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 53,000 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	5,467	239,081	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,651	200,477	Helplessness Blues (168th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,938	221,392	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (34th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,436	213,251	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,956	181,602	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,017	224,766	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,837	204,020	A Moon Shaped Pool (73rd)by Radiohead
2017	7,074	173,281	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,132	150,295	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (275th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,540	129,641	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,048	1,937,806

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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41.

The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

Fiona Apple

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

566 charts

Rank Score:

5,654

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

318

Average Rating:

81 (747 votes)

Comments:

42.

Titanic Rising

Weyes Blood

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

591 charts

Rank Score:

5,436

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

334

Average Rating:

82 (676 votes)

Comments:

43.

The Age Of Adz

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

560 charts

Rank Score:

5,151

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

350

Average Rating:

80 (823 votes)

Comments:

44.

Brothers

The Black Keys

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

703 charts

Rank Score:

5,126

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

352

Average Rating:

79 (1,216 votes)

Comments:

45.

The King Of Limbs

Radiohead

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

843 charts

Rank Score:

5,042

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46.

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

546 charts

Rank Score:

5,014

Rank in 2017:

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Overall Rank:

362

Average Rating:

84 (786 votes)

Comments:

47.

Have One On Me

Joanna Newsom

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

487 charts

Rank Score:

4,933

Rank in 2010:

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Overall Rank:

367

Average Rating:

81 (506 votes)

Comments:

48.

Benji

Sun Kil Moon

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

550 charts

Rank Score:

4,859

Rank in 2014:

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Overall Rank:

370

Average Rating:

80 (767 votes)

Comments:

49.

22, A Million

Bon Iver

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

522 charts

Rank Score:

4,812

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

373

Average Rating:

78 (700 votes)

Comments:

50.

Innerspeaker

Tame Impala

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

655 charts

Rank Score:

4,750

Rank in 2010:

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Overall Rank:

378

Average Rating:

80 (1,039 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	96	10%
2011	123	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	98	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	107	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	72	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Drake	6	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	554	55%
	226	23%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	18	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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