Year-End Lists

Uproxx: The Best Albums of the 2010s

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1. good kid, m.A.A.d city
   Kendrick Lamar
2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
   Kanye West
3. Red
   Taylor Swift
4. Blond
   Frank Ocean
5. Lemonade
   Beyoncé
6. Melodrama
   Lorde
7. To Pimp A Butterfly
   Kendrick Lamar
8. Modern Vampires of the City
   Vampire Weekend
9. Take Care
   Drake
10. Anti
    Rihanna
11. Golden Hour
    Kacey Musgraves
12. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
13. Channel Orange
    Frank Ocean
14. Yeezus
    Kanye West
15. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
    Lana Del Rey
16. The Suburbs
    Arcade Fire
17. Carrie & Lowell
    Sufjan Stevens
18. E•MO•TION
    Carly Rae Jepsen
19. Ctrl
    SZA
20. ASTROWORLD
    Travis Scott
21. DAMN.
    Kendrick Lamar
22. Have One On Me
    Joanna Newsom
23. Black Messiah
    D’Angelo and The Vanguard
24. Teen Dream
    Beach House
25. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper
26. High Violet
    The National
27. Body Talk
    Robyn
28. Summertime ’06
    Vince Staples
29. Pure Heroine
    Lorde
30. Nothing Was the Same
    Drake
31. Burn Your Fire For No Witness
    Angel Olsen
32. Skeleton Tree
    Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
33. Beyoncé
    Beyoncé
34. 1989
    Taylor Swift
35. 2014 Forest Hills Drive
    J. Cole
36. This Is Happening
    LCD Soundsystem
37. House of Balloons
    The Weeknd
38. Bon Iver
    Bon Iver
39. Run the Jewels 2
    Run the Jewels
40. Kill for Love
    Chromatics
41. Settle
    Disclosure
42. My Name Is My Name
    Pusha T
43. Visions
    Grimes
44. The Idler Wheel…
    Fiona Apple
45. We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service
    A Tribe Called Quest
46. Lost in the Dream
    The War on Drugs
47. Coloring Book
    Chance The Rapper
48. thank u, next
    Ariana Grande
49. Puberty 2
    Mitski
50. Victory Lap
    Nipsey Hussle
51. In Colour
    Jamie xx
52. Blackstar
    David Bowie
53. Malibu
    Anderson .Paak
54. I Love You, Honeybear
    Father John Misty
55. Titanic Rising
    Weyes Blood
56. I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album
    Earl Sweatshirt
57. Currents
    Tame Impala
58. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
59. DS2
    Future
60. LP1
    FKA twigs
61. Cosmogramma
    Flying Lotus
62. Helplessness Blues
    Fleet Foxes
63. LIVE.LOVE.A$AP
    A$AP Rocky
64. I Never Learn
    Lykke Li
65. Watch the Throne
    Jay-Z and Kanye West
66. Sprained Ankle
    Julien Baker
67. Nostalgia, Ultra
    Frank Ocean
68. Sweetener
    Ariana Grande
69. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
70. James Blake
    James Blake
71. Flower Boy
    Tyler, The Creator
72. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    Billie Eilish
73. The Divine Feminine
    Mac Miller
74. A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
    The 1975
75. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
76. 99.9%
    KAYTRANADA
77. SremmLife
    Rae Sremmurd
78. Metamodern Sounds In Country Music
    Sturgill Simpson
79. Room 25
    Noname
80. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
    Courtney Barnett
81. Pop 2
    Charli XCX
82. Slime Season 3
    Young Thug
83. I See You
    The xx
84. U.F.O.F.
    Big Thief
85. Pink Friday
    Nicki Minaj
86. Tramp
    Sharon Van Etten
87. 4:44
    JAY-Z
88. Heartthrob
    Tegan and Sara
89. Psychic
    Darkside
90. Too Bright
    Perfume Genius
91. My Krazy Life
    YG
92. Born This Way
    Lady Gaga
93. Piñata
    Freddie Gibbs & Madlib
94. The Bones Of What You Believe
    Chvrches
95. Platinum
    Miranda Lambert
96. Culture
    Migos
97. Born to Die
    Lana Del Rey
98. Habits & Contradictions
    Schoolboy Q
99. Harry Styles
    Harry Styles
100. Luv Is Rage 2
     Lil Uzi Vert