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NME Albums and Tracks of the Year, 2010

The NME Album of the Year and Single Of The Year were announced on 30 November 2010. It was the 37th countdown of the most popular albums and tracks of the year, as chosen by music reviewers and independent journalists who work for the magazine and for NME.com.[1][2]

Albums edit

Note: UK artists
  • Bold: Album contains Song of the Year
# Album Artist Country of origin
1 Hidden These New Puritans   United Kingdom
2 The Suburbs Arcade Fire   Canada
3 Teen Dream Beach House   United States
4 This Is Happening LCD Soundsystem   United States
5 I Speak Because I Can Laura Marling   United Kingdom
6 Total Life Forever Foals   United Kingdom
7 Stridulum II Zola Jesus   United States
8 King Night Salem   United States
9 Sisterworld Liars   United States
10 The Drums The Drums   United States
11 High Violet The National   United States
12 Swim Caribou   Canada
13 Relayted Gayngs   United States
14 Your Future Our Clutter The Fall   United Kingdom
15 Odd Blood Yeasayer   United States
16 Grinderman 2 Grinderman   Australia /   United Kingdom
17 Untitled EP Factory Floor   United Kingdom
18 The Fool Warpaint   United States
19 Congratulations MGMT   United States
20 Halcyon Digest Deerhunter   United States
21 The ArchAndroid Janelle Monáe   United States
22 My Father Will Guide Me up a Rope to the Sky Swans   United States
23 Before Today Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti   United States
24 Contra Vampire Weekend   United States
25 Avi Buffalo Avi Buffalo   United States
26 Root for Ruin Les Savy Fav   United States
27 Crazy for You Best Coast   United States
28 The Optimist New Young Pony Club   United Kingdom
29 Everything in Between No Age   United States
30 Surfing the Void Klaxons   United Kingdom
31 Crystal Castles (II) Crystal Castles   Canada
32 Wimmy Islet   United Kingdom
33 The Family Jewels Marina and the Diamonds   United Kingdom
34 My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West   United States
35 Ring Glasser   United States
36 Happiness Hurts   United Kingdom
37 Nerve Up Lonelady   United Kingdom
38 Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty Big Boi   United States
39 Magnetic Man Magnetic Man   United Kingdom
40 Treats Sleigh Bells   United States
41 Boys Outside Steve Mason   United Kingdom
42 Serotonin Mystery Jets   United Kingdom
43 Man Alive Everything Everything   United Kingdom
44 Postcards from a Young Man Manic Street Preachers   United Kingdom
45 There Is Love in You Four Tet   United Kingdom
46 Wake Up the Nation Paul Weller   United Kingdom
47 Pulled Apart by Horses Pulled Apart by Horses   United Kingdom
48 Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys My Chemical Romance   United States
49 Astro Coast Surfer Blood   United States
50 The Winter of Mixed Drinks Frightened Rabbit   United Kingdom

Countries represented edit

Singles edit

Note: UK artists
# Track Artist Country of origin
1 "Spanish Sahara" Foals   United Kingdom
2 "XXXO" M.I.A.   United Kingdom
3 "Tightrope" Janelle Monáe   United States
4 "Power" Kanye West   United States
5 "We Used to Wait" Arcade Fire   Canada
6 "Stylo" Gorillaz featuring Bobby Womack & Mos Def   United Kingdom /   United States
7 "Swim" Surfer Blood   United States
8 "Heathen Child" Grinderman   Australia /   United Kingdom
9 "Night" Zola Jesus   United States
10 "Bury" The Fall   United Kingdom
11 "Born Free" M.I.A.   United Kingdom
12 "Lying" Factory Floor   United Kingdom
13 "Drunk Girls" LCD Soundsystem   United States
14 "We Want War" These New Puritans   United Kingdom
15 "Undertow" Warpaint   United States
16 "Boyfriend" Best Coast   United States
17 "Bloodbuzz Ohio" The National   United States
18 "Rad Pitt" Egyptian Hip Hop   United Kingdom
19 "Celestica" Crystal Castles   Canada
20 "Acapella" Kelis   United States
21 "What's In It For?" Avi Buffalo   United States
22 "Ambling Alp" Yeasayer   United States
23 "I Can Change" LCD Soundsystem   United States
24 "Schoolin'" Everything Everything   United Kingdom
25 "Telephone" Lady Gaga featuring Beyoncé   United States
26 "Perfect Stranger" Magnetic Man featuring Katy B   United Kingdom
27 "Pass Out" Tinie Tempah featuring Labrinth   United Kingdom
28 "Forever and Ever, Amen" The Drums   United States
29 "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" My Chemical Romance   United States
30 "O.N.E." Yeasayer   United States
31 "Fuck You" Cee Lo Green   United States
32 "Flashover" Klaxons   United Kingdom
33 "Shutterbugg" Big Boi featuring Cutty   United States
34 "California Gurls" Katy Perry featuring Snoop Dogg   United States
35 "Colouring of Pigeons" The Knife   Sweden
36 "Sleepless in Silverlake" Les Savy Fav   United States
37 "Home" Glasser   United States
38 "Bang Bang Bang" Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. featuring Q-Tip & MNDR   United Kingdom /   United States
39 "Ready to Start" Arcade Fire   Canada
40 "Tenderoni" Kele   United Kingdom
41 "This Orient" Foals   United Kingdom
42 "Dancing on My Own" Robyn   Sweden
43 "Constellations" Darwin Deez   United States
44 "Bubbles" Biffy Clyro   United Kingdom
45 "Scissor" Liars   United States
46 "(It's Not War) Just the End of Love" Manic Street Preachers   United Kingdom
47 "Round and Round" Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti   United States
48 "Dreaming of Another World" Mystery Jets   United Kingdom
49 "Sleep Forever" Crocodiles   United States
50 "Ghost Train" Summer Camp   United Kingdom

Artists with multiple entries edit

2 Entries

  • Foals (1, 41)
  • M.I.A. (2, 11)
  • Arcade Fire (5, 39)
  • LCD Soundsystem (13, 23)
  • Yeasayer (22, 30)

Countries represented edit

References edit

  1. ^ "50 Best Tracks of 2010 | NME.COM". NME. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
  2. ^ "NME's best albums and tracks of 2010". NME. 10 October 2016.
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