Year-End Lists

Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

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1. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
   Kanye West
2. Lemonade
   Beyoncé
3. To Pimp A Butterfly
   Kendrick Lamar
4. Red
   Taylor Swift
5. Blackstar
   David Bowie
6. Take Care
   Drake
7. Melodrama
   Lorde
8. 21
   Adele
9. Interstate Gospel
   Pistol Annies
10. This Is Happening
    LCD Soundsystem
11. Golden Hour
    Kacey Musgraves
12. Blond
    Frank Ocean
13. Yeezus
    Kanye West
14. Brothers
    The Black Keys
15. Vibras
    J Balvin
16. Light Up Gold
    Parquet Courts
17. Acid Rap
    Chance The Rapper
18. So Beautiful or So What
    Paul Simon
19. 1989
    Taylor Swift
20. A Seat at the Table
    Solange
21. Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
    Courtney Barnett
22. A Moon Shaped Pool
    Radiohead
23. Body Talk
    Robyn
24. Modern Vampires of the City
    Vampire Weekend
25. Anti
    Rihanna
26. Beyoncé
    Beyoncé
27. DAMN.
    Kendrick Lamar
28. Southeastern
    Jason Isbell
29. Teens of Denial
    Car Seat Headrest
30. thank u, next
    Ariana Grande
31. When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
    Billie Eilish
32. Norman Fucking Rockwell!
    Lana Del Rey
33. Be the Cowboy
    Mitski
34. Invasion of Privacy
    Cardi B
35. Black Messiah
    D’Angelo and The Vanguard
36. Dark Matter
    Randy Newman
37. Channel Orange
    Frank Ocean
38. Coloring Book
    Chance The Rapper
39. El Mal Querer
    Rosalía
40. Ctrl
    SZA
41. A Sailor’s Guide to Earth
    Sturgill Simpson
42. Platinum
    Miranda Lambert
43. Tempest
    Bob Dylan
44. Days Are Gone
    Haim
45. Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)
    Lin-Manuel Miranda and the Original Broadway Cast
46. Wrecking Ball
    Bruce Springsteen
47. 22, A Million
    Bon Iver
48. You Want It Darker
    Leonard Cohen
49. Watch the Throne
    Jay-Z and Kanye West
50. E•MO•TION
    Carly Rae Jepsen
51. The Suburbs
    Arcade Fire
52. American Teen
    Khalid
53. The Idler Wheel…
    Fiona Apple
54. Celebration Rock
    Japandroids
55. Random Access Memories
    Daft Punk
56. Night Time, My Time
    Sky Ferreira
57. Boys & Girls
    Alabama Shakes
58. The Weight of These Wings
    Miranda Lambert
59. Harry Styles
    Harry Styles
60. The Pinkprint
    Nicki Minaj
61. Cerulean Salt
    Waxahatchee
62. Egypt Station
    Paul McCartney
63. Dirty Computer
    Janelle Monáe
64. Are We There
    Sharon Van Etten
65. St. Vincent
    St. Vincent
66. good kid, m.A.A.d city
    Kendrick Lamar
67. X 100PRE
    Bad Bunny
68. How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful
    Florence + The Machine
69. Cuz I Love You
    Lizzo
70. If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
    Drake
71. Art Angels
    Grimes
72. Blunderbuss
    Jack White
73. On the Line
    Jenny Lewis
74. Daytona
    Pusha T
75. I Love You, Honeybear
    Father John Misty
76. Nostalgia, Ultra
    Frank Ocean
77. The Highwomen
    The Highwomen
78. Clean
    Soccer Mommy
79. Rainbow
    Ke$ha
80. Mirror Traffic
    Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
81. By The Way, I Forgive You
    Brandi Carlile
82. The Epic
    Kamasi Washington
83. Chief
    Eric Church
84. In Colour
    Jamie xx
85. Hardwired… to Self-Destruct
    Metallica
86. My Woman
    Angel Olsen
87. Ghosteen
    Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
88. AM
    Arctic Monkeys
89. Have One On Me
    Joanna Newsom
90. Psychedelic Pill
    Neil Young & Crazy Horse
91. Whack World
    Tierra Whack
92. Father of the Bride
    Vampire Weekend
93. Songs of Innocence
    U2
94. Need to Feel Your Love
    Sheer Mag
95. Monster
    Future
96. Call Me Sylvia
    Low Cut Connie
97. Tha Tour Part 1
    Rich Gang
98. The Tree of Forgiveness
    John Prine
99. Ultraviolence
    Lana Del Rey
100. A Deeper Understanding
     The War on Drugs