Along with my top favorite tracks from the 10s, I’d like to share the albums that were in heavy rotation the past 10 years. The 10s started strong with incredible pop records and ended with experimental rap albums that really changed the way we listen to hip-hop. Here are the albums that I couldn’t get enough of.
Teenage Dream - Katy Perry
Notable Tracks: Peacock, Teenage Dream, Firework
G I R L - Pharrell
Notable Tracks: Gush, Come Get It Bae, It Girl
Malibu - Anderson.Paak
Notable Tracks: Lite Weight, Am I Wrong, The Dreamer
To Pimp a Butterfly - Kendrick Lamar
Notable Tracks: How Much a Dollar Cost (President Obama’s favorite), Mortal Man, These Walls
BEYONCÉ - Beyoncé
Notable Tracks: Haunted, Blow, Rocket
Aquarius - Tinashe
Notable Tracks: Feels Like Vegas, Cold Sweat, How Many Times
Red - Taylor Swift
Notable Tracks: Red, Treacherous, All Too Well
Emotion - Carly Rae Jepsen
Notable Tracks: Run Away With Me, Emotion, Let’s Get Lost
A Seat at the Table - Solange
Notable Track: Don’t Touch My Hair, Cranes In The Sky, Borderline
Flower Boy - Tyler, the Creator
Notable Tracks: Glitter, Boredom, See You Again
Ghost Stories - Coldplay
Notable Tracks: True Love, Magic, Another Arms
Anti - Rihanna
Notable Tracks: Woo, Kiss It Better, Needed Me
Oxymoron - ScHoolboy Q
Notable Tracks: Los Awesome, Collard Greens, Man of the Year
Currents - Tame Impala
Notable Tracks: Past Life, Love/Paranoia, New Person, Same Mistake
Anything In Return - Toro Y Moi
Notable Tracks: Harm in Charge, Grown-Up Calls, Never Matter
Astroworld - Travis Scott
Notable Tracks: NO BYSTANDERS, SICKO MODE, YOSEMITE
99.9% - Kaytranada
Notable Tracks: VIVID DREAMS, TRACK UNO, BULLETS
Femme Fatale - Britney Spears
Notable Tracks: Inside Out, Trip to Your Heart, How I Roll
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
Notable Tracks: Devil In a New Dress, All of the Lights, Lost in the World
Because the Internet - Childish Gambino
Notable Tracks: II. Shadows, 3005, IV. Sweatpants
Settle - Disclosure
Notable Tracks: When A Fire Starts To Burn, Second Chance, Latch
War & Leisure - Miguel
Notable Tracks: Banana Clip, Caramelo Duo, Anointed
Broke With Expensive Taste - Azealia Banks
Notable Tracks: 212, Chasing Time, Miss Camaraderie
Melodrama - Lorde
Notable Tracks: Supercut, Hard Feelings/Loveless, The Louvre
Torches - Foster the People
Notable Tracks: Helena, Houdini, I Would Do Anything for You
Channel ORANGE - Frank Ocean
Notable Tracks: Thinkin Bout You, Pyramids, Bad Religion
Drunk - Thundercat
Notable Tracks: Them Changes, Show You the Way, Bus in These Streets
Voicenotes - Charlie Puth
Notable Tracks: How Long, BOY, Patient
Ctrl - SZA
Notable Tracks: Supermodel, Broken Clocks, Drew Berrymore
Unorthodox Jukebox - Bruno Mars
Notable Tracks: Show Me, Natalie, Locked Out of Heaven
What were some of your favorite albums of the decade?
