NME Albums and Tracks of the Year, 2010

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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.