiohead
2017	7,269	173,241	Damn. (239th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,328	149,118	Twin Fantasy (2018) (286th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,811	131,093	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (218th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	68,461	1,903,853

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.

Morning/Evening

Four Tet

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

255

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992.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

255

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993.

Ever After

Marianas Trench

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

255

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994.

Stranger To Stranger

Paul Simon

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

254

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994

Overall Rank:

5,321

Average Rating:

72 (109 votes)

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995.

Sea Of Cowards

The Dead Weather

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

254

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995

Overall Rank:

5,326

Average Rating:

75 (158 votes)

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996.

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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996

Overall Rank:

5,337

Average Rating:

77 (55 votes)

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997.

Cornell 5/8/77
Live

Grateful Dead

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

24 charts

Rank Score:

252

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998.

Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?

Deerhunter

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

252

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998

Overall Rank:

5,349

Average Rating:

72 (209 votes)

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999.

Who Is William Onyeabor?
Compilation

William Onyeabor

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

252

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1000.

Trick

Alex G

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

251

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	98	10%
2011	120	12%
2012	108	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	107	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	109	11%
2018	89	9%
2019	75	8%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Death Grips	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	0%
Kanye West	5	0%
Car Seat Headrest	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	552	55%
	222	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	20	2%
	11	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	13	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	997	99%
Yes	6	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	997	99%
Yes	6	1%

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