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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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) (276th)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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To Pimp A Butterfly

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

1,775 charts

Rank Score:

36,894

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Average Rating:

89 (2,231 votes)

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365

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Kanye West

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

1,685 charts

Rank Score:

26,064

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85 (2,305 votes)

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277

Good Kid, M.A.A.D City

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

1,481 charts

Rank Score:

25,697

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2010

Appears in:

1,811 charts

Rank Score:

21,912

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2015

Appears in:

1,203 charts

Rank Score:

18,296

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2016

Appears in:

1,342 charts

Rank Score:

17,192

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2012

Appears in:

1,353 charts

Rank Score:

16,810

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Average Rating:

85 (1,853 votes)

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186

Blond

Frank Ocean

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

842 charts

Rank Score:

14,489

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84 (1,065 votes)

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★ (Blackstar)

David Bowie

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

1,192 charts

Rank Score:

12,612

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114

Average Rating:

86 (1,609 votes)

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Modern Vampires Of The City

Vampire Weekend

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

1,018 charts

Rank Score:

11,930

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121

Average Rating:

82 (1,355 votes)

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134

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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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