Listed below are the greatest albums of 2010 as calculated from their overall rankings in over 1,800 greatest album charts.

The current year is still underway, so the stats are still low compared to the best albums of 2009. It obviously takes time for an album to feed through to a critic's list. After all, new albums are competing with what has gone before for those elusive places in the best ever rankings!

The best bands of 2010 are Arcade Fire, Beach House, The National, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, The Black Keys, LCD Soundsystem , Gorillaz, Spoon and Janelle Monáe.

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Rank	Album	Band
1.	The Suburbs	Arcade Fire
	Year of Release: 2010 Appears in: 33 charts Rank in 2010: 1 Total Rank Score: 1,687 Rank in 2010s: 1 Overall Rank: 245 Download / Buy The Suburbs on MP3:
2.	Teen Dream	Beach House
	Year of Release: 2010 Appears in: 23 charts Rank in 2010: 2 Total Rank Score: 1,293 Rank in 2010s: 2 Overall Rank: 308 Download / Buy Teen Dream on MP3:
3.	High Violet	The National
	Year of Release: 2010 Appears in: 22 charts Rank in 2010: 3 Total Rank Score: 976 Rank in 2010s: 3 Overall Rank: 395 Download / Buy High Violet on MP3: No MP3 preview.
4.	Contra	Vampire Weekend
	Year of Release: 2010 Appears in: 19 charts Rank in 2010: 4 Total Rank Score: 889 Rank in 2010s: 4 Overall Rank: 428 Download / Buy Contra on MP3:
5.	Congratulations	MGMT
	Year of Release: 2010 Appears in: 15 charts Rank in 2010: 5 Total Rank Score: 673 Rank in 2010s: 5 Overall Rank: 558 Download / Buy Congratulations on MP3:
6.	Brothers	The Black Keys
	Year of Release: 2010 Appears in: 8 charts Rank in 2010: 6 Total Rank Score: 531 Rank in 2010s: 6 Overall Rank: 697 Download / Buy Brothers on MP3:
7.	This Is Happening	LCD Soundsystem
	Year of Release: 2010 Appears in: 14 charts Rank in 2010: 7 Total Rank Score: 527 Rank in 2010s: 7 Overall Rank: 705 Download / Buy This Is Happening on MP3:
8.	Plastic Beach	Gorillaz
	Year of Release: 2010 Appears in: 9 charts Rank in 2010: 8 Total Rank Score: 435 Rank in 2010s: 8 Overall Rank: 822 Download / Buy Plastic Beach on MP3:
9.	Transference	Spoon
	Year of Release: 2010 Appears in: 9 charts Rank in 2010: 9 Total Rank Score: 413 Rank in 2010s: 9 Overall Rank: 860 Download / Buy Transference on MP3:
10.	The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III)	Janelle Monáe
	Year of Release: 2010 Appears in: 6 charts Rank in 2010: 10 Total Rank Score: 303 Rank in 2010s: 10 Overall Rank: 1,102 Download / Buy The ArchAndroid (Suites II and III) on MP3: