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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831.

Schmilco

Wilco

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

109 charts

Rank Score:

306

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

831

Overall Rank:

4,558

Average Rating:

71 (158 votes)

Comments:

832.

Futurology

Manic Street Preachers

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

306

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

832

Overall Rank:

4,560

Average Rating:

74 (95 votes)

Comments:

833.

Girl With Basket Of Fruit

Xiu Xiu

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

66 charts

Rank Score:

306

Rank in 2019:

Rank in 2010s:

833

Overall Rank:

4,561

Average Rating:

73 (131 votes)

Comments:

834.

Lullaby And... The Ceaseless Roar

Robert Plant

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

88 charts

Rank Score:

306

Rank in 2014:

Rank in 2010s:

834

Overall Rank:

4,564

Average Rating:

76 (101 votes)

Comments:

835.

Playboi Carti

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

46 charts

Rank Score:

306

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

835

Overall Rank:

4,565

Average Rating:

71 (74 votes)

Comments:

836.

All My Demons Greeting Me As A Friend

Aurora (NO)

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

32 charts

Rank Score:

305

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

836

Overall Rank:

4,568

Average Rating:

75 (44 votes)

Comments:

837.

Torres

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

52 charts

Rank Score:

305

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

837

Overall Rank:

4,570

Average Rating:

75 (63 votes)

Comments:

838.

Drogas Wave

Lupe Fiasco

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

40 charts

Rank Score:

304

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

838

Overall Rank:

4,574

Average Rating:

75 (47 votes)

Comments:

839.

Philharmonics

Agnes Obel

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

304

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

839

Overall Rank:

4,577

Average Rating:

79 (52 votes)

Comments:

840.

American Band

Drive-By Truckers

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

304

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

840

Overall Rank:

4,578

Average Rating:

74 (73 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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