These are the top albums from 2010-2019 according to Dave’s Music Database, which factors in sales, chart data, awards, album ratings, and appearances on best-of lists. Compilations, archival recordings, and reissues are not factored into this list.
You can check out the top albums of all time or for other decades by clicking here.
1. Adele 21 (2011)
2. Taylor Swift 1989 (2014)
3. Kendrick Lamar To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
4. Kendrick Lamar Damn. (2017)
5. Beyoncé Lemonade (2016)
6. Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
7. Kendrick Lamar Good Kid m.A.A.d. City (2012)
8. Adele 25 (2015)
9. Frank Ocean Channel Orange (2012)
10. Ed Sheeran ÷ (Divide) (2017)
11. Taylor Swift Red (2012)
12. Arcade Fire The Suburbs (2010)
13. Kacey Musgraves Golden Hour (2018)
14. Bilie Eilish When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)
15. Chris Stapleton Traveller (2015)
16. David Bowie Blackstar (2016)
17. Eminem Recovery (2010)
18. Katy Perry Teenage Dream (2010)
19. Frozen (soundtrack, 2013)
20. Lin-Manuel Miranda (composer) Hamilton (cast: 2015)
21. Drake Views (2016)
22. Beyoncé Beyoncé (2013)
23. Frank Ocean Blond (2016)
24. Drake Take Care (2011)
25. Bruno Mars Doo Wops & Hooligans (2010)
26. Rihanna Anti (2016)
27. Ed Sheeran X (Multiply) (2014)
28. Mumford & Sons Babel (2012)
29. Post Malone Hollywood’s Bleeding (2019)
30. Lana Del Rey Born to Die (2012)
31. D’Angelo & the Vanguard Black Messiah (2015)
32. Taylor Swift Speak Now (2010)
33. Ariana Grande Thank U, Next (2019)
34. Lady Gaga Born This Way (2011)
35. Sam Smith In the Lonely Hour (2014)
36. Drake Scorpion (2018)
37. Vampire Weekend Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
38. Lorde Melodrama (2017)
39. PJ Harvey Let England Shake (2011)
40. Janelle Monáe The Arch Android (2010)
41. Sturgill Simpson A Sailor’s Guide to Earth (2016)
42. Arctic Monkeys AM (2013)
43. The Black Keys Brothers (2010)
44. The Weeknd Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)
45. Solange A Seat at the Table (2016)
46. Michael Bublé Christmas (2011)
47. Lana Del Rey Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019)
48. Janelle Monáe Dirty Computer (2018)
49. The National High Violet (2010)
50. Bruno Mars Unorthodox Jukebox (2012)
51. Kanye West Yeezus (2013)
52. The War on Drugs Lost in the Dream (2014)
53. Lady Antebellum Need You Now (2010)
54. Sufjan Stevens Carrie & Lowell (2015)
55. Kacey Musgraves Same Trailer, Different Park (2013)
56. Lorde Pure Heroine (2013)
57. Rihanna Loud (2010)
58. Imagine Dragons Night Visions (2012)
59. Post Malone Beerbongs & Bentleys (2018)
60. Daft Punk Random Access Memories (2013)
61. Taylor Swift Lover (2019)
62. Fiona Apple The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (2012)
63. Bon Iver Bon Iver (2011)
64. Cardi B Invasion of Privacy (2018)
65. U2 Songs of Innocence (2014)
66. Justin Bieber Purpose (2015)
67. LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening (2010)
68. Jack White Blunderbuss (2012)
69. Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit The Nashville Sound (2017)
70. Taylor Swift Reputation (2017)
71. The Greatest Showman (soundtrack, 2018)
72. Bruno Mars 24K Magic (2016)
73. Justin Timberlake The 20/20 Experience (2013)
74. Tame Impala Currents (2015)
75. Travis Scott Astroworld (2018)
76. Bruce Springsteen Wrecking Ball (2012)
77. Brandi Carlile By the Way, I Forgive You (2018)
78. Bruce Springsteen Western Stars (2019
79. Courtney Barnett Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
80. St. Vincent St. Vincent (2014)
81. Drake If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late (2015)
82. The Weeknd Starboy (2016)
83. Beck Morning Phase (2014)
84. Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues (2011)
85. Run the Jewels Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
86. Eminem The Marshall Mathers LP 2 (2013)
87. The Lumineers The Lumineers (2012)
88. Father John Misty I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
89. Ed Sheeran Plus (+) (2011)
90. Radiohead A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
91. Vampire Weekend Father of the Bride (2019)
92. Luke Combs This One’s for You (2017)
93. SZA CTRL (2017)
94. Robyn Body Talk (2010)
95. Alabama Shakes Sound & Color (2015)
96. Tyler, the Creator Igor (2019)
97. Justin Bieber My World 2.0 (2010)
98. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper A Star Is Born (soundtrack, 2018)
99. Miranda Lambert Platinum (2014)
100. Nicki Minaj Pink Friday (2010)
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First posted 5/25/2015; last updated 2/5/2026.
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