Uproxx: All the Best Albums of the 2010s, Ranked

Link. Original list runs 100-1, so reversed here. My grades in brackets (as of 2019-10-17).

1. Kendrick Lamar: Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City (2012, Aftermath) [A-]
2. Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010, Roc-A-Fella) [A]
3. Taylor Swift: Red (2012, Big Machine) [B+(***)]
4. Frank Ocean: Blonde (2016, Boys Don't Cry) [B+(**)]
5. Beyoncé: Lemonade (2016, Parkwood/Columbia) [A-]
6. Lorde: Melodrama (2017, Lava/Republic) [A-]
7. Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly (2015, Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope) [A-]
8. Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City (2013, XL) [A-]
9. Drake: Take Care (2011, Universal Republic) [B-]
10. Rihanna: Anti- (2016, Roc Nation) [A-]
11. Kacey Musgraves: Golden Hour (2018, MCA Nashville) [B]
12. Solange: A Seat at the Table (2016, Saint/Columbia) [B+(**)]
13. Frank Ocean: Channel Orange (2012, Def Jam) [A-]
14. Kanye West: Yeezus (2013, Def Jam) [B+(*)]
15. Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell (2019, Polydor/Interscope) [A-]
16. Arcade Fire: The Suburbs (2010, Merge) [A-]
17. Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell (2015, Asthmatic Kitty) [B+(***)]
18. Carly Rae Jepsen: E-MO-TION (2015, Interscope/Schoolboy/Silent) [A-]
19. SZA: Ctrl (2017, Top Dawg/RCA) [B+(**)]
20. Travis Scott: Astroworld (2018, Epic/Grand Hustle) [B+(**)]
21. Kendrick Lamar: Damn. (2017, Top Dawg/Aftermath/Interscope) [A-]
22. Joanna Newsom: Have One on Me (2010, Drag City) [B]
23. D'Angelo and the Vanguard: Black Messiah (2014, RCA) [A-]
24. Beach House: Teen Dream (2010, Sub Pop) [B+(**)]
25. Chance the Rapper: Acid Rap (2013, self-released) [A-]
26. The National: High Violet (2010, 4AD) [A-]
27. Robyn: Body Talk (2010, Konichiwa/Cherrytree/Interscope) [A]
28. Vince Staples: Summertime '06 (2015, Def Jam) [B+(***)]
29. Lorde: Pure Heroine (2013, Lava/Republic) [B+(**)]
30. Drake: Nothing Was the Same (2013, Cash Money/Republic) [B]
31. Angel Olsen: Burn Your Fire for No Witness (2014, Jagjaguwar) [B+(*)]
32. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Skeleton Tree (2016, Bad Seeds) [B-]
33. Beyoncé: Beyoncé (2013, Columbia) [B+(**)]
34. Taylor Swift: 1989 (2014, Big Machine) [B+(***)]
35. J. Cole: 2014 Forest Hills Drive (2014, RCA) [B+(***)]
36. LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening (2010, DFA/Virgin) [B+(**)]
37. The Weeknd: House of Balloons (2011, XO) [A-]
38. Bon Iver: Bon Iver (2011, Jagjaguwar) [B+(*)]
39. Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 2 (2014, Mass Appeal) [B+(**)]
40. Chromatics: Kill for Love (2012, Italians Do It Better) [B+(***)]
41. Disclosure: Settle (2013, Cherrytree/Interscope) [B+(*)]
42. Pusha T: My Name Is My Name (2013, Def Jam) [A-]
43. Grimes: Visions (2012, 4AD) [B+(*)]
44. Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel . . . (2012, Clean Slate/Epic) [A-]
45. A Tribe Called Quest: We Got It From Here . . . Thank You 4 Your Service (2016, Epic) [A-]
46. The War on Drugs: Lost in the Dream (2014, Secretly Canadian) [B+(***)]
47. Chance the Rapper: Coloring Book (2016, self-released) [B+(***)]
48. Ariana Grande: Thank U, Next (2019, Republic) [B+(**)]
49. Mitski: Puberty 2 (2016, Dead Oceans) [B+(*)]
50. Nipsey Hussle: Victory Lap (2018, All Money In/Atlantic) [B+(*)]
51. Jamie XX: In Colour (2015, XL/Young Turks) [B+(***)]
52. David Bowie: Blackstar (2016, Columbia) [B+(***)]
53. Anderson .Paak: Malibu (2016, OBE/Steel Wool/ArtClub/Empire) [A-]
54. Father John Misty: I Love You, Honeybear (2015, Sub Pop) [B]
55. Weyes Blood: Titanic Rising (2019, Sub Pop) [B-]
56. Earl Sweatshirt: I Don't Like Shit, I Don't Go Outside (2015, Columbia/Tan Cressida) [B+(*)]
57. Tame Impala: Currents (2015, Caroline) [B+(*)]
58. St. Vincent: St. Vincent (2014, Loma Vista/Republic) [B+(***)]
59. Future: DS2 (2015, Epic) [A-]
60. FKA Twigs: LP1 (2014, Young Turks) [B]
61. Flying Lotus: Cosmogramma (2010, Warp) [B+(**)]
62. Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues (2011, Sub Pop) [B-]
63. ASAP Rocky: Live. Love. ASAP (2011, Polo Grounds/RCA) [B+(***)]
64. Lykke Li: I Never Learn (2014, Atlantic) [B+(**)]
65. Kanye West/Jay-Z: Watch the Throne (2011, Roc-A-Fella) [A-]
66. Julien Baker: Sprained Ankle (2015, 6131) [B+(*)]
67. Frank Ocean: Nostalgia, Ultra (2011, self-released) [A-]
68. Ariana Grande: Sweetener (2018, Republic) [B]
69. Janelle Monáe: Dirty Computer (2018, Bad Boy) [A-]
70. James Blake: James Blake (2011, Atlas) [B]
71. Tyler, the Creator: Flower Boy (2017, Odd Future/Columbia) [B]
72. Billie Eilish: When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019, Darkroom/Interscope) [A-]
73. Mac Miller: The Divine Feminine (2016, Warner)
74. The 1975: A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships (2018, Dirty Hit/Interscope) [B]
75. Cardi B: Invasion of Privacy (2018, Atlantic) [A-]
76. Kaytranada: 99.9% (2016, XL) [A-]
77. Rae Sremmurd: SremmLife (2015, Eardrum/Interscope) [B+(***)]
78. Sturgill Simpson: Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014, High Top Mountain) [B+(***)]
79. Noname: Room 25 (2018, self-released) [A-]
80. Courtney Barnett: Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015, Mom + Pop Music) [A-]
81. Charli XCX: Pop 2 (2017, Asylum) [B+(***)]
82. Young Thug: Slime Season 3 (2016, 300 Entertainment/Atlantic) [B+(**)]
83. The XX: I See You (2017, Young Turks) [A-]
84. Big Thief: U.F.O.F. (2019, 4AD) [A-]
85. Nicki Minaj: Pink Friday (2010, Universal Motown) [A-]
86. Sharon Van Etten: Tramp (2012, Jagjaguwar) [B-]
87. Jay-Z: 4:44 (2017, Roc Nation) [B+(**)]
88. Tegan and Sara: Heartthrob (2013, Vapor/Sire) [B+(**)]
89. Darkside: Psychic (2013, Matador) [B-]
90. Perfume Genius: Too Bright (2014, Turnstile) [B]
91. YG: My Krazy Life (2014, Def Jam) [B-]
92. Lady Gaga: Born This Way (2011, Streamline/Konlive) [B+(***)]
93. Freddie Gibbs & Madlib: Piñata (2014, Madlib Invazion) [B+(***)]
94. Chvrches: The Bones of What You Believe (2013, Glassnote) [B]
95. Miranda Lambert: Platinum (2014, RCA Nashville) [A-]
96. Migos: Culture (2017, QC/YRN/300) [B+(***)]
97. Lana Del Rey: Born to Die (2012, Interscope) [B+(**)]
98. Schoolboy Q: Habits and Contradictions (2012, Top Dawg) [B+(**)]
99. Harry Styles: Harry Styles (2017, Columbia) [B]
100. Lil Uzi Vert: Luv Is Rage 2 (2017, Atlantic) [B+(*)]

Grade Breakdown