Critics and experts pick the best albums of 2010

From metacritic.com
"Below is our updated running tally of the albums most frequently mentioned by individual music publications in their year-end Top Ten lists. Although most of the lists come from publications whose reviews are included on this site, we have also included a few extra lists from prominent music stores, websites, and publications not normally found on Metacritic. Note that if a source ranks more than the standard 10 albums, we will not include titles ranked 11th or worse. In case of a tie for first or second, each album will receive the full points for that position. Our points system works as follows:

• 3 points for each 1st place ranking
• 2 points for each 2nd place ranking
• 1 point for being ranked 3rd – 10th, or for being included on an unranked list"

	Album / Artist	# 1st Place	# 2nd Place	# Other	Points
1	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 92 by Kanye West	19	8	27	100
2	The Suburbs 86 by Arcade Fire	7	13	21	68
3	This Is Happening 84 by LCD Soundsystem	6	2	26	48
4	The ArchAndroid 91 by Janelle Monáe	6	4	16	42
5	Teen Dream 82 by Beach House	6	2	20	42
6	High Violet 84 by The National	3	6	16	37
7	Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty 89 by Big Boi	0	3	25	31
8	Contra 81 by Vampire Weekend	2	1	13	21
9	Brothers 82 by The Black Keys	1	1	14	19
10	Before Today 85 by Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti	0	4	10	18
11	Halcyon Digest 86 by Deerhunter	0	2	14	18
12	The Monitor 82 by Titus Andronicus	0	2	13	17
13	Have One on Me 85 by Joanna Newsom	2	1	8	16
14	Swim 83 by Caribou	2	0	10	16
15	Thank Me Later 75 by Drake	1	0	12	15
16	Teflon Don 79 by Rick Ross	2	2	2	12
17	Body Talk 85 by Robyn	0	1	10	12
18	Treats 84 by Sleigh Bells	0	1	10	12
19	The Age of Adz 80 by Sufjan Stevens	1	0	8	11
20	Hidden 82 by These New Puritans	1	0	7	10
21	Sigh No More 68 by Mumford & Sons	1	1	5	10
22	The Guitar Song by Jamey Johnson	1	1	5	10
23	Plastic Beach 77 by Gorillaz	1	0	7	10