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?