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	5,463	239,635	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (33rd)by Kanye West
2011	5,646	200,691	Helplessness Blues (167th)by Fleet Foxes
2012	5,933	221,666	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (35th)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	6,430	213,512	Modern Vampires Of The City (121st)by Vampire Weekend
2014	6,955	181,779	Lost In The Dream (160th)by The War On Drugs
2015	7,011	224,994	To Pimp A Butterfly (19th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	6,831	203,852	A Moon Shaped Pool (70th)by Radiohead
2017	7,061	173,558	Damn. (248th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	7,127	150,270	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (276th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	7,535	129,631	Norman Fucking Rockwell! (233rd)by Lana Del Rey
Total	65,992	1,939,587

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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Doo-Wops And Hooligans

Bruno Mars

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

87 charts

Rank Score:

432

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

591

Overall Rank:

3,404

Average Rating:

65 (138 votes)

Comments:

592.

The Courage Of Others

Midlake

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

81 charts

Rank Score:

431

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

592

Overall Rank:

3,406

Average Rating:

74 (111 votes)

Comments:

593.

Lousy With Sylvianbriar

of Montreal

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

69 charts

Rank Score:

431

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

593

Overall Rank:

3,408

Average Rating:

74 (92 votes)

Comments:

594.

Dangerous Woman

Ariana Grande

Year of Release:

2016

Appears in:

67 charts

Rank Score:

430

Rank in 2016:

Rank in 2010s:

594

Overall Rank:

3,412

Average Rating:

65 (133 votes)

Comments:

595.

Kaleidoscope Dream

Miguel

Year of Release:

2012

Appears in:

98 charts

Rank Score:

430

Rank in 2012:

Rank in 2010s:

595

Overall Rank:

3,414

Average Rating:

76 (100 votes)

Comments:

596.

Superorganism

Superorganism

Year of Release:

2018

Appears in:

76 charts

Rank Score:

430

Rank in 2018:

Rank in 2010s:

596

Overall Rank:

3,415

Average Rating:

73 (112 votes)

Comments:

597.

More Life

Drake

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

79 charts

Rank Score:

430

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

597

Overall Rank:

3,422

Average Rating:

60 (171 votes)

Comments:

598.

All Delighted People EP

Sufjan Stevens

Year of Release:

2010

Appears in:

95 charts

Rank Score:

429

Rank in 2010:

Rank in 2010s:

598

Overall Rank:

3,424

Average Rating:

78 (166 votes)

Comments:

599.

Diamond Mine

King Creosote & Jon Hopkins

Year of Release:

2011

Appears in:

85 charts

Rank Score:

428

Rank in 2011:

Rank in 2010s:

599

Overall Rank:

3,432

Average Rating:

77 (73 votes)

Comments:

600.

Wolf

Tyler, The Creator

Year of Release:

2013

Appears in:

93 charts

Rank Score:

428

Rank in 2013:

Rank in 2010s:

600

Overall Rank:

3,433

Average Rating:

72 (265 votes)

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	97	10%
2011	124	12%
2012	107	11%
2013	114	11%
2014	100	10%
2015	106	11%
2016	88	9%
2017	107	11%
2018	91	9%
2019	73	7%

Artist	Albums	%

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

	554	55%
	226	22%
	69	7%
	34	3%
	28	3%
	18	2%
	9	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	996	99%
Yes	11	1%

Live?	Albums	%
No	1,002	100%
Yes	5	0%

Soundtrack?	Albums	%
No	1,001	99%
Yes	6	1%

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Recognised Decade Charts (2020s)
1. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks by Billboard (2019)
2. The A.V. Club's 50 best albums of the 2010s by The A.V. Club (2019)
3. The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s by Pitchfork (2019)
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5. Top 100 Albums of the Decade by Crack Magazine (2019)
6. Top 50 Albums of the 2010s by The Wild Honey Pie (2019)
7. All The Best Albums Of The 2010s, Ranked by Uproxx (2019)
8. The 50 best albums of the decade – 2010 to 2019 by Independent (2019)
9. The Needle Drop's Top Albums Of The 2010s by The Needle Drop (2019)
10. BrooklynVegan's Top Albums of 2010s by BrooklynVegan (2020)
11. NME's Greatest Albums of The Decade: The 2010s by New Music Express (2019)
12. 100 Best Albums of the 2010s by Rolling Stone (2019)
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