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	233,498	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,818	197,481	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,061	215,834	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (36th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,571	209,366	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,115	179,435	Lost In The Dream (165th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,147	221,415	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,998	201,492	A Moon Shaped Pool (76th)by Radiohead
2017	7,199	173,692	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,243	149,506	Twin Fantasy (2018) (280th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,695	130,431	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (222nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,459	1,912,150

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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961.

Those Who Throw Objects At The Crocodiles Will Be Asked To Retrieve Them

Bruno Pernadas

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

35 charts

Rank Score:

262

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Rank in 2010s:

961

Overall Rank:

5,158

Average Rating:

78 (44 votes)

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962.

The Fool

Warpaint

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

262

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962

Overall Rank:

5,159

Average Rating:

73 (107 votes)

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963.

Heartland

Owen Pallett

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

91 charts

Rank Score:

262

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963

Overall Rank:

5,160

Average Rating:

74 (91 votes)

Comments:

964.

The Hunting Party

Linkin Park

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

39 charts

Rank Score:

262

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964

Overall Rank:

5,163

Average Rating:

60 (121 votes)

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965.

Inform - Educate - Entertain

Public Service Broadcasting

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

261

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966.

Algiers

Year of Release:

2015

Appears in:

70 charts

Rank Score:

261

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967.

Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave

The Twilight Sad

Year of Release:

2014

Appears in:

60 charts

Rank Score:

260

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967

Overall Rank:

5,177

Average Rating:

74 (77 votes)

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968.

MGMT

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

260

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969.

American Football (2019)

American Football

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

80 charts

Rank Score:

260

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Rank in 2010s:

969

Overall Rank:

5,186

Average Rating:

74 (131 votes)

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970.

The Horrors (UK)

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

64 charts

Rank Score:

259

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	94	9%
2011	122	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	110	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	105	11%
2016	87	9%
2017	111	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%
Car Seat Headrest	5	0%
Beach House	5	0%
The Weeknd	5	0%
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Country	Albums	%

	555	55%
	224	22%
	71	7%
	33	3%
	27	3%
	19	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	990	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	995	99%
Yes	6	1%

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