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 (123rd)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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31.

Igor

Tyler, The Creator

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

617 charts

Rank Score:

6,650

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

258

Average Rating:

84 (793 votes)

Comments:

32.

Plastic Beach

Gorillaz

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

712 charts

Rank Score:

6,634

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

259

Average Rating:

79 (1,234 votes)

Comments:

33.

Halcyon Digest

Deerhunter

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

725 charts

Rank Score:

6,387

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

268

Average Rating:

82 (904 votes)

Comments:

34.

Twin Fantasy (2018)

Car Seat Headrest

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

518 charts

Rank Score:

6,155

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

280

Average Rating:

82 (818 votes)

Comments:

35.

The Smile Sessions

The Beach Boys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

460 charts

Rank Score:

6,154

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

281

Average Rating:

85 (813 votes)

Comments:

36.

Let England Shake

PJ Harvey

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

714 charts

Rank Score:

6,113

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

285

Average Rating:

80 (940 votes)

Comments:

37.

Trouble Will Find Me

The National

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

637 charts

Rank Score:

5,971

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

292

Average Rating:

79 (937 votes)

Comments:

38.

I Love You, Honeybear

Father John Misty

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

658 charts

Rank Score:

5,905

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

298

Average Rating:

80 (888 votes)

Comments:

39.

Atrocity Exhibition

Danny Brown

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

600 charts

Rank Score:

5,903

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

299

Average Rating:

83 (697 votes)

Comments:

40.

Melodrama

Lorde

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

622 charts

Rank Score:

5,833

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

307

Average Rating:

80 (772 votes)

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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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