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Studio albums of the 2010s

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÷ (album)

Ed Sheeran's third studio album ÷ (Divide), released 3 March 2017 on Asylum/Atlantic; best-selling album of 2017, Grammy-winning, most-streamed album in Spotify history, and title of the most-attended tour of all time.

22, A Million

22, A Million is Bon Iver's third studio album, released September 30, 2016 on Jagjaguwar. Ten numerological track titles, Messina vocal processing, No. 2 Billboard 200 debut, Metacritic 87.

48:13

48:13 is the fifth studio album by English rock band Kasabian, released 9 June 2014 on Columbia. Named for its 48:13 runtime, produced by Sergio Pizzorno, it became their fourth consecutive UK number-one album.

A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships

A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships is The 1975's third studio album, released 30 November 2018 on Dirty Hit; a 15-track record about love in the digital age, produced by Matty Healy and George Daniel, a UK Number 1 and 2019 BRIT Album of the Year winner.

A Crow Looked at Me

A Crow Looked at Me (2017) is Mount Eerie's ninth album, written and recorded by Phil Elverum in the room where his wife Geneviève Castrée died of pancreatic cancer, released March 24, 2017 on P.W. Elverum & Sun.

A Head Full of Dreams

A Head Full of Dreams is Coldplay's seventh studio album, released 4 December 2015 on Parlophone. Produced by Stargate, with Beyoncé, Noel Gallagher, Tove Lo, and Barack Obama, it followed Ghost Stories and spawned a 2016–2017 stadium tour.

A Moon Shaped Pool

A Moon Shaped Pool is Radiohead's ninth studio album, released digitally on XL Recordings on 8 May 2016, produced by Nigel Godrich, with eleven alphabetically ordered tracks and a Metacritic Metascore of 88.

A Thousand Suns

A Thousand Suns is Linkin Park's fourth studio album, released September 14, 2010 on Machine Shop/Warner Bros. A nuclear-war concept album co-produced by Rick Rubin and Mike Shinoda, it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 with 241,000 first-week US copies.

AM (Arctic Monkeys album)

AM (2013) is the fifth studio album by English rock band Arctic Monkeys, released on Domino. Produced by James Ford and Ross Orton with R&B and hip-hop influences, it hit UK No 1 with 157,000 first-week sales and became their biggest commercial success.

Angles (The Strokes album)

Angles (2011) is The Strokes' fourth studio album, their first since 2006, on RCA/Rough Trade. Ten songs, 34 minutes; recorded without Julian Casablancas, who added vocals separately; UK chart peak number 3.

As You Were (Liam Gallagher album)

As You Were is Liam Gallagher's 2017 debut solo album on Warner Bros., produced by Dan Grech-Marguerat and Greg Kurstin. It hit UK Number 1 with 103,000 first-week sales, set a 20-year vinyl record, and scored 71 on Metacritic.

Beneath the Eyrie

Beneath the Eyrie is the Pixies' seventh studio album, released September 13, 2019 on Infectious/BMG. Third post-reunion album, produced by Tom Dalgety at a converted church in Hurley, New York, titled after an eagle's nest.

Blue Film (album)

Blue Film (album): the 2014 debut album by Lo-Fang (Matthew Hemerlein) on 4AD, 12 tracks, 42 minutes; also albums of the same name by The Tissues (2020) and DALIAN (2003).

Blurryface

Blurryface (stylized BLURRYFΛCE) is Twenty One Pilots' fourth studio album, released May 19, 2015 on Fueled By Ramen; a concept record about Tyler Joseph's insecurity alter ego, it hit number one on the Billboard charts and was the first album with every track certified Gold.

Carrie & Lowell

Carrie & Lowell is Sufjan Stevens' seventh studio album (Asthmatic Kitty, March 31, 2015), an 11-song, 43-minute folk elegy for his mother Carrie, who died of stomach cancer in 2012, and stepfather Lowell Brams; reissued May 30, 2025 with seven bonus tracks.

Ceremonials

Ceremonials is the 2011 second studio album by Florence + the Machine, produced entirely by Paul Epworth at Abbey Road, released 28 October 2011 on Island Records with 12 tracks including Shake It Out.

Comedown Machine

Comedown Machine is the fifth studio album by The Strokes, released March 26, 2013 on RCA, produced by Gus Oberg. Known for its 1980s new-wave sound, falsetto vocals, RCA tape-box cover art, minimal promotion, and Metascore 68.

Congratulations (album)

Congratulations (2010) is the second studio album by American band MGMT, released April 13, 2010 on Columbia. Produced with Sonic Boom, it is a nine-track psychedelic rock record dubbed a "no singles" album, a deliberate turn from Oracular Spectacular's synth-pop hits, with a Metacritic score of 72.

Contra (album)

Contra is the second studio album by the American indie rock band Vampire Weekend, released on XL Recordings in January 2010; it topped the Billboard charts with 124,000 first-week US sales.

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys

Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, My Chemical Romance's fourth and final studio album (Reprise, November 22, 2010), is a colorful post-apocalyptic concept album about the Killjoys fighting Better Living Industries in 2019 California, produced with Rob Cavallo after a scrapped Brendan O'Brien session.

Drones (Muse album)

Drones is Muse's seventh studio album, released 8 June 2015, their first concept album about a person indoctrinated into drone warfare who defects. Produced with Mutt Lange; won the Grammy for Best Rock Album.

Eat the Elephant

Eat the Elephant is A Perfect Circle's fourth studio album, released April 20, 2018 on BMG; first album in 14 years after Emotive, 12 songs, 57 minutes, piano-driven adult-alternative shift, Metascore 68.

El Camino (The Black Keys album)

El Camino is The Black Keys' seventh studio album, released December 6, 2011 on Nonesuch. Produced with Danger Mouse at Easy Eye Sound, Nashville, its 11 tracks include Lonely Boy and Gold on the Ceiling, winning three 55th annual Grammy Awards.

Evanescence (Evanescence album)

Evanescence (2011) is the self-titled third studio album by the rock band Evanescence, released October 11, 2011 on Wind-Up Records after their scrapped 2010 Steve Lillywhite sessions; produced by Nick Raskulinecz, Metascore 63, UK chart peak No. 4.

Everyday Life (Coldplay album)

Everyday Life is Coldplay's eighth studio album, a 2019 double album (Sunrise/Sunset) released 22 November by Parlophone; singles Orphans and Arabesque; UK number one, Metacritic 73, no tour, concerts in Amman and London.

Everything Now

Everything Now is Arcade Fire's fifth studio album, released July 28, 2017 on Columbia. Produced with Thomas Bangalter and Steve Mackey, it critiques consumerism and media overload and was Grammy-nominated for Best Alternative Music Album.

Everything Will Be Alright in the End

Everything Will Be Alright in the End (EWBAITE) is Weezer's ninth studio album, released October 7, 2014 on Island, produced by Ric Ocasek; Metascore 77, closing Futurescope Trilogy, fan-favorite return to form.

Everything You've Come to Expect

Everything You've Come to Expect is the 2016 second album by the Last Shadow Puppets, Alex Turner and Miles Kane's side project, released by Domino, produced by James Ford with Owen Pallett strings, UK number 1, Metascore 70.

Father of the Bride (album)

Father of the Bride, Vampire Weekend's fourth album (May 3, 2019, Columbia), an 18-track double album produced by Ariel Rechtshaid and Ezra Koenig after Rostam Batmanglij's departure; it won the 2020 Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album.

Feed the Machine

Feed the Machine is Nickelback's ninth studio album, released June 16, 2017 on BMG. A return to hard rock after No Fixed Address, it peaked at number 3 in the UK and won the 2018 Juno Award for Rock Album of the Year.