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	5,635	232,350	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,830	196,442	Helplessness Blues (172nd)by Fleet Foxes
2012	6,091	215,093	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,619	208,728	Modern Vampires Of The City (122nd)by Vampire Weekend
2014	7,162	179,047	Lost In The Dream (164th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,198	220,374	To Pimp A Butterfly (18th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	7,040	201,094	A Moon Shaped Pool (76th)by Radiohead
2017	7,237	173,339	Damn. (246th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,287	149,320	Twin Fantasy (2018) (285th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,758	130,757	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (222nd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	67,857	1,906,543

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.

Imperial

Denzel Curry

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

77 charts

Rank Score:

255

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Rank in 2010s:

991

Overall Rank:

5,310

Average Rating:

77 (115 votes)

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992.

Life Is People

Bill Fay

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

65 charts

Rank Score:

253

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993.

Psychodrama

Dave

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

83 charts

Rank Score:

253

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Rank in 2010s:

993

Overall Rank:

5,340

Average Rating:

75 (88 votes)

Comments:

994.

Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird

The Tallest Man On Earth

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

42 charts

Rank Score:

252

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994

Overall Rank:

5,345

Average Rating:

77 (55 votes)

Comments:

995.

Cleopatra

The Lumineers

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

45 charts

Rank Score:

252

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Rank in 2010s:

995

Overall Rank:

5,350

Average Rating:

71 (72 votes)

Comments:

996.

Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?

Deerhunter

Year of Release:

2019

Appears in:

119 charts

Rank Score:

252

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996

Overall Rank:

5,356

Average Rating:

72 (209 votes)

Comments:

997.

Merrie Land

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

57 charts

Rank Score:

251

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Rank in 2010s:

997

Overall Rank:

5,362

Average Rating:

76 (53 votes)

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998.

Genesis Revisited II

Steve Hackett

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

19 charts

Rank Score:

251

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999.

Home Again

Michael Kiwanuka

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

74 charts

Rank Score:

251

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1000.

Hot Sauce Committee Part Two

Beastie Boys

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

65 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	87	9%
2017	109	11%
2018	90	9%
2019	76	8%

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%
Julia Holter	5	1%
The Weeknd	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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Best Artists of the 2010s
1. Kendrick Lamar
2. Kanye West
3. Tame Impala
4. Arcade Fire
5. Beach House
6. Frank Ocean
7. Sufjan Stevens
8. The National
9. Radiohead
10. Nick Cave
11. Vampire Weekend
12. Lana Del Rey
13. Car Seat Headrest
14. David Bowie
15. Bon Iver
16. The War On Drugs
17. Death Grips
18. Arctic Monkeys
19. Swans
20. Tyler, The Creator