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	5,913	232,474	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	6,121	197,165	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,265	214,047	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,650	207,631	Modern Vampires Of The City (123rd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,191	178,345	Lost In The Dream (165th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,256	218,890	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	7,103	200,246	A Moon Shaped Pool (79th)by Radiohead
2017	7,276	172,915	Damn. (239th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,337	148,920	Twin Fantasy (2018) (286th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,821	131,244	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (214th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	68,933	1,901,875

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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Delta Machine

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

255

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992.

Goon

Tobias Jesso Jr.

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

96 charts

Rank Score:

255

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993.

Party

Aldous Harding

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

74 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:

5,322

Average Rating:

72 (109 votes)

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995.

The Bearer Of Bad News

Andy Shauf

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

18 charts

Rank Score:

254

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996.

Simple Math

Manchester Orchestra

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

58 charts

Rank Score:

254

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997.

Sea Of Cowards

The Dead Weather

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

253

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997

Overall Rank:

5,338

Average Rating:

75 (158 votes)

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998.

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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998

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5,348

Average Rating:

77 (55 votes)

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999.

Ever After

Marianas Trench

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

11 charts

Rank Score:

252

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1000.

Audio, Video, Disco

Justice (FR)

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

62 charts

Rank Score:

251

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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%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Death Grips	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
The Weeknd	5	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	552	55%
	223	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	26	3%
	20	2%
	11	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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Best Albums of the 2000s
1. In Rainbows by Radiohead
2. Kid A by Radiohead
3. Funeral by Arcade Fire
4. Is This It by The Strokes
5. Illinois by Sufjan Stevens
6. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
7. Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys
8. Madvillainy by Madvillain
9. Turn On The Bright Lights by Interpol
10. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed You! Black Emperor
11. Sound Of Silver by LCD Soundsystem
12. A Rush Of Blood To The Head by Coldplay
13. Elephant by The White Stripes
14. For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
15. Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots by The Flaming Lips
16. Songs For The Deaf by Queens Of The Stone Age
17. Fleet Foxes by Fleet Foxes
18. Amnesiac by Radiohead
19. Demon Days by Gorillaz
20. Discovery by Daft Punk