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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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.
Year 2010	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 5,923	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 231,942	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
Year 2011	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 6,133	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 196,947	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
Year 2012	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 6,399	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 214,762	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
Year 2013	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 6,680	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 207,508	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Modern Vampires Of The City (124th)by Vampire Weekend
Year 2014	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 7,198	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 178,155	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Lost In The Dream (165th)by The War On Drugs
Year 2015	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 7,265	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 218,482	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
Year 2016	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 7,110	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 199,970	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. A Moon Shaped Pool (79th)by Radiohead
Year 2017	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 7,287	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 172,916	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Damn. (236th)by Kendrick Lamar
Year 2018	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 7,375	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 148,975	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Twin Fantasy (2018) (287th)by Car Seat Headrest
Year 2019	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 7,829	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 131,160	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart. Norman Fucking Rockwell! (213th)by Lana Del Rey
Year Total	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts. 69,199	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year) 1,900,816	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.

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.

Goon

Tobias Jesso Jr.

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

96 charts

Rank Score:

255

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992.

Party

Aldous Harding

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

254

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993.

Stranger To Stranger

Paul Simon

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

254

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993

Overall Rank:

5,318

Average Rating:

72 (109 votes)

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994.

Delta Machine

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

254

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995.

The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here

Alice In Chains

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

254

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996.

The Bearer Of Bad News

Andy Shauf

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

253

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997.

Simple Math

Manchester Orchestra

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

253

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998.

A Dramatic Turn Of Events

Dream Theater

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

59 charts

Rank Score:

253

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999.

Sea Of Cowards

The Dead Weather

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

252

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5,346

Average Rating:

75 (158 votes)

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1000.

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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1,000

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5,354

Average Rating:

77 (55 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	97	10%
2011	121	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	109	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	107	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%
The Weeknd	5	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Beach House	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	223	22%
	70	7%
	33	3%
	26	3%
	20	2%
	10	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	10	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	995	100%
Yes	5	1%

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

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