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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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	5,477	238,946	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,663	200,388	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,947	221,054	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,442	213,245	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,974	181,718	Lost In The Dream (159th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,022	224,770	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,851	203,871	A Moon Shaped Pool (75th)by Radiohead
2017	7,083	173,394	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,139	150,272	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (272nd)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,547	129,857	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	66,145	1,937,516

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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My Bloody Valentine

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

446 charts

Rank Score:

3,053

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

580

Average Rating:

78 (737 votes)

Comments:

82.

Wasting Light

Foo Fighters

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

416 charts

Rank Score:

2,967

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

597

Average Rating:

76 (777 votes)

Comments:

83.

Have You In My Wilderness

Julia Holter

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

380 charts

Rank Score:

2,962

Rank in 2015:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

598

Average Rating:

80 (423 votes)

Comments:

84.

Visions

Grimes

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

472 charts

Rank Score:

2,942

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

600

Average Rating:

77 (713 votes)

Comments:

85.

Wide Awake!

Parquet Courts

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

399 charts

Rank Score:

2,940

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

601

Average Rating:

80 (517 votes)

Comments:

86.

Sleep Well Beast

The National

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

440 charts

Rank Score:

2,908

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

610

Average Rating:

80 (536 votes)

Comments:

87.

Cosmogramma

Flying Lotus

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

429 charts

Rank Score:

2,904

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

612

Average Rating:

80 (565 votes)

Comments:

88.

Pure Heroine

Lorde

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

371 charts

Rank Score:

2,883

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

616

Average Rating:

75 (578 votes)

Comments:

89.

Congratulations

MGMT

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

414 charts

Rank Score:

2,826

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

625

Average Rating:

75 (773 votes)

Comments:

90.

Mac DeMarco

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

311 charts

Rank Score:

2,821

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

627

Average Rating:

80 (509 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	98	10%
2011	124	12%
2012	108	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	106	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	72	7%

Artist	Albums	%

King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Death Grips	7	1%
Drake	6	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Beach House	5	0%
Taylor Swift	5	0%
The Weeknd	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	227	23%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	20	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	10	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,001	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,000	99%
Yes	6	1%

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