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 55,000 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	5,661	232,243	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,835	196,329	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,100	214,835	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,623	208,787	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,166	178,951	Lost In The Dream (164th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,206	220,261	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	7,043	200,893	A Moon Shaped Pool (76th)by Radiohead
2017	7,242	173,232	Damn. (246th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,295	149,248	Twin Fantasy (2018) (285th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,770	130,714	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (222nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,941	1,905,493

The best artists of the 2010s were Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Tame Impala, Arcade Fire, Beach House, Frank Ocean, Sufjan Stevens, The National, Radiohead and Nick Cave.

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991.

Stranger To Stranger

Paul Simon

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

94 charts

Rank Score:

254

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Rank in 2010s:

991

Overall Rank:

5,312

Average Rating:

72 (109 votes)

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992.

Trick

Alex G

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

23 charts

Rank Score:

253

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993.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

253

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994.

Psychodrama

Dave

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

252

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994

Overall Rank:

5,340

Average Rating:

75 (88 votes)

Comments:

995.

Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?

Deerhunter

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

252

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Rank in 2010s:

995

Overall Rank:

5,350

Average Rating:

72 (209 votes)

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996.

Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird

The Tallest Man On Earth

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

251

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996

Overall Rank:

5,351

Average Rating:

77 (55 votes)

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997.

Cleopatra

The Lumineers

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

251

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997

Overall Rank:

5,356

Average Rating:

71 (73 votes)

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998.

Merrie Land

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

251

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998

Overall Rank:

5,358

Average Rating:

76 (53 votes)

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999.

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

Beastie Boys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

251

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1000.

Genesis Revisited II

Steve Hackett

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

251

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	95	10%
2011	121	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	99	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	108	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	76	8%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	551	55%
	224	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	28	3%
	20	2%
	10	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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