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	5,659	232,255	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,833	196,378	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,099	214,885	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,624	208,763	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,164	178,964	Lost In The Dream (164th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,204	220,319	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	7,040	200,919	A Moon Shaped Pool (76th)by Radiohead
2017	7,240	173,267	Damn. (246th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,293	149,213	Twin Fantasy (2018) (285th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,764	130,705	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (221st)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,920	1,905,669

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.

Who Is William Onyeabor?
Compilation

William Onyeabor

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

255

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992.

Stranger To Stranger

Paul Simon

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

254

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992

Overall Rank:

5,316

Average Rating:

71 (109 votes)

Comments:

993.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

253

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994.

Psychodrama

Dave

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

252

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994

Overall Rank:

5,343

Average Rating:

75 (88 votes)

Comments:

995.

Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?

Deerhunter

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

252

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995

Overall Rank:

5,351

Average Rating:

72 (209 votes)

Comments:

996.

Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird

The Tallest Man On Earth

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

251

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996

Overall Rank:

5,352

Average Rating:

77 (55 votes)

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997.

Cleopatra

The Lumineers

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

251

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997

Overall Rank:

5,358

Average Rating:

71 (73 votes)

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998.

Merrie Land

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

251

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998

Overall Rank:

5,362

Average Rating:

76 (53 votes)

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999.

Genesis Revisited II

Steve Hackett

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

251

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1000.

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

Beastie Boys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

251

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	121	12%
2012	109	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	108	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	76	8%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	554	55%
	224	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	28	3%
	20	2%
	10	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	12	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	999	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	998	99%
Yes	6	1%

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