Best of the 2010s: Pitchfork Readers’ Poll Results

A few weeks ago, we launched the Pitchfork 2010s Readers’ Poll, in which we asked you to tell us your favorite songs and albums of the past 10 years. Tens of thousands of you did. (Thank you!) Below, find the results, and compare them to Pitchfork’s own list of the best songs and best albums of the 2010s. And check out all of our 2010s wrap-up coverage here.


1. Kanye West: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2. Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly
3. Frank Ocean: Blonde
4. Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d city
5. Frank Ocean: Channel Orange
6. Kanye West: Yeezus
7. Vampire Weekend: Modern Vampires of the City
8. Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell
9. Arcade Fire: The Suburbs
10. Lorde: Melodrama
11. Tame Impala: Currents
12. Bon Iver: Bon Iver
13. Radiohead: A Moon Shaped Pool
14. Beyoncé: Lemonade
15. LCD Soundsystem: This Is Happening
16. Joanna Newsom: Have One on Me
17. Tame Impala: Lonerism
18. Beach House: Teen Dream
19. David Bowie: Blackstar
20. Death Grips: The Money Store
21. Carly Rae Jepsen: E•MO•TION
22. Kendrick Lamar: DAMN.
23. Deerhunter: Halcyon Digest
24. Bon Iver: 22, A Million
25. Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel...
26. Kanye West: The Life of Pablo
27. Beach House: Bloom
28. The National: High Violet
29. D’Angelo & the Vanguard: Black Messiah
30. Tyler, the Creator: Flower Boy
31. Daft Punk: Random Access Memories
32. The War on Drugs: Lost in the Dream
33. Solange: A Seat at the Table
34. Grimes: Art Angels
35. Father John Misty: I Love You, Honeybear
36. Fleet Foxes: Helplessness Blues
37. Danny Brown: Atrocity Exhibition
38. Beyoncé: Beyoncé
39. Car Seat Headrest: Twin Fantasy
40. Charli XCX: Pop 2
41. Kacey Musgraves: Golden Hour
42. Destroyer: Kaputt
43. Lana Del Rey: Ultraviolence
44. Taylor Swift: 1989
45. Grimes: Visions
46. Sun Kil Moon: Benji
47. Robyn: Body Talk
48. Jamie xx: In Colour
49. Swans: To Be Kind
50. Sufjan Stevens: The Age of Adz


1. Kanye West: “Runaway” [ft. Pusha-T]
2. Frank Ocean: “Pyramids”
3. Kendrick Lamar: “Alright”
4. LCD Soundsystem: “Dance Yrself Clean”
5. Robyn: “Dancing on My Own”
6. Grimes: “Oblivion”
7. Tame Impala: “Let It Happen”
8. Kanye West: “Ultralight Beam” [ft. Chance the Rapper, The-Dream, Kelly Price, and Kirk Franklin]
9. Carly Rae Jepsen: “Run Away With Me”
10. Bon Iver: “Holocene”
11. Beyoncé: “Formation”
12. Kanye West: “POWER” [ft. Dwele]
13. Vampire Weekend: “Hannah Hunt”
14. Arcade Fire: “Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)”
15. M83: “Midnight City”
16. Lana Del Rey: “Video Games”
17. Frank Ocean: “Thinkin Bout You”
18. Mitski: “Your Best American Girl”
19. Kendrick Lamar: “King Kunta”
20. Kanye West: “Monster” [ft. Justin Vernon, Rick Ross, Jay-Z, and Nicki Minaj]
21. Lana Del Rey: “Venice Bitch”
22. Sufjan Stevens: “Should Have Known Better”
23. JAY-Z / Kanye West: “Niggas in Paris”
24. Daft Punk: “Get Lucky” [ft. Pharrell]
25. Kendrick Lamar: “The Blacker the Berry”
26. Solange: “Cranes in the Sky”
27. Kanye West: “Blood on the Leaves”
28. Frank Ocean: “Nikes”
29. Beach House: “Myth”
30. Kanye West: “New Slaves”
31. Radiohead: “Daydreaming”
32. Frank Ocean: “Ivy”
33. The National: “Bloodbuzz Ohio”
34. Lorde: “Royals”
35. Lorde: “Green Light”
36. Sufjan Stevens: “Fourth of July”
37. Kendrick Lamar: “Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe”
38. David Bowie: “Blackstar”
39. Tame Impala: “Feels Like We Only Go Backwards”
40. Mitski: “Nobody”
41. Radiohead: “True Love Waits”
42. Charli XCX: “Track 10”
43. Vampire Weekend: “Step”
44. Future Islands: “Seasons (Waiting on You)”
45. FKA twigs: “Two Weeks”
46. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti: “Round and Round”
47. Taylor Swift: “Style”
48. Lorde: “The Louvre”
49. Fleet Foxes: “Helplessness Blues”
50. Death Grips: “I’ve Seen Footage”

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