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	5,683	231,593	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,851	195,853	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,150	214,283	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,636	208,137	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,182	178,600	Lost In The Dream (163rd)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,231	219,603	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	7,055	200,503	A Moon Shaped Pool (78th)by Radiohead
2017	7,259	172,930	Damn. (246th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,314	148,935	Twin Fantasy (2018) (285th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,798	130,935	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (218th)by Lana Del Rey
Total	68,159	1,901,372

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.

Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird

The Tallest Man On Earth

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

254

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991

Overall Rank:

5,323

Average Rating:

77 (55 votes)

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992.

Delta Machine

Depeche Mode

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

253

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993.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

253

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994.

Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?

Deerhunter

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

252

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994

Overall Rank:

5,336

Average Rating:

72 (209 votes)

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995.

Who Is William Onyeabor?
Compilation

William Onyeabor

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

252

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996.

Trick

Alex G

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

252

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997.

Going Places

Yellow Swans

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

31 charts

Rank Score:

251

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997

Overall Rank:

5,364

Average Rating:

74 (34 votes)

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998.

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

Beastie Boys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

250

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999.

Genesis Revisited II

Steve Hackett

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

250

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1000.

Cleopatra

The Lumineers

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

250

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1,000

Overall Rank:

5,381

Average Rating:

71 (73 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	121	12%
2012	108	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	108	11%
2018	90	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%
Car Seat Headrest	5	0%
Beach House	5	0%
Julia Holter	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	551	55%
	224	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	28	3%
	20	2%
	10	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	996	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

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