Get out your low rise skinny jeans and statement necklaces from the back of your closet because the 2010s are back. We all know trends come back around, but it seems like some trends from the 2010s are already coming full circle. In the early 2000s, music listening changed forever when websites like Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, and iTunes started gaining traction and there was no longer a demand for physical media. Because of that, independent and lesser known artists were able to be discovered by listeners all around the world within seconds because of these music streaming platforms which changed music consumption forever. Step aside Pitchfork, here are my top 50 favorite and most influential albums of the 2010s in no particular order: 

1. untitled unmastered. by Kendrick Lamar
2. Carrie & Lowell by Sufjan Stevens
3. abysskiss by Adrianne Lenker
4. 6 Feet Beneath The Moon by King Krule
5. Hozier by Hozier
6. Sprained Ankle by Julien Baker
7. Utopia by Björk
8. american dream by LCD Soundsystem
9. Bottomless Pit by Death Grips
10. Negro Swan by Blood Orange
11. If Blue Could Be Happiness by Florist
12. The Redeemer by Dean Blunt
13. Atrocity Exhibition by Danny Brown
14. Masterpiece by Big Thief
15. The Balcony by Catfish and the Bottlemen
16. Thank You for Today by Death Cab for Cutie
17. Goblin by Tyler, The Creator
18. Wiped Out! by The Neighbourhood
19. Hard To Imagine The Neighbourhood Ever Changing by The Neighbourhood
20. Lonerism by Tame Impala
21. Puberty 2 by Mitski
22. Brothers by The Black Keys
23. Capsule Losing Contact by Duster
24. Thx by Lomelda
25. This Is Happening by LCD Soundsystem
26. Angles by The Strokes
27. Comedown Machine by The Strokes
28. The Great Pretenders by Mini Mansions
29. Modern Vampires of the City by Vampire Weekend
30. Cigarettes After Sex by Cigarettes After Sex
31. Tell Me I’m Pretty by Cage The Elephant
32. Melophobia by Cage The Elephant
33. SATURATION by BROCKHAMPTON
34. Crystal Castles (II) by Crystal Castles
35. The OOZ by King Krule
36. Veteran by JPEGMAFIA
37. Mirror Might Steal Your Charm by The Garden
38. haha by The Garden
39. 1999 by Joey Bada$$
40. AM by Arctic Monkeys
41. Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys
42. Here Comes The Cowboy by Mac Demarco
43. Everything You’ve Come To Expect by The Last Shadow Puppets
44. A Crow Looked at Me by Mount Eerie
45. X Hail by Puzzle
46. Syro by Aphex Twin
47. I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it by the 1975
48. What Do You Think About the Car? by Declan McKenna
49. Tourist History by Two Door Cinema Club
50. Twin Fantasy by Car Seat Headrest