http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/dec/12/pop-2010-review-kitty-empire

Top 5 tracks:

Tell 'Em - Sleigh Bells
Pass Out - Tinie Tempah
Night - Zola Jesus
Monster - Kanye West ft Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj & Bon Iver
Stay Too Long - Plan B

Top 5 Albums:

Have One on Me - Joanna Newsom
One Life Stand - Hot Chip
Contra - Vampire Weekend
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
Ali and Toumani - Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabaté

Apologies, above was the Observer Music Monthly's EOY list. The Guardian are publishing their list at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/series/albums-of-2010

10. John Grant - Queen of Denmark
9. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti – Before Today

8. Laura Marling – I Speak Because I Can

7. Caribou - Swim

6. Robyn – Body Talk

5. These New Puritans – Hidden

4. Arcade Fire - The Suburbs

3. Hot Chip - One Life Stand

2. Kanye West - MBDTF

I'm calling Joanna Newsom for #1. Not sure why, just a gut feeling.

Could also be: Janelle, Big Boi, LCD.

Here's the full Top 40:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/dec/17/albums-of-2010-top-40

1 Janelle Monáe The ArchAndroid

2 Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

3 Hot Chip One Life Stand

4 Arcade Fire The Suburbs

5 These New Puritans Hidden

6 Caribou Swim

7 Robyn Body Talk

8 Laura Marling I Speak Because I Can

9 Ariel Pink Before Today

10 John Grant Queen of Denmark

11 Beach House Teen Dream

12 Sleigh Bells Treats

13 Gil Scott-Heron I'm New Here

14 Yeasayer Odd Blood

15 Warpaint The Fool

16 The-Dream Love King

17= Anaïs Mitchell Hadestown

17= Drake Thank Me Later

19 Kelis Fleshtone

20 The National High Violet

21 LCD Soundsystem This Is Happening

22= Ikonika Contact, Love, Want, Have

22= Gayngs Related

24 Vampire Weekend Contra

25= Gorillaz Plastic Beach

25= Avi Buffalo Avi Buffalo

27 Big Boi Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty

28 Joanna Newsom Have One on Me

29= Paul Weller Wake Up the Nation

29= Steve Mason Boys Outside

31 Titus Andronicus The Monitor

32 Erykah Badu New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh)

33 Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté Ali and Toumani

34 Rihanna Loud

35= MIA MAYA

35= Plan B The Defamation of Strickland Banks

37 MGMT Congratulations

38= Nicki Minaj Pink Friday

38= Glasser Ring

40 I Am Kloot Sky at Night