Yes! It’s another “Best of”, “Top X” list you did not ask for, but here we are. Below you’ll find a finely tuned and curated list of my Top 100 (plus a few extra) albums of the 2010’s. What albums are your favorite of the decade?
2010
| Arcade Fire | The Suburbs |
| Drake | Thank Me Later |
| Flying Lotus | Cosmogramma |
| Janelle Monae | The ARchAndroid |
| Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday |
| Odd Future | Radical |
| Rihanna | Loud |
| Robyn | Body Talk |
| Sade | Soldier of Love |
| The-Dream | Love King |
| Trey Songz | Passion, Pain & Pleasure |
| Tyler the Creator | Bastard |
| Waka Flocka Flame | Flockaveli |
2011
| Adele | 21 |
| Amy Winehouse | Lioness: Hidden Treasures |
| Big Sean | Finally Famous |
| Bon Iver | Bon Iver |
| Chris Brown | F.A.M.E |
| Drake | Take Care |
| Fleet Foxes | Helplessness Blues |
| Frank Ocean | Nostalgia, Ultra. |
| J. Cole | Cole World: the Sideline Story |
| Jay-Z & Kanye West | Watch the Throne |
| Justin Bieber | Under the Mistletoe |
| Kendrick Lamar | Section.80 |
| Lady Gaga | Born This Way |
| Mac Miller | Blue Slide Park |
| The Internet | Purple Naked Ladies |
| Toro Y Moi | Underneath the Pine |
| tUnE-yArDs | whokill |
| Tyler the Creator | Goblin |
2012
| 2 Chainz | Based On A T.R.U. Story |
| Azealia Banks | Fantasea |
| G.O.O.D Music | Cruel Summer |
| Jessie Ware | Devotion |
| Lianne La Havas | Is Your Love Big Enough |
| Miguel | Kaleidoscope Dream |
| Odd Future | The OF Tape Vol 2 |
| Rick Ross | God Forgives, I Don’t |
| Robert Glasper Experiment | Black Radio |
| Tame Impala | Lonerism |
| The Weeknd | House of Balloons |
2013
| Chance the Rapper | Acid Rap |
| Disclosure | Settle |
| Drake | Nothing Was the Same |
| Earl Sweatshirt | Doris |
| Janelle Monae | The Electric Lady |
| Jhene Aiko | Sail Out |
| Justin Timberlake | The 20/20 Experience |
| The Internet | Feel Good |
| Thundercat | Apocalyspe |
2014
| Ariana Grande | My Everything |
| Chris Brown | X |
| Flying Lotus | You’re Dead! |
| J. Cole | 2014 Forest Hills Drive |
| Mac Miller | Faces |
| St. Vincent | St. Vincent |
| Travis Scott | Days Before Rodeo |
| YG | My Krazy Life |
2015
| Adele | 25 |
| Chris Brown | Royalty |
| Drake | What a Time to Be Alive |
| Future | Dirty Sprite 2 |
| Kendrick Lamar | To Pimp a Butterfly |
| Lianne La Havas | Blood |
| Travis Scott | Rodeo |
2016
| Ariana Grande | Dangerous Woman |
| Beyonce | Lemonade |
| Bruno Mars | 24K Magic |
| Cardi B | Gangsta Bitch Music Volum I |
| Chance the Rapper | Coloring Book |
| Childish Gambino | Awaken My Love |
| DRAM | Big Baby DRAM |
| Erykah Badu | But You Caint Use My Phone (Mixtape) |
| Jhene Aiko | Souled Out |
| Kanye West | The Life of Pablo |
| Kendrick Lamar | untitled unmastered. |
| Rihanna | ANTI |
| Sam Smith | In The Lonely Hour |
| Schoolboy Q | Oxymoron |
| The Internet | Ego Death |
| Tyler the Creator | Cherry Bomb |
2017
| 2 Chainz | Pretty Girls Like Trap Music |
| BROCKHAMPTON | SATURATION II |
| Daniel Caesar | Freudian |
| Drake | More Life |
| Kendrick Lamar | DAMN. |
| Lil Uzi Vert | Luv is Rage 2 |
| Migos | Culture |
| Snoh Aalegra | Feels |
| Syd | Fin |
| SZA | Ctrl |
2018
| Ariana Grande | Sweetener |
| Cardi B | Invasion of Privacy |
| Drake | Scorpion |
| H.E.R. | H.E.R. |
| Kacey Musgraves | Golden Hour |
| Kali Uchis | Isolation |
| Mac Miller | Swimming Pools |
| Megan Thee Stallion | Tina Snow |
| Takeoff | The Last Rocket |
| Teyona Taylor | KTSE |
| The Internet | Hive Mind |
| Tierra Whack | Whack World |
| Travis Scott | Astroworld |
2019
| Anderson Paak | Ventura |
| Ari Lenox | Shea Butter Baby |
| Ariana Grande | thank u, next |
| Beyonce | Homecoming: The Live Album |
| DaBaby | Baby on Baby |
| Lizzo | Cuz I Love You |
| Megan Thee Stallion | Fever |
| Offset | Father of 4 |
| Schoolboy Q | CrAsH talk |
| Summer Walker | Over It |
| Tory Lanez | Chixtape Volume 5 |
| Tyler the Creator | IGOR |
| YBN Cordae | the lost boy |
Top 10 Albums of the Decade
10. We Are KING – We ARe KING (2016)
9. Frank Ocean – Channel Orange (2012)
8. Beyonce – BEYONCE (2014)
7. Childish Gambino – Because the Internet (2013)
6. Solange – A Seat at the Table (2016)
5. Travis Scott – Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight (2016)
4. Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
3. Tyler, the Creator – Wolf (2013)
2. Views – Drake (2015)
1. Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)
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