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2010 Music Year End List Aggregate
Comments (2)
These numbers are obtained from the
47
lists found at the end of this page.
1
Kanye West
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
258 Points
1st Place
15
2nd Place
6
3rd Place
2
Top 10
7
Top 25
3
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
2
Arcade Fire
The Suburbs
247 Points
1st Place
3
2nd Place
14
3rd Place
4
Top 10
11
Top 25
8
Other
2
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
3
LCD Soundsystem
This Is Happening
182 Points
1st Place
5
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
1
Top 10
16
Top 25
9
Other
3
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
4
The National
High Violet
163 Points
1st Place
4
2nd Place
4
3rd Place
4
Top 10
9
Top 25
6
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
5
Beach House
Teen Dream
154 Points
1st Place
3
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
4
Top 10
10
Top 25
13
Other
3
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
6
Big Boi
Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
136 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
1
Top 10
15
Top 25
11
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
7
Janelle Monáe
The ArchAndroid
128 Points
1st Place
2
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
3
Top 10
10
Top 25
8
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
8
Deerhunter
Halcyon Digest
111 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
13
Top 25
8
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
9
Vampire Weekend
Contra
84 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
6
Top 25
12
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
10
The Black Keys
Brothers
82 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
7
Top 25
6
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
11
Caribou
Swim
81 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
6
Top 25
9
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
12
Sleigh Bells
Treats
77 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
7
Top 25
9
Other
9
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
13
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Before Today
76 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
2
3rd Place
0
Top 10
7
Top 25
6
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
14
Flying Lotus
Cosmogramma
76 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
6
Top 25
9
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
15
Sufjan Stevens
The Age of Adz
73 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
4
Top 25
11
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
16
Joanna Newsom
Have One on Me
72 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
5
Top 25
10
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
17
Gorillaz
Plastic Beach
71 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
6
Top 25
10
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
18
Yeasayer
Odd Blood
70 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
14
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
19
Robyn
Body Talk
69 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
2
Top 10
4
Top 25
8
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
20
Titus Andronicus
The Monitor
61 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
8
Top 25
5
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
21
Drake
Thank Me Later
52 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
5
Top 25
4
Other
1
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
22
Four Tet
There Is Love in You
49 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
2
Top 25
9
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
23
These New Puritans
Hidden
43 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
5
Top 25
2
Other
2
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
24
Foals
Total Life Forever
43 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
6
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
25
Best Coast
Crazy for You
41 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
3
Top 25
7
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
26
Mumford & Sons
Sigh No More
40 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
1
Top 10
3
Top 25
0
Other
1
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
27
Laura Marling
I Speak Because I Can
38 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
5
Top 25
3
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
28
Grinderman
Grinderman 2
38 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
3
Top 25
5
Other
8
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
29
MGMT
Congratulations
37 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
2
Top 25
5
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
30
The Roots
How I Got Over
37 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
2
Other
11
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
31
John Grant
Queen of Denmark
34 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
4
Top 25
1
Other
1
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
32
The Tallest Man On Earth
The Wild Hunt
33 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
3
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
33
Superchunk
Majesty Shredding
33 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
3
Top 25
5
Other
3
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
34
Warpaint
The Fool
31 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
5
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
35
Gil Scott-Heron
I'm New Here
31 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
0
Top 25
8
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
36
The Walkmen
Lisbon
30 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
0
Top 25
5
Other
7
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
37
No Age
Everything in Between
30 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
1
Top 25
5
Other
10
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
38
Emeralds
Does It Look Like I'm Here?
29 Points
1st Place
1
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
2
Other
3
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
39
Eminem
Recovery
27 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
2
Top 25
2
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
40
Robert Plant
Band of Joy
26 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
3
Top 25
0
Other
3
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
41
Surfer Blood
Astro Coast
26 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
1
Top 25
5
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
42
Oneohtrix Point Never
Returnal
25 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
4
Other
3
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
43
Spoon
Transference
25 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
0
Top 25
7
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
44
Swans
My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
24 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
0
Top 25
4
Other
6
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
45
Hot Chip
One Life Stand
24 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
1
Top 10
0
Top 25
5
Other
3
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
46
Liars
Sisterworld
24 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
3
Other
5
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
47
SALEM
King Night
24 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
4
Other
2
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
48
Neil Young
Le Noise
23 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
1
3rd Place
0
Top 10
1
Top 25
2
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
49
Local Natives
Gorilla Manor
23 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
2
Top 25
3
Other
4
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
50
Jamey Johnson
The Guitar Song
22 Points
1st Place
0
2nd Place
0
3rd Place
0
Top 10
3
Top 25
2
Other
1
Apple Music
Amazon
Spotify
Honorable Mention:
Crystal Castles - (II)
(22),
Wavves - King of the Beach
(22),
Rick Ross - Teflon Don
(21),
Wild Nothing - Gemini
(21),
Women - Public Strain
(21),
Twin Shadow - Forget
(21),
Phosphorescent - Here's to Taking It Easy
(20),
Owen Pallett - Heartland
(20),
Paul Weller - Wake Up the Nation
(19),
Jónsi - Go
(19),
Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise
(18),
How to Dress Well - Love Remains
(18),
Avi Buffalo - Avi Buffalo
(18),
Gonjasufi - A Sufi and a Killer
(17),
Broken Bells - Broken Bells
(17),
Glasser - Ring
(17),
Kings of Leon - Come Around Sundown
(17),
The-Dream - Love King
(17),
Forest Swords - Dagger Paths
(16),
Matthew Dear - Black City
(16),
Das Racist - Sit Down, Man
(16),
Cee-Lo Green - The Lady Killer
(16),
Band of Horses - Infinite Arms
(16),
Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
(16),
The Radio Dept. - Clinging to a Scheme
(15),
James Blake - CMYK
(14),
James Blake - Klavierwerke
(14),
M.I.A. - ΛΛ Λ Y Λ
(14),
Girls - Broken Dreams Club
(14),
The Drums - The Drums
(14),
Deftones - Diamond Eyes
(13),
Perfume Genius - Learning
(13),
Gold Panda - Lucky Shiner
(13),
Zola Jesus - Stridulum II
(13),
Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers
(13),
Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record
(13),
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings - I Learned the Hard Way
(13),
Menomena - Mines
(13),
Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be
(12),
Mavis Staples - You Are Not Alone
(12),
The Books - The Way Out
(11),
Actress - Splazsh
(11),
Kid Cudi - Man On The Moon II: The Legend Of Mr. Rager
(11),
Frightened Rabbit - The Winter of Mixed Drinks
(11),
Midlake - The Courage of Others
(11),
Edwyn Collins - Losing Sleep
(11),
Field Music - Field Music (Measure)
(11),
The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards
(11),
Manic Street Preachers - Postcards From a Young Man
(11),
Zs - New Slaves
(10)
How Points are Measured
Ranked Lists
1st Place:
10 points
2nd Place:
8 points
3rd place:
6 points
Top 10:
5 points
Top 25:
3 points
Other:
1 point
Unranked Lists
10 Albums or Less:
5 points
25 Albums or Less:
3 points
More than 25 Albums:
1 point
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Nov 17
Gigwise
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The Independent
,
The Guardian
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Vibe
,
MAGNET
Aug 31
Resident Advisor
Oct 20
The Line of Best Fit
Nov 08
Treble
Aug 19
The Needle Drop
Jul 13
HipHopDX
Nov 30
Entertainment Weekly
Nov 27
Sputnikmusic
Nov 23
FACT Magazine
Nov 22
Cokemachineglow
,
Complex
,
NOW Magazine
Dec 03
Time
Jun 11
Uncut
May 05
Billboard
May 03
Clash
Feb 16
NME
,
Under the Radar
,
Spinner
,
Gorilla vs. Bear
Jan 02
Slant
Dec 30
Spin
Nov 17
A.V. Club
,
Stereogum
,
Tiny Mix Tapes
,
DIY
,
American Songwriter
,
Q Magazine
,
Consequence of Sound
,
Pitchfork
Nov 02
Rolling Stone
,
Rhapsody SoundBoard
,
Pretty Much Amazing
,
Prefix
,
PopMatters
,
Paste
,
One Thirty BPM
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No Ripcord
,
musicOMH
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MOJO
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Drowned in Sound
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Amazon
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