Year-End Lists

Rolling Stone: 100 Best Albums of the 2010s

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