2010 Music - Albums I listened to the most

It's that time of year again - time to look back and see what music had the biggest impact on my 2010. This post will focus on the albums that got the most play (again thanks to the magic of iTunes statistics and Excel pivot-tables.) Release year in parentheses.

1. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me (2010)
2. Tom Waits - Glitter and Doom Live (2009)
3. The National - High Violet (2010)
4. Neko Case - Blacklisted (2002)
5. She & Him - Volume Two (2010)
6. The Postal Service - Give Up (2003)
7. Christina Aguilera - Bionic (2010)
8. M.I.A - /\/\ /\ Y /\ (2010)
9. Anna von Hausswolff - Singing From the Grave (2010)
10. The Tallest Man on Earth - The Wild Hunt (2010)

Observations:

• Seven albums are from 2010 - up from only four 2009 albums last year. I guess I'm listening to more new music now.
• If I limit the list to 2010 albums, spots 8-10 would be filled by Arcade Fire - The Suburbs, The Dead Weather - Sea of Cowards and The White Stripes - Under Great White Northern Lights
• Six albums with female singers (compared with 5 and 8 the last two years)
• Three artists were new discoveries: The Postal Service, Anna von Hausswolff and The Tallest Man on Earth. Although, The Postal Service is Ben Gibbard's old band, before Death Cab for Cutie, so that was only semi-new.
• Two of the acts are Swedish (#9 and #10) - up from one artist each of the previous years. However, last year I had two Norwegian artists and in 2008 I had one, and this year there were none.
• Not a single artist repeats from last year (or from 2008)
• The biggest surprise (to me - and perhaps to people who know my taste in music) is that Christina Aguilera made it onto the list. I actually liked her previous album quite a bit but didn't think this was great, so I'm not sure how I ended up listening to songs from it so much.