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	233,968	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,818	197,667	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,060	216,132	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,571	209,630	Modern Vampires Of The City (123rd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,114	179,584	Lost In The Dream (165th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,147	221,936	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,993	201,646	A Moon Shaped Pool (76th)by Radiohead
2017	7,196	173,858	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,243	149,704	Twin Fantasy (2018) (280th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,694	130,546	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (222nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,448	1,914,671

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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The Seer

Swans

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

455 charts

Rank Score:

3,808

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

464

Average Rating:

81 (651 votes)

Comments:

62.

Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit

Courtney Barnett

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

555 charts

Rank Score:

3,798

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

466

Average Rating:

79 (676 votes)

Comments:

63.

Lemonade

Beyoncé

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

483 charts

Rank Score:

3,762

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

473

Average Rating:

77 (643 votes)

Comments:

64.

Kaputt

Destroyer

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

467 charts

Rank Score:

3,724

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

478

Average Rating:

79 (581 votes)

Comments:

65.

The ArchAndroid

Janelle Monáe

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

480 charts

Rank Score:

3,713

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

479

Average Rating:

80 (614 votes)

Comments:

66.

St. Vincent

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

545 charts

Rank Score:

3,680

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

483

Average Rating:

79 (791 votes)

Comments:

67.

Slowdive

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

479 charts

Rank Score:

3,677

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

484

Average Rating:

80 (600 votes)

Comments:

68.

E•Mo•Tion

Carly Rae Jepsen

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

345 charts

Rank Score:

3,646

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

488

Average Rating:

77 (408 votes)

Comments:

69.

Sunbather

Deafheaven

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

393 charts

Rank Score:

3,586

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

498

Average Rating:

79 (569 votes)

Comments:

70.

Piñata

Freddie Gibbs & Madlib

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

407 charts

Rank Score:

3,505

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

511

Average Rating:

80 (492 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	94	9%
2011	122	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	109	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	74	7%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	553	55%
	223	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	19	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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