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	5,613	233,516	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,817	197,510	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,061	215,918	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,575	209,388	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,118	179,553	Lost In The Dream (165th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,150	221,438	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	7,000	201,514	A Moon Shaped Pool (76th)by Radiohead
2017	7,203	173,821	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,244	149,608	Twin Fantasy (2018) (281st)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,702	130,570	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (222nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,483	1,912,836

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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691.

Forever Dolphin Love

Connan Mockasin

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

374

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

691

Overall Rank:

3,873

Average Rating:

77 (28 votes)

Comments:

692.

You're Nothing

Iceage

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

104 charts

Rank Score:

373

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

692

Overall Rank:

3,875

Average Rating:

75 (155 votes)

Comments:

693.

The Hunter

Mastodon

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

373

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

693

Overall Rank:

3,881

Average Rating:

76 (144 votes)

Comments:

694.

Everybody Works

Jay Som

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

373

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

694

Overall Rank:

3,883

Average Rating:

73 (93 votes)

Comments:

695.

Sun

Cat Power

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

108 charts

Rank Score:

372

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

695

Overall Rank:

3,886

Average Rating:

75 (117 votes)

Comments:

696.

Gloss Drop

Battles

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

372

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

696

Overall Rank:

3,888

Average Rating:

73 (138 votes)

Comments:

697.

Tales Of Us

Goldfrapp

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

84 charts

Rank Score:

372

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

697

Overall Rank:

3,891

Average Rating:

77 (79 votes)

Comments:

698.

The Terror

The Flaming Lips

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

108 charts

Rank Score:

371

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

698

Overall Rank:

3,900

Average Rating:

72 (234 votes)

Comments:

699.

Cancer For Cure

El-P

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

97 charts

Rank Score:

370

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

699

Overall Rank:

3,904

Average Rating:

77 (118 votes)

Comments:

700.

My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky

Swans

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

105 charts

Rank Score:

369

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

700

Overall Rank:

3,909

Average Rating:

75 (182 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	94	9%
2011	122	12%
2012	106	11%
2013	112	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	89	9%
2017	109	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%
The Weeknd	5	0%
Taylor Swift	5	0%
Brockhampton	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	556	55%
	223	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	19	2%
	10	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	992	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	998	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	997	99%
Yes	6	1%

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