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	5,612	233,498	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,818	197,481	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,061	215,834	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,571	209,366	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,115	179,435	Lost In The Dream (165th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,147	221,415	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,998	201,492	A Moon Shaped Pool (76th)by Radiohead
2017	7,199	173,692	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,243	149,506	Twin Fantasy (2018) (280th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,695	130,431	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (222nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,459	1,912,150

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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51.

Skeleton Tree

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

605 charts

Rank Score:

4,563

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

387

Average Rating:

82 (691 votes)

Comments:

52.

El Camino

The Black Keys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

618 charts

Rank Score:

4,456

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

391

Average Rating:

78 (1,068 votes)

Comments:

53.

A Deeper Understanding

The War On Drugs

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

545 charts

Rank Score:

4,446

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

393

Average Rating:

81 (600 votes)

Comments:

54.

Kids See Ghosts

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

509 charts

Rank Score:

4,428

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

396

Average Rating:

82 (822 votes)

Comments:

55.

Run The Jewels 2

Run The Jewels

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

575 charts

Rank Score:

4,231

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

420

Average Rating:

82 (758 votes)

Comments:

56.

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The Life Of Pablo

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

514 charts

Rank Score:

4,160

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57.

Grimes

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

525 charts

Rank Score:

4,155

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

428

Average Rating:

79 (644 votes)

Comments:

58.

Born To Die

Lana Del Rey

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

474 charts

Rank Score:

4,099

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

433

Average Rating:

72 (848 votes)

Comments:

59.

Salad Days

Mac DeMarco

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

530 charts

Rank Score:

4,019

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

446

Average Rating:

80 (799 votes)

Comments:

60.

Contra

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

591 charts

Rank Score:

4,003

Rank in 2010:

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Overall Rank:

448

Average Rating:

77 (1,091 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	94	9%
2011	122	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	105	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	111	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	74	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Drake	6	1%
Death Grips	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Car Seat Headrest	5	0%
Beach House	5	0%
The Weeknd	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	224	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	19	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	11	1%

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

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

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Recognised Decade Charts (2020s)
1. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)
2. Top 100 Albums of the Decade by Crack Magazine (2019)
3. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s by The Wild Honey Pie (2019)
4. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
5. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
6. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)
7. The Needle Drop's Top Albums Of The 2010s by The Needle Drop (2019)
8. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2019)
9. The A.V. Club's 50 best albums of the 2010s by The A.V. Club (2019)
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