Pitchfork
The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s
1. Frank Ocean: Blonde (2016)
2. Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
3. Beyoncé: Beyoncé (2013)
4. Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)
5. 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)
6. Solange: A Seat at the Table (2016)
7. Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City (2013)
8. Robyn: Body Talk (2010)
9. D’Angelo & the Vanguard: Black Messiah (2014)
10. Frank Ocean: Channel Orange (2012)
11. Grimes: Art Angels (2015)
12. Rihanna: ANTI (2016)
13. Drake: Take Care (2011)
14. Lorde: Melodrama (2017)
15. Kanye West: Yeezus (2013)
16. Joanna Newsom: Have One on Me (2010)
17. Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell (2015)
18. Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d. city (2012)
19. Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell! (2019)
20. DJ Rashad: Double Cup (2013)
21. Beach House: Teen Dream (2010)
22. Destroyer: Kaputt (2011)
23. Kacey Musgraves: Golden Hour (2018)
24. SZA: CTRL (2017)
25. Jamie xx: In Colour (2015)
26. Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014)
27. Earl Sweatshirt: Some Rap Songs (2018)
28. FKA twigs: LP1 (2014)
29. Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest (2010)
30. Mitski: Puberty 2 (2016)
31. Beyoncé: 4 (2011)
32. Bon Iver: Bon Iver (2011)
33. Big Thief: U.F.O.F. (2019)
34. Vince Staples: Summertime ’06 (2015)
35. Blood Orange: Cupid Deluxe (2013)
36. Rosalía: El Mal Querer (2018)
37. David Bowie: Blackstar (2016)
38. Tierra Whack: Whack World (2018)
39. Bill Callahan: Apocalypse (2011)
40. Charli XCX: Pop 2 (2017)
41. Beyoncé: Lemonade (2016)
42. Erykah Badu: New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh (2010)
43. Sky Ferreira: Night Time, My Time (2013)
44. A Tribe Called Quest: We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service (2016)
45. Mount Eerie: A Crow Looked at Me (2017)
46. The Knife: Shaking the Habitual (2013)
47. Carly Rae Jepsen: E•MO•TION (2015)
48. ANOHNI: Hopelessness (2016)
49. Oneohtrix Point Never: Replica (2011)
50. Grimes: Visions (2012)
51. DJ Koze: Knock Knock (2018)
52. LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening (2010)
53. Jlin: Black Origami (2017)
54. Young Thug: Barter 6 (2015)
55. St. Vincent: Strange Mercy (2011)
56. Björk: Vulnicura (2015)
57. Kendrick Lamar: DAMN. (2017)
58. Kamasi Washington: The Epic (2015)
59. Taylor Swift: Red (2012)
60. King Krule: The OOZ (2017)
61. Arca: Arca (2017)
62. Grouper: Ruins (2014)
63. Danny Brown: XXX (2011)
64. Mitski: Be the Cowboy (2018)
65. Future: Dirty Sprite 2 (2015)
66. Fever Ray: Plunge (2017)
67. Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)
68. Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma (2010)
69. Drake: If You’re Reading This, It’s Too Late (2015)
70. Perfume Genius: No Shape (2017)
71. Robyn: Honey (2018)
72. Father John Misty: I Love You, Honeybear (2015)
73. Cardi B: Invasion of Privacy (2018)
74. SOPHIE: OIL OF EVERY PEARL’s UN-INSIDES (2018)
75. The Weeknd: House of Balloons (2011)
76. Arcade Fire: The Suburbs (2010)
77. Four Tet: There Is Love in You (2010)
78. Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring for My Halo (2011)
79. Tame Impala: Currents (2015)
80. Aphex Twin: Syro (2014)
81. Solange: When I Get Home (2019)
82. Girls: Father, Son, Holy Ghost (2011)
83. Burial: Rival Dealer EP (2013)
84. Chance the Rapper: Acid Rap (2013)
85. Jessica Pratt: On Your Own Love Again (2015)
86. Haim: Days Are Gone (2013)
87. Rae Sremmurd: SremmLife (2015)
88. Jenny Hval: Apocalypse, girl (2015)
89. Caribou: Our Love (2014)
90. Joyce Manor: Never Hungover Again (2014)
91. Bon Iver: 22, A Million (2016)
92. JAY-Z / Kanye West: Watch the Throne (2011)
93. Tirzah: Devotion (2018)
94. Vampire Weekend: Contra (2010)
95. Jai Paul: Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones) (2019)
96. Low: Double Negative (2018)
97. The War on Drugs: Lost in the Dream (2014)
98. Todd Terje: It’s Album Time (2014)
99. Bad Bunny: X 100PRE (2018)
100. Ariana Grande: Sweetener (2018)
101. Chromatics: Kill for Love (2012)
102. Jeremih: Late Nights: The Album (2015)
103. Helado Negro: This Is How You Smile (2019)
104. Waxahatchee: Cerulean Salt (2013)
105. Disclosure: Settle (2013)
106. Moses Sumney: Aromanticism (2017)
107. Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan (2012)
108. Kaytranada: 99.9% (2016)
109. Julia Holter: Aviary (2018)
110. Waka Flocka Flame: Flockaveli (2010)
111. EMA: Past Life Martyred Saints (2011)
112. Daft Punk: Random Access Memories (2013)
113. Japandroids: Celebration Rock (2012)
114. Sampha: Process (2017)
115. U.S. Girls: In a Poem Unlimited (2018)
116. Janelle Monáe: The ArchAndroid (2010)
117. Death Grips: The Money Store (2012)
118. Leonard Cohen: You Want It Darker (2016)
119. Girlpool: Before the World Was Big (2015)
120. Tyler, the Creator: Flower Boy (2017)
121. The Hotelier: Home, Like Noplace Is There (2014)
122. Snail Mail: Lush (2018)
123. Deafheaven: Sunbather (2013)
124. Real Estate: Days (2011)
125. Yves Tumor: Safe in the Hands of Love (2018)
126. Panda Bear: Tomboy (2011)
127. Car Seat Headrest: Teens of Denial (2016)
128. Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool (2016)
129. Various Artists: Bangs and Works Vol. 1: A Chicago Footwork Compilation (2010)
130. Tame Impala: Lonerism (2012)
131. Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 2 (2014)
132. Amen Dunes: Freedom (2018)
133. Frankie Cosmos: Zentropy (2014)
134. M83: Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming (2011)
135. Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues (2011)
136. Tim Hecker: Ravedeath, 1972 (2011)
137. A$AP Rocky: LIVE.LOVE.A$AP (2011)
138. Alabama Shakes: Sound & Color (2015)
139. Emeralds: Does It Look Like I’m Here? (2010)
140. Parquet Courts: Sunbathing Animal (2014)
141. Rick Ross: Rich Forever (2012)
142. Fennesz: Agora (2019)
143. Weyes Blood: Titanic Rising (2019)
144. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake (2011)
145. Chief Keef: Finally Rich (2012)
146. Sheer Mag: Compilation (2017)
147. The National: High Violet (2010)
148. Nicolas Jaar: Space Is Only Noise (2011)
149. Mac DeMarco: 2 (2012)
150. Playboi Carti: Playboi Carti (2017)
151. Lady Gaga: The Fame Monster (2009)
152. Arctic Monkeys: AM (2013)
153. Purple Mountains: Purple Mountains (2019)
154. Mica Levi: Under the Skin OST (2014)
155. 21 Savage / Metro Boomin: Savage Mode (2016)
156. Jenny Lewis: The Voyager (2014)
157. The 1975: A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018)
158. Sleigh Bells: Treats (2010)
159. Pallbearer: Foundations of Burden (2014)
160. Noname: Room 25 (2018)
161. The 1975: I like it when you sleep… (2016)
162. Sturgill Simpson: Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)
163. Meek Mill: Dreamchasers 2 (2012)
164. Hop Along: Painted Shut (2015)
165. Jay Som: Everybody Works (2017)
166. Nicki Minaj: The Pinkprint (2014)
167. (Sandy) Alex G: DSU (2014)
168. Julianna Barwick: The Magic Place (2011)
169. Paramore: After Laughter (2017)
170. Skee Mask: Compro (2018)
171. JPEGMAFIA: Veteran (2018)
172. Popcaan: Where We Come From (2014)
173. Hurray for the Riff Raff: Small Town Heroes (2014)
174. Sharon Van Etten: Are We There (2014)
175. Jessie Ware: Devotion (2012)
176. Gil Scott-Heron: I’m New Here (2010)
177. Margo Price: All American Made (2017)
178. Savages: Silence Yourself (2013)
179. Shabazz Palaces: Black Up (2011)
180. Chvrches: The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
181. Jamila Woods: LEGACY! LEGACY! (2019)
182. G.L.O.S.S.: Trans Day of Revenge (2016)
183. Elysia Crampton: American Drift (2015)
184. Soccer Mommy: Clean (2018)
185. Hailu Mergia: Lala Belu (2018)
186. Various Artists: Mono No Aware (2017)
187. Iceage: Beyondless (2018)
188. Pusha-T: Daytona (2018)
189. Miranda Lambert: The Weight of These Wings (2016)
190. Huerco S.: For Those of You Who Have Never (and Also Those Who Have) (2016)
191. Kate Bush: 50 Words for Snow (2011)
192. Kelela: Cut 4 Me (2013)
193. Lil Peep: Hellboy (2016)
194. Titus Andronicus: The Monitor (2010)
195. Downtown Boys: Full Communism (2015)
196. Portal: Vexovoid (2013)
197. Fatima Al Qadiri: Genre-Specific Xperience (2011)
198. Jean Grae / Quelle Chris: Everything’s Fine (2018)
199. Wu Lyf: Go Tell Fire to the Mountain (2011)
200. Ratking: So It Goes (2014)