The best albums of the 2010s

The biggest albums of the 2010s, ranked by Era Score — streams normalized for how many people were on Spotify when each album dropped.

Raw stream counts can't compare a 2010s release against today's: Spotify's audience has grown every year. Contour's Era Score normalizes each album's streams against the platform's size at release, so this chart ranks the 2010s on even footing.

Top albums of the 2010s by Era Score

  1. Doo-Wops & Hooligans — Bruno Mars (2010)
  2. Starboy — The Weeknd (2016)
  3. AM — Arctic Monkeys (2013)
  4. ÷ — Ed Sheeran (2017)
  5. x — Ed Sheeran (2013)
  6. Born To Die — Lana Del Rey (2012)
  7. Teenage Dream — Katy Perry (2012)
  8. 21 — Adele (2011)
  9. Purpose — Justin Bieber (2015)
  10. Beauty Behind The Madness — The Weeknd (2015)
  11. Views — Drake (2016)
  12. Hollywood's Bleeding — Post Malone (2019)
  13. Unorthodox Jukebox — Bruno Mars (2012)
  14. Look At Me! — XXXTENTACION (2017)
  15. Night Visions — Imagine Dragons (2012)
  16. dont smile at me — Billie Eilish (2017)
  17. Lover — Taylor Swift (2019)
  18. beerbongs & bentleys — Post Malone (2018)
  19. WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? — Billie Eilish (2019)
  20. Moonlight — XXXTENTACION (2018)
  21. ? — XXXTENTACION (2018)
  22. My Everything — Ariana Grande (2014)
  23. Take Care — Drake (2011)
  24. Scorpion — Drake (2018)
  25. DAMN — Kendrick Lamar (2017)
  26. Overexposed — Maroon 5 (2012)
  27. ANTI — Rihanna (2016)
  28. Blurryface — Twenty One Pilots (2015)
  29. Hozier — Hozier (2014)
  30. reputation — Taylor Swift (2017)
  31. Goodbye & Good Riddance — Juice WRLD (2018)
  32. ASTROWORLD — Travis Scott (2018)
  33. Stoney — Post Malone (2016)
  34. good kid, m.A.A.d city — Kendrick Lamar (2012)
  35. m.A.A.d city — Kendrick Lamar, MC Eiht (2012)
  36. 17 — XXXTENTACION (2017)
  37. Evolve — Imagine Dragons (2017)
  38. Nothing but the Beat Ultimate — David Guetta (2011)
  39. Nothing but the Beat — David Guetta (2011)
  40. Nothing but the Beat 2.0 — David Guetta (2011)
  41. channel ORANGE — Frank Ocean (2012)
  42. Loud — Rihanna (2010)
  43. Dangerous Woman — Ariana Grande (2016)
  44. 25 — Adele (2015)
  45. Blonde — Frank Ocean (2016)
  46. good kid — Kendrick Lamar (2012)
  47. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy — Kanye West (2010)
  48. Illuminate — Shawn Mendes (2016)
  49. 18 Months — Calvin Harris (2012)
  50. In The Lonely Hour — Sam Smith (2014)

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