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The Defining Artists of the 2010s

The following artists released some of the best music of the 2010s. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.

Angel Olsen   Nick Cave   Kelly Clarkson   Solange   Lady Gaga   Imagine Dragons   Arctic Monkeys   Hozier   Jay-Z   Arcade Fire   Sam Smith   The Black Keys   The Weeknd   Eric Church   The Beach Boys   Gary Clark Jr.   Lizzo   Swans   Post Malone   Iron Maiden   St. Vincent   Queens of the Stone Age   Mumford & Sons   Kanye West   Twenty One Pilots   Eminem   Pink   Father John Misty   Miranda Lambert   Panic At The Disco   Jack White   Ed Sheeran   Mitski   Drake   Courtney Barnett   Charli XCX   Katy Perry   Jason Isbell   Weezer   Grimes   Run the Jewels   Sia   One Direction   Justin Bieber   The Killers   Janelle Monáe   Tyler, The Creator   The War on Drugs   Carrie Underwood   Lorde   Radiohead   Rihanna   Kendrick Lamar   Kacey Musgraves   Bon Iver   The Lumineers   Alabama Shakes   Nine Inch Nails   Ariana Grande   Sufjan Stevens   Kamasi Washington   Daft Punk   Selena Gomez   Cardi B   Childish Gambino   Frank Ocean   MGMT   David Bowie   Robyn   Taylor Swift   Harry Styles   Nicki Minaj   Florence and The Machine   The National   Carly Rae Jepsen   Maroon 5   Muse   Vampire Weekend   Kesha   Lana Del Rey   Miley Cyrus   Billie Eilish   Tame Impala   Bruno Mars   Macklemore & Ryan Lewis   Gorillaz   Linkin Park   Beyoncé   Calvin Harris   D'Angelo   The 1975   Chris Stapleton   Tool   Brandi Carlile   Justin Timberlake   Foo Fighters   Hot Chip   Sleater-Kinney   Dua Lipa   Judas Priest   LCD Soundsystem   Dave Matthews Band   Fall Out Boy   TV on the Radio   Coldplay   Beck   Adele  

Of the 107 artists listed above, 8% have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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The Defining Albums of the 2010s

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)

Caribou - Swim (2010)

Robyn - Body Talk (2010)

LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (2010)

Katy Perry - Teenage Dream (2010)

Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday (2010)

The National - High Violet (2010)

The Black Keys - Brothers (2010)

Taylor Swift - Speak Now (2010)

Drake - Take Care (2011)

Adele - 21 (2011)

The Beach Boys - The Smile Sessions (2011)

The Weeknd - House of Balloons (2011)

Eric Church - Chief (2011)

Lady Gaga - Born This Way (2011)

Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel... (2012)

Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls (2012)

Miguel - Kaleidoscope Dream (2012)

Lana Del Rey - Born To Die (2012)

Taylor Swift - Red (2012)

Frank Ocean - Channel Orange (2012)

Japandroids - Celebration Rock (2012)

Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012)

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (2013)

Chance The Rapper - Acid Rap (2013)

The 1975 - The 1975 (2013)

Jason Isbell - Southeastern (2013)

Kanye West - Yeezus (2013)

Arctic Monkeys - AM (2013)

Brandy Clark - 12 Stories (2013)

Miley Cyrus - Bangerz (2013)

Disclosure - Settle (2013)

Lorde - Pure Heroine (2013)

Beyoncé - Beyoncé (2013)

Paramore - Paramore (2013)

Tegan and Sara - Heartthrob (2013)

Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires of the City (2013)

Sturgill Simpson - Metamodern Sounds in Country Music (2014)

The War on Drugs - Lost in the Dream (2014)

Taylor Swift - 1989 (2014)

D'Angelo and the Vanguard - Black Messiah (2014)

Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels 2 (2014)

St. Vincent - St. Vincent (2014)

The Weeknd - Beauty Behind the Madness (2015)

Tame Impala - Currents (2015)

Drake - If You're Reading This It's Too Late (2015)

Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion (2015)

Adele - 25 (2015)

Jamie xx - In Colour (2015)

Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit (2015)

Chris Stapleton - Traveller (2015)

Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly (2015)

Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (2015)

Beyoncé - Lemonade (2016)

Solange - A Seat at the Table (2016)

David Bowie - Blackstar (2016)

Miranda Lambert - The Weight of These Wings (2016)

Frank Ocean - Blonde (2016)

Rihanna - ANTI (2016)

Car Seat Headrest - Teens of Denial (2016)

Mitski - Puberty 2 (2016)

Kendrick Lamar - Damn. (2017)

SZA - Ctrl (2017)

Lorde - Melodrama (2017)

Migos - Culture (2017)

Tyler, the Creator - Flower Boy (2017)

Brandi Carlile - By the Way, I Forgive You (2018)

Mac Miller - Swimming (2018)

Kacey Musgraves - Golden Hour (2018)

Travis Scott - Astroworld (2018)

Playboi Carti - Die Lit (2018)

Bad Bunny - X 100pre (2018)

Sophie - Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides (2018)

Cardi B - Invasion of Privacy (2018)

Rosalía - El Mal Querer (2018)

Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2019)

Carly Rae Jepsen - Dedicated (2019)

Billie Eilish - When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? (2019)

Harry Styles - Fine Line (2019)

Lana Del Rey - Norman F***ing Rockwell! (2019)

Burna Boy - African Giant (2019)

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The Defining Songs of the 2010s

Adele - Rolling In The Deep (2010)

Robyn - Dancing On My Own (2010)

Nicki Minaj - Super Bass (2010)

Lorde - Royals (2011)

Drake - Take Care (2011)

Carly Rae Jepsen - Call Me Maybe (2011)

Eric Church - Springsteen (2011)

Taylor Swift - All Too Well (2012)

Lana Del Rey - Summertime Sadness (2012)

Daft Punk - Get Lucky (2013)

Taylor Swift - Blank Space (2014)

Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk (2014)

Drake - Hotline Bling (2015)

Tame Impala - The Less I Know the Better (2015)

Kendrick Lamar - Alright (2015)

Childish Gambino - Redbone (2016)

Beyoncé - Formation (2016)

Solange - Cranes in the Sky (2016)

Lizzo - Truth Hurts (2017)

Harry Styles - Sign of the Times (2017)

Cardi B - I Like It (2018)

Ariana Grande - thank u, next (2018)

Billie Eilish - Bad Guy (2019)

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