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	5,598	234,880	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,749	198,499	Helplessness Blues (171st)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,048	218,115	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,546	210,723	Modern Vampires Of The City (123rd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,081	180,180	Lost In The Dream (164th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,112	223,019	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,974	202,823	A Moon Shaped Pool (76th)by Radiohead
2017	7,169	173,672	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,209	149,964	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (274th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,650	130,103	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (225th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,136	1,921,978

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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Audio, Video, Disco

Justice (FR)

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

254

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992.

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Goodness

The Hotelier

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

254

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992

Overall Rank:

5,286

Average Rating:

74 (74 votes)

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993.

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

Beastie Boys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

253

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994.

Cornell 5/8/77
Live

Grateful Dead

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

253

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995.

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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995

Overall Rank:

5,300

Average Rating:

78 (54 votes)

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996.

For Crying Out Loud

Kasabian

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

253

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997.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

252

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998.

Where Did The Night Fall

Unkle

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

25 charts

Rank Score:

252

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998

Overall Rank:

5,310

Average Rating:

74 (30 votes)

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999.

Last Night On Earth

Noah And The Whale

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

43 charts

Rank Score:

252

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1000.

Sempiternal

Bring Me The Horizon

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

252

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	111	11%
2014	98	10%
2015	105	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	110	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	550	55%
	227	23%
	70	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	20	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	989	99%
Yes	11	1%

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

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

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