# List of 2010 albums

The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2010. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.
For additional information for deaths of musicians and for links to other music lists, see 2010 in music.

## First quarter
### January

List of albums released in January 2010 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| January 1 | Kesha | Animal | Electropop, dance-pop | RCA, Sony Music | |
| January 4 | Lana Del Rey | Lana Del Ray | | 5 Points | |
| January 5 | The Dear & Departed | Chapters | | Equal Vision | |
| January 5 | Kanye West | VH1 Storytellers | Hip hop | Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam | |
| January 5 | Katharine McPhee | Unbroken | Pop | Verve Forecast | |
| January 11 | Adam Green | Minor Love | Anti-folk, garage rock | Rough Trade | |
| January 11 | Delphic | Acolyte | Alternative dance | Polydor, Dangerbird, Modular | |
| January 11 | Vampire Weekend | Contra | Indie pop, worldbeat | XL | |
| January 11 | You Me at Six | Hold Me Down | Alternative rock, pop-punk | Virgin | |
| January 12 | The Bouncing Souls | Ghosts on the Boardwalk | Punk rock | Chunksaah | |
| January 12 | OK Go | Of the Blue Colour of the Sky | Alternative rock, power pop | Capitol, EMI | |
| January 12 | Owen Pallett | Heartland | Baroque pop | Domino | |
| January 12 | Ringo Starr | Y Not | Rock | Hip-O, UM$^e$ | |
| January 12 | Woodpigeon | Die Stadt Muzikanten | | Boompa, End of the Road | |
| January 13 | Lostprophets | The Betrayed | Alternative metal, alternative rock | Visible Noise | |
| January 15 | Spoon | Transference | Indie rock | Merge | |
| January 18 | These New Puritans | Hidden | Art rock | Angular, Domino | |
| January 19 | Eels | End Times | Indie rock | Vagrant, E Works | |
| January 19 | Motion City Soundtrack | My Dinosaur Life | Emo, pop-punk | Columbia | |
| January 19 | RJD2 | The Colossus | Hip hop, electronica, alternative rock | RJ's Electrical Connections | |
| January 19 | Surfer Blood | Astro Coast | Indie rock | Kanine | |
| January 20 | Corinne Bailey Rae | The Sea | Soul, R&B, pop rock | Virgin | |
| January 20 | Joel Alme | Waiting for the Bells | | Razzia | |
| January 22 | Suicide Commando | Implements of Hell | Industrial metal | Metropolis | |
| January 25 | Four Tet | There Is Love in You | Folktronica | Domino | |
| January 25 | Jaga Jazzist | One-Armed Bandit | Post-rock, progressive rock, jazz fusion | Ninja Tune | |
| January 26 | Alesana | The Emptiness | Post-hardcore | Fearless | |
| January 26 | Barry Manilow | The Greatest Love Songs of All Time | Pop | Arista | |
| January 26 | Basia Bulat | Heart of My Own | Folk | Secret City | |
| January 26 | Beach House | Teen Dream | Dream pop | Sub Pop, Bella Union | |
| January 26 | Los Campesinos! | Romance Is Boring | Indie rock | Wichita, Arts & Crafts | |
| January 26 | Day of Fire | Losing All | Post-grunge | Razor & Tie | |
| January 26 | Fozzy | Chasing the Grail | Heavy metal | Riot! | |
| January 26 | Lady Antebellum | Need You Now | Country | Capitol Nashville | |
| January 26 | Living Sacrifice | The Infinite Order | Groove metal, metalcore | Solid State | |
| January 26 | Locksley | Be in Love | | Feature Records | |
| January 26 | The Magnetic Fields | Realism | Indie rock | Nonesuch | |
| January 26 | Never Shout Never | What Is Love? | | Loveway Records, Sire, Warner Bros. | |
| January 26 | Number One Gun | To the Secrets and Knowledge | Christian rock | Tooth & Nail | |
| January 26 | The Wonder Years | The Upsides | Pop-punk | No Sleep | |
| January 26 | Woodhands | Remorsecapade | | Paper Bag | |
| January 28 | Hot Chip | One Life Stand | Alternative dance, synth-pop, indietronica | Parlophone | |
| January 29 | Groove Armada | Black Light | Dance-pop, electropop, electronic | Cooking Vinyl | |
| January 29 | Overkill | Ironbound | Thrash metal | eOne Music, Nuclear Blast | |

### February

List of albums released in February 2010 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| February 1 | Apparatjik | We Are Here | Alternative rock | Meta Merge Un | |
| February 1 | BT | These Hopeful Machines | Electronica | Black Hole | |
| February 1 | Kashmir | Trespassers | | Columbia, Sony Music | |
| February 1 | The Knife in collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock | Tomorrow, in a Year | | Rabid | |
| February 1 | Midlake | The Courage of Others | Folk rock | Bella Union | |
| February 2 | Butch Walker | I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart | Alternative rock, pop rock | One Haven Music | |
| February 2 | Disco Biscuits | Planet Anthem | | | |
| February 2 | Dommin | Love Is Gone | Gothic rock | Roadrunner | |
| February 2 | Lil Wayne | Rebirth | Rap rock | Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Motown | |
| February 2 | Nick Jonas & the Administration | Who I Am | Blues rock, R&B, blue-eyed soul | Hollywood | |
| February 2 | Rob Zombie | Hellbilly Deluxe 2 | Industrial metal, alternative metal | Roadrunner | |
| February 2 | The Soft Pack | The Soft Pack | Indie rock | Kemado | |
| February 2 | Through the Eyes of the Dead | Skepsis | Deathcore | Prosthetic | |
| February 5 | Fear Factory | Mechanize | Industrial metal | Candlelight, AFM | |
| February 5 | Sade | Soldier of Love | Pop-soul | Epic | |
| February 5 | TobyMac | Tonight | Christian rock | ForeFront | |
| February 8 | HIM | Screamworks: Love in Theory and Practice | Alternative rock | Sire | |
| February 8 | Look What I Did | Atlas Drugged | | Modernist Movement Recordings | |
| February 8 | Massive Attack | Heligoland | Electronica | Virgin | |
| February 8 | Ov Hell | The Underworld Regime | Black metal | Indie Recordings, Prosthetic | |
| February 8 | Yeasayer | Odd Blood | Experimental rock | Secretly Canadian | |
| February 9 | DJ Kay Slay | More Than Just a DJ | Hip hop | eOne | |
| February 9 | Fair | Disappearing World | | Tooth & Nail | |
| February 9 | Fireflight | For Those Who Wait | Christian rock | Flicker | |
| February 9 | Jaheim | Another Round | | Atlantic | |
| February 9 | Josh Turner | Haywire | Country | MCA Nashville | |
| February 12 | Angels & Airwaves | Love | Alternative rock | To the Stars | |
| February 15 | Field Music | Field Music (Measure) | Indie rock | Memphis Industries | |
| February 15 | Lightspeed Champion | Life Is Sweet! Nice to Meet You | Folk | Domino | |
| February 15 | Marina and the Diamonds | The Family Jewels | Alternative pop | 679, Atlantic | |
| February 16 | Juliana Hatfield | Peace and Love | Indie rock | Ye Olde Records | |
| February 16 | The Souljazz Orchestra | Rising Sun | | Strut | |
| February 16 | Story of the Year | The Constant | Pop-punk, post-hardcore | Epitaph | |
| February 17 | Finntroll | Nifelvind | Folk metal, black metal | Century Media | |
| February 17 | Two Door Cinema Club | Tourist History | Indie rock | Kitsuné | |
| February 22 | Autechre | Oversteps | IDM | Warp | |
| February 22 | The Courteeners | Falcon | Indie rock | A&M | |
| February 22 | Elephant9 | Walk the Nile | | Rune Grammofon | |
| February 23 | Alkaline Trio | This Addiction | Punk rock | Epitaph | |
| February 23 | Electric President | The Violent Blue | Electronic | Fake Four Inc. | |
| February 23 | Holly Miranda | The Magician's Private Library | Indie rock | XL | |
| February 23 | Joanna Newsom | Have One on Me | Indie folk | Drag City | |
| February 23 | Johnny Cash | American VI: Ain't No Grave | Americana | American Recordings, Lost Highway | |
| February 23 | Newworldson | Newworldson | Contemporary Christian music | Inpop | |
| February 23 | Quasi | American Gong | Indie rock | Kill Rock Stars | |
| February 23 | The Rocket Summer | Of Men and Angels | Pop rock | Island Def Jam | |
| February 23 | Shearwater | The Golden Archipelago | Indie rock | Matador | |
| February 23 | Shout Out Louds | Work | Indie rock | Merge | |
| February 23 | Starfield | The Saving One | Contemporary Christian music | Sparrow | |
| February 23 | Zeus | Say Us | Alternative, indie | Arts & Crafts | |
| February 24 | Dark Tranquillity | We Are the Void | Heavy metal | Century Media | |
| February 24 | van Canto | Tribe of Force | A cappella, heavy metal | Napalm | |
| February 26 | Jason Derulo | Jason Derulo | Rock, R&B | Beluga Heights, Warner Bros. | |

### March

List of albums released in March 2010 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| March 1 | Frightened Rabbit | The Winter of Mixed Drinks | Indie rock | FatCat | |
| March 2 | DJ Khaled | Victory | Hip hop | We the Best, E1 | |
| March 2 | Jaguar Love | Hologram Jams | Art punk | Fat Possum | |
| March 2 | Lifehouse | Smoke & Mirrors | Alternative rock | Geffen | |
| March 2 | Meredith Andrews | As Long as It Takes | Contemporary Christian | Word | |
| March 2 | Portugal. The Man | American Ghetto | Psychedelic rock, electronic rock | Equal Vision | |
| March 2 | Rogue Wave | Permalight | Indie rock | Brushfire | |
| March 2 | Satellites & Sirens | Satellites & Sirens | | | |
| March 2 | Shooter Jennings and Hierophant | Black Ribbons | Hard rock | Black Country Rock | |
| March 3 | Gorillaz | Plastic Beach | Pop, electronic, hip hop | Parlophone | |
| March 5 | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Beat the Devil's Tattoo | Alternative rock | Vagrant | |
| March 5 | Boyzone | Brother | Pop | Polydor | |
| March 5 | Sugababes | Sweet 7 | Electropop | Island | |
| March 8 | Airbourne | No Guts. No Glory. | Hard rock | Roadrunner | |
| March 8 | Amy Macdonald | A Curious Thing | Pop rock, soft rock | Melodramatic Records, Mercury | |
| March 8 | Goldheart Assembly | Wolves and Thieves | | Fierce Panda | |
| March 9 | Adie | Just You and Me | Contemporary Christian | BEC | |
| March 9 | The Besnard Lakes | The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night | Indie rock | Jagjaguwar, Outside Music | |
| March 9 | The Bled | Heat Fetish | Hardcore | Rise | |
| March 9 | Broken Bells | Broken Bells | Indie rock | Columbia | |
| March 9 | Chasen | That Was Then, This Is Now | | | |
| March 9 | Demon Hunter | The World Is a Thorn | Metalcore, groove metal | Solid State | |
| March 9 | Four Year Strong | Enemy of the World | Pop-punk, melodic hardcore | Decaydance, Universal Motown | |
| March 9 | Gary Allan | Get Off on the Pain | Country | MCA Nashville | |
| March 9 | Kidz in the Hall | Land of Make Believe | Hip hop | Duck Down Music | |
| March 9 | Liars | Sisterworld | Experimental rock | Mute | |
| March 9 | Ludacris | Battle of the Sexes | Hip hop | Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam | |
| March 9 | Sanctus Real | Pieces of a Real Heart | Christian rock | Sparrow | |
| March 9 | Selena | La Leyenda | Latin pop | Capitol Latin, EMI, Q-Productions | |
| March 9 | Serj Tankian | Elect the Dead Symphony | Art rock | Reprise, Warner Bros., Serjical Strike | |
| March 9 | Ted Leo and the Pharmacists | The Brutalist Bricks | Art punk, punk rock, indie rock | Matador | |
| March 9 | Violent Soho | Violent Soho | Alternative rock | Ecstatic Peace! | |
| March 11 | Various artists | Passion: Awakening | Worship | sixsteps | |
| March 14 | Scorpions | Sting in the Tail | Hard rock, heavy metal | Sony Music | |
| March 15 | Katatonia | The Longest Year | | Peaceville | |
| March 16 | Armored Saint | La Raza | Heavy metal | Metal Blade | |
| March 16 | The Audition | Great Danger | Pop-punk | Victory | |
| March 16 | Drive-By Truckers | The Big To-Do | Alternative country | ATO | |
| March 16 | Fireball Ministry | Fireball Ministry | | Restricted Release | |
| March 16 | Flobots | Survival Story | Alternative rock | Universal Republic | |
| March 16 | From First to Last | Throne to the Wolves | Post-hardcore | Rise | |
| March 16 | Jessica Harp | A Woman Needs | Country | Warner Bros. Nashville | |
| March 16 | Julieta Venegas | Otra Cosa | Latin pop | | |
| March 16 | Neon Trees | Habits | Alternative rock | Mercury | |
| March 16 | The Whigs | In the Dark | Indie rock | ATO | |
| March 16 | Wrench in the Works | Decrease/Increase | | Facedown | |
| March 17 | Poets of the Fall | Twilight Theater | Alternative rock | Insomniac Records | |
| March 17 | She & Him | Volume Two | Indie pop | P-Vine, Merge, Double Six | |
| March 19 | Goldfrapp | Head First | Synth-pop, Italo disco | Mute | |
| March 19 | Justin Bieber | My World 2.0 | Teen pop | Island | |
| March 19 | Monica | Still Standing | R&B | J | |
| March 20 | MGMT | Congratulations | Indie rock, psychedelic rock, neo-psychedelia | Columbia | |
| March 22 | Laura Marling | I Speak Because I Can | Folk | Virgin | |
| March 22 | Triptykon | Eparistera Daimones | Extreme metal, doom metal, death metal | Prowling Death, Century Media | |
| March 23 | Barenaked Ladies | All in Good Time | Alternative rock | Raisin' Records | |
| March 23 | Belinda | Carpe Diem | Electropop | Capitol Latin | |
| March 23 | The Bird and the Bee | Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates | Indie pop, electronic | Blue Note | |
| March 23 | Brotha Lynch Hung | Dinner and a Movie | Hardcore hip hop, horrorcore, gangsta rap | Strange Music | |
| March 23 | The Dillinger Escape Plan | Option Paralysis | Mathcore | Season of Mist | |
| March 23 | Mindy McCready | I'm Still Here | Country | Linus | |
| March 23 | Queens Club | Young Giant | Alternative rock | Tooth & Nail | |
| March 23 | Robbie Seay Band | Miracle | | Sparrow | |
| March 23 | Sleeping with Sirens | With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear | Post-hardcore | Rise | |
| March 23 | The Weakerthans | Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre | Indie rock | Anti- | |
| March 26 | Madonna | Sticky & Sweet Tour | | Warner Bros. | |
| March 26 | Usher | Raymond v. Raymond | R&B | LaFace, Jive | |
| March 29 | Craig David | Signed Sealed Delivered | | Universal Motown | |
| March 29 | Das Racist | Shut Up, Dude | Hip hop | Greedhead Music, Mishka | |
| March 29 | Hybrid | Disappear Here | Trip hop, breakbeat, electronica | Distinct'ive Breaks | |
| March 29 | Lower Than Atlantis | Far Q | Melodic hardcore, post-hardcore, punk rock | A Wolf at Your Door | |
| March 30 | Amy Grant | Somewhere Down the Road | Contemporary Christian | EMI CMG, Sparrow | |
| March 30 | Black Francis | NonStopErotik | Alternative rock | Cooking Vinyl | |
| March 30 | Charmaine | Love Reality | Christian electronic dance music | In:ciite Music | |
| March 30 | Erykah Badu | New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh) | Neo soul | Universal Motown | |
| March 30 | Manafest | The Chase | Christian rock, rap rock | BEC, Uprok Records | |
| March 30 | Paper Tongues | Paper Tongues | | A&M Octone | |
| March 30 | Sho Baraka | Lions and Liars | Christian hip hop | Reach | |
| March 31 | Earl Sweatshirt | Earl | Alternative hip hop, horrorcore | Earl Sweatshirt | |
| March 31 | Jónsi | Go | Post-rock, baroque pop | XL, Parlophone | |
| March 31 | Slash | Slash | Hard rock, heavy metal | EMI, Universal, Roadrunner | |

## Second quarter
### April

List of albums released in April 2010 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| April 3 | Avantasia | Angel of Babylon | Power metal, symphonic metal | Nuclear Blast, Fearless, Bodog | |
| April 3 | Avantasia | The Wicked Symphony | Power metal, symphonic metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| April 5 | Darkthrone | Circle the Wagons | Crust punk, heavy metal, speed metal | Peaceville | |
| April 5 | David Byrne & Fatboy Slim | Here Lies Love | | Todomundo, Nonesuch | |
| April 5 | GBH | Perfume and Piss | Hardcore punk, street punk, punk rock | Hellcat | |
| April 6 | Bobby McFerrin | Vocabularies | Jazz | EmArcy | |
| April 6 | Cary Brothers | Under Control | Indie rock | Procrastination Records | |
| April 6 | The Classic Crime | Vagabonds | Alternative rock | Tooth & Nail | |
| April 6 | Dave Barnes | What We Want, What We Get | CCM, pop, Christian rock | Razor & Tie | |
| April 6 | Dr. Dog | Shame, Shame | Psychedelic rock, indie rock | Anti- | |
| April 6 | Murder by Death | Good Morning, Magpie | Indie | Vagrant | |
| April 6 | Secret and Whisper | Teenage Fantasy | Post-hardcore, emo, experimental | Tooth & Nail | |
| April 6 | Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings | I Learned the Hard Way | Soul, funk | Daptone | |
| April 6 | Tunng | ...And Then We Saw Land | Folktronica | Thrill Jockey, Full Time Hobby | |
| April 6 | Upon a Burning Body | The World Is Ours | Deathcore | Sumerian | |
| April 7 | Engel | Threnody | Melodic death metal, industrial metal | Avex Group, Trooper Entertainment, Season of Mist | |
| April 9 | Gyroscope | Cohesion | Alternative rock | Island | |
| April 9 | Natalie Merchant | Leave Your Sleep | Folk | Nonesuch | |
| April 9 | Plan B | The Defamation of Strickland Banks | Soul, hip hop | 679, Asylum | |
| April 13 | Amber Pacific | Virtues | Pop-punk | Victory | |
| April 13 | Bleeding Through | Bleeding Through | Metalcore | Rise, Roadrunner | |
| April 13 | Cancer Bats | Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones | Hardcore punk, sludge metal | Distort | |
| April 13 | Coheed and Cambria | Year of the Black Rainbow | Progressive rock | Columbia, Roadrunner | |
| April 13 | Foxy Shazam | Foxy Shazam | Glam rock | Sire | |
| April 13 | War of Ages | Eternal | Metalcore | Facedown | |
| April 14 | Saori@destiny | World Wild 2010 | J-pop, electropop, electro | D-topia, Victor | |
| April 16 | Eisbrecher | Eiszeit | Neue Deutsche Härte | AFM, Metropolis | |
| April 16 | Terje Rypdal | Crime Scene | Jazz | ECM | |
| April 19 | Eivind Aarset & the Sonic Codex Orchestra | Live Extracts | Jazz | Jazzland | |
| April 19 | John Grant | Queen of Denmark | Indie folk, soft rock | Bella Union | |
| April 19 | Kate Nash | My Best Friend Is You | Indie pop, indie rock | Geffen, Fiction | |
| April 19 | Meat Loaf | Hang Cool Teddy Bear | Hard rock | Mercury, Loud & Proud | |
| April 20 | The Apples in Stereo | Travellers in Space and Time | Indie pop | Simian, Elephant 6, Yep Roc | |
| April 20 | Circa Survive | Blue Sky Noise | Indie rock | Atlantic | |
| April 20 | Cypress Hill | Rise Up | Hip hop, rap rock | Priority | |
| April 20 | Kayo Dot | Coyote | Experimental music | Hydra Head | |
| April 20 | Kottonmouth Kings | Long Live the Kings | Rap rock | Suburban Noize | |
| April 20 | Ozomatli | Fire Away | Funk, hip hop | Downtown, Mercer Street Records | |
| April 20 | Ratt | Infestation | Heavy metal, hard rock | Loud & Proud, Roadrunner | |
| April 20 | Sevendust | Cold Day Memory | Alternative metal | Asylum | |
| April 20 | Sick of It All | Based on a True Story | Hardcore punk, crossover thrash | Century Media | |
| April 20 | Superchick | Reinvention | Christian rock | Inpop | |
| April 23 | Hole | Nobody's Daughter | Alternative rock | Mercury | |
| April 26 | Bullet for My Valentine | Fever | Heavy metal, melodic metalcore | Sony Music, Jive | |
| April 26 | The Futureheads | The Chaos | Punk rock, indie rock | Nul | |
| April 27 | B.o.B | B.o.B Presents: The Adventures of Bobby Ray | Alternative hip hop, rap rock, Pop rock | Grand Hustle, Rebel Rock, Atlantic | |
| April 27 | Gogol Bordello | Trans-Continental Hustle | Gypsy punk | American Recordings | |
| April 27 | Jo Dee Messina | Unmistakable: Love | Country | Curb | |
| April 27 | Raintime | Psychromatic | Power metal, progressive metal | Lifeforce | |
| April 30 | Diana Vickers | Songs from the Tainted Cherry Tree | Dance-pop, folktronica, electropop | RCA | |

### May

List of albums released in May 2010 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| May 1 | Homens da Luta | A Cantiga É Uma Arma | | Casa do Fumo | |
| May 4 | Big K.R.I.T. | K.R.I.T. Wuz Here | Southern hip hop | Cinematic, Nature Sounds | |
| May 4 | Broken Social Scene | Forgiveness Rock Record | Indie rock | Arts & Crafts | |
| May 4 | Court Yard Hounds | Court Yard Hounds | Country rock | Columbia | |
| May 4 | Deftones | Diamond Eyes | Alternative metal | Reprise | |
| May 4 | f(x) | Nu ABO | Pop | SM | |
| May 4 | Godsmack | The Oracle | Heavy metal, hard rock | Universal Republic | |
| May 4 | The Hold Steady | Heaven Is Whenever | Indie rock | Vagrant, Rough Trade | |
| May 4 | The Letter Black | Hanging On by a Thread | Christian rock | Tooth & Nail | |
| May 4 | MercyMe | The Generous Mr. Lovewell | Christian rock | INO | |
| May 4 | Minus the Bear | Omni | Math rock, experimental rock, progressive rock | Dangerbird | |
| May 4 | The New Pornographers | Together | Indie rock, power pop | Last Gang, Matador | |
| May 4 | Nonpoint | Miracle | Alternative metal | 954 Records | |
| May 4 | Toni Braxton | Pulse | R&B | Atlantic | |
| May 4 | Tonic | Tonic | Rock | 429 | |
| May 7 | As I Lay Dying | The Powerless Rise | Metalcore | Metal Blade | |
| May 7 | Charice | Charice | | Reprise | |
| May 7 | Exodus | Exhibit B: The Human Condition | Thrash metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| May 7 | Lena | My Cassette Player | | Universal Music Germany | |
| May 7 | Sandy | Manuscrito | | Universal | |
| May 10 | Foals | Total Life Forever | Indie rock | Transgressive, Sub Pop | |
| May 10 | Keane | Night Train | Alternative rock | Island, Cherrytree, Interscope | |
| May 10 | The National | High Violet | Indie rock, post-punk revival | 4AD | |
| May 10 | We Are the Fallen | Tear the World Down | Hard rock, nu metal | Universal Republic | |
| May 10 | Zaz | Zaz | Pop, jazz, blues | Play On, Sony Music | |
| May 11 | The Dead Weather | Sea of Cowards | Rock | Warner Bros., Third Man | |
| May 11 | Lost Dogs | Old Angel | Blues rock, roots music | Fools of the World, Stunt | |
| May 11 | Open Mike Eagle | Unapologetic Art Rap | Hip hop | Mush | |
| May 11 | Tenth Avenue North | The Light Meets the Dark | Contemporary Christian | Reunion | |
| May 13 | Super Junior | Bonamana | K-pop, R&B, dance | SM | |
| May 14 | Kelis | Flesh Tone | EDM, dance-pop, electropop | will.i.am, Interscope | |
| May 16 | Faithless | The Dance | Trip hop, trance, dance | Nates Tunes, PIAS | |
| May 17 | LCD Soundsystem | This Is Happening | Dance-punk, electronica, art rock | DFA, Virgin | |
| May 17 | Tracey Thorn | Love and Its Opposite | Chamber folk | Strange Feeling, Merge | |
| May 17 | Wintersleep | New Inheritors | Indie rock | The Tom Kotter Company | |
| May 18 | Bad Religion | 30 Years Live | Punk rock | Epitaph | |
| May 18 | Band of Horses | Infinite Arms | Indie rock | Brown, Fat Possum, Columbia | |
| May 18 | The Black Keys | Brothers | Blues rock, garage rock | Nonesuch | |
| May 18 | Hammock | Chasing After Shadows... Living with the Ghosts | Ambient, post-rock | Hammock Music | |
| May 18 | Jamie Lidell | Compass | Soul | Warp | |
| May 18 | Janelle Monáe | The ArchAndroid | Alternative R&B, psychedelic pop, psychedelic soul | Wondaland Arts Society, Bad Boy, Atlantic | |
| May 18 | Jay Chou | The Era | Mandopop | JVR Music | |
| May 18 | Jimmy Needham | Nightlights | Contemporary Christian | Inpop | |
| May 18 | Mickie James | Strangers & Angels | Country | Entertainment One | |
| May 18 | Silent Civilian | Ghost Stories | Metalcore, thrash metal | Mediaskare | |
| May 19 | 22-20s | Shake/Shiver/Moan | Rock | | |
| May 21 | Apparatjik | 4 Can Keep a Secret If 3 of Them Are Dead | | | |
| May 21 | Pendulum | Immersion | Electronic rock | Warner Music UK, Earstorm, Atlantic | |
| May 21 | Stone Temple Pilots | Stone Temple Pilots | Alternative rock, hard rock | Atlantic | |
| May 21 | Tame Impala | Innerspeaker | Psychedelic rock, neo-psychedelia | Modular | |
| May 24 | Katie Melua | The House | Pop, jazz, progressive rock | Dramatico | |
| May 24 | Rolo Tomassi | Cosmology | Mathcore | Hassle | |
| May 24 | Sleigh Bells | Treats | Noise pop | Mom + Pop, N.E.E.T. | |
| May 24 | Villagers | Becoming a Jackal | | Domino | |
| May 29 | The Brave Little Abacus | Just Got Back From the Discomfort—We're Alright | Emo, emo revival, math rock | The Brave Little Abacus | |
| May 31 | The Divine Comedy | Bang Goes the Knighthood | Orchestral pop, art pop | Divine Comedy | |

### June

List of albums released in June 2010 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| June 1 | Clay Aiken | Tried and True | Pop | Decca | |
| June 1 | Hawthorne Heights | Skeletons | Post-hardcore, emo, alternative rock | Wind-up | |
| June 1 | Jack Johnson | To the Sea | Folk rock, soft rock | Brushfire, Universal Republic | |
| June 4 | Christina Aguilera | Bionic | Electropop, futurepop, R&B | RCA | |
| June 7 | Morcheeba | Blood Like Lemonade | Electronica | PIAS | |
| June 8 | Attack Attack! | Attack Attack! | Metalcore | Rise | |
| June 8 | Blitzen Trapper | Destroyer of the Void | Alternative country | Sub Pop | |
| June 8 | Dierks Bentley | Up on the Ridge | Country | Capitol Nashville | |
| June 8 | Tokyo Police Club | Champ | Indie rock, alternative rock, heartland rock | Mom + Pop Music | |
| June 8 | The Young Veins | Take a Vacation! | Rock, garage rock, psychedelic rock | One Haven Music | |
| June 11 | Kevin Rudolf | To the Sky | Pop rock, rap rock | Cash Money | |
| June 11 | Monrose | Ladylike | | Starwatch Music, Cheyenne, Warner Music | |
| June 11 | Ozzy Osbourne | Scream | Heavy metal | Epic | |
| June 14 | The Chemical Brothers | Further | Electronic | Freestyle Dust, Parlophone | |
| June 14 | Uffie | Sex Dreams and Denim Jeans | Synth-pop, electronica, hip hop | Ed Banger, Because Music | |
| June 14 | We Are Scientists | Barbara | Indie rock, post-punk revival | PIAS | |
| June 15 | Cowboy Junkies | Renmin Park | Alternative country | Latent | |
| June 15 | Dirty Circus | Alive and Well | Hip hop | URBNET | |
| June 15 | Drake | Thank Me Later | Hip hop, R&B, pop-rap | Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Motown | |
| June 15 | Pigeon Hole | Age Like Astronauts | | URBNET | |
| June 15 | Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers | Mojo | Heartland rock, blues rock | Reprise | |
| June 18 | The Amity Affliction | Youngbloods | Post-hardcore | Boomtown | |
| June 18 | Eminem | Recovery | Hip hop | Aftermath, Shady, Interscope | |
| June 18 | Miley Cyrus | Can't Be Tamed | Dance-pop | Hollywood | |
| June 18 | Sia | We Are Born | Pop | Monkey Puzzle, Jive | |
| June 22 | Cyndi Lauper | Memphis Blues | Blues | Downtown | |
| June 22 | Front Line Assembly | Improvised Electronic Device | Electro-industrial, industrial metal, industrial rock | Metropolis, Dependent | |
| June 22 | Oneohtrix Point Never | Returnal | Ambient, noise, kosmische | Mego | |
| June 22 | The Roots | How I Got Over | Hip hop | Def Jam | |
| June 22 | VersaEmerge | Fixed at Zero | Alternative rock, experimental rock | Fueled by Ramen | |
| June 25 | The Cat Empire | Cinema | Alternative rock, jazz, ska | EMI | |
| June 27 | Pet Slimmers of the Year | ...And the Sky Fell | Post-metal, post-rock | Lost Children Net Label | |
| June 28 | Scissor Sisters | Night Work | Glam rock | Polydor | |
| June 29 | 3OH!3 | Streets of Gold | Electropop, electronic rock | Photo Finish, Atlantic | |
| June 29 | Haste the Day | Attack of the Wolf King | Metalcore | Solid State | |
| June 29 | Wolf Parade | Expo 86 | Indie rock | Sub Pop | |
| June 30 | Kylie Minogue | Aphrodite | Dance-pop, disco-pop | Parlophone | |

## Third quarter
### July

List of albums released in July 2010 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| July 1 | Wavves | King of the Beach | Indie rock, psychedelic pop, pop-punk | Fat Possum | |
| July 2 | Soilwork | The Panic Broadcast | Melodic death metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| July 3 | Liz Phair | Funstyle | Pop rock, electropop, pop rap | Rocket Science Records | |
| July 5 | Enrique Iglesias | Euphoria | Latin pop | Universal Republic, Universal Music Latino | |
| July 5 | I Am Kloot | Sky at Night | | Shepherd Moon LLP | |
| July 5 | Mystery Jets | Serotonin | Indie rock | Rough Trade | |
| July 6 | Brandon Boyd | The Wild Trapeze | Alternative rock | Epic | |
| July 6 | Trailer Choir | Tailgate | Country | Show Dog-Universal Music | |
| July 9 | In This Moment | A Star-Crossed Wasteland | Metalcore, heavy metal, hard rock | Century Media | |
| July 11 | Crowded House | Intriguer | Alternative rock | Fantasy | |
| July 12 | Andrea Bocelli | Carmen: Duets & Arias | Opera, classical | Decca, Universal | |
| July 12 | El Guincho | Piratas de Sudamérica, Vol. 1 | | Young Turks | |
| July 12 | The Maine | Black & White | Pop rock | Warner Bros. | |
| July 12 | Norma Jean | Meridional | Metalcore | Razor & Tie | |
| July 12 | Young Guns | All Our Kings Are Dead | Alternative rock | Live Forever | |
| July 13 | Capone-N-Noreaga | The War Report 2: Report the War | East Coast hip hop, hardcore hip hop, gangsta rap | Ice H2O, EMI | |
| July 13 | Hellyeah | Stampede | Groove metal | Epic | |
| July 13 | Korn | Korn III: Remember Who You Are | Nu metal | Roadrunner | |
| July 13 | Mack 10 & Glasses Malone | Money Muzik | | | |
| July 13 | Paul Wall | Heart of a Champion | Hip hop | Asylum, Swishahouse | |
| July 13 | Stat Quo | Statlanta | Hip hop | Dream Big, Sony Music, The Orchard | |
| July 13 | Sun Kil Moon | Admiral Fell Promises | Folk rock | Caldo Verde | |
| July 20 | Big Head Todd and the Monsters | Rocksteady | Rock | Big Records | |
| July 20 | Black Veil Brides | We Stitch These Wounds | Post-hardcore, metalcore | StandBy, Virgin | |
| July 20 | Rick Ross | Teflon Don | Hip hop | Maybach Music Group, Slip-n-Slide, Def Jam | |
| July 23 | Avenged Sevenfold | Nightmare | Heavy metal | Warner Bros. | |
| July 27 | Decrepit Birth | Polarity | Technical death metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| July 27 | Dru Hill | InDRUpendence Day | R&B, soul | Kedar Entertainment Group | |
| July 27 | Miniature Tigers | Fortress | Indie rock, alternative rock | Modern Art Records | |
| July 29 | Blind Guardian | At the Edge of Time | Power metal, progressive metal, symphonic metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| July 30 | Bliss n Eso | Running on Air | Hip hop | Illusive Sounds, Liberation Music | |

### August

List of albums released in August 2010 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| August 2 | Opshop | Until the End of Time | Rock | Rhythmethod | |
| August 3 | Arcade Fire | The Suburbs | Indie rock, art rock, baroque pop | Merge, City Slang, Mercury | |
| August 3 | Buckcherry | All Night Long | Hard rock | Eleven Seven Music, Atlantic | |
| August 3 | Secondhand Serenade | Hear Me Now | Alternative rock, pop rock, emo pop | Glassnote | |
| August 10 | Black Label Society | Order of the Black | Heavy metal | E1 Music, Roadrunner, Riot Entertainment | |
| August 10 | Brother Clyde | Brother Clyde | Alternative rock | Fontana, Buena Vista | |
| August 10 | Mike Posner | 31 Minutes to Takeoff | Electropop | J | |
| August 11 | Angra | Aqua | Progressive metal, power metal | | |
| August 12 | Wang Leehom | The 18 Martial Arts | Mandopop | Sony Music Taiwan | |
| August 13 | Iron Maiden | The Final Frontier | Heavy metal | EMI | |
| August 13 | Jolin Tsai | Myself | Pop | Warner, Mars | |
| August 13 | Mac Miller | K.I.D.S. | | Rostrum | |
| August 13 | The Saturdays | Headlines! | Electropop, pop | Fascination, Geffen | |
| August 16 | The Hoosiers | The Illusion of Safety | Pop rock, indie pop, indie rock | RCA | |
| August 16 | Darin | Lovekiller | | Universal Music | |
| August 17 | American Hi-Fi | Fight the Frequency | Power pop, alternative rock | RED | |
| August 17 | Brian Wilson | Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin | Traditional pop | Walt Disney | |
| August 17 | Eels | Tomorrow Morning | Rock | E Works, Vagrant | |
| August 17 | John Mellencamp | No Better Than This | Americana, country blues, heartland rock | Rounder | |
| August 17 | Miss May I | Monument | Metalcore | Rise | |
| August 17 | Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs | God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise | Folk, folk rock | RCA, Stone Dwarf, RED | |
| August 20 | Accept | Blood of the Nations | Heavy metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| August 20 | Apocalyptica | 7th Symphony | Hard rock | | |
| August 23 | Klaxons | Surfing the Void | Indie rock, electronic rock, noise rock | Polydor | |
| August 24 | Fantasia | Back to Me | R&B, pop | J | |
| August 24 | Ion Dissonance | Cursed | Deathcore, mathcore | Century Media | |
| August 24 | Jessica Mauboy | Get 'Em Girls | R&B | SRC, Universal Republic | |
| August 24 | Katy Perry | Teenage Dream | Pop | Capitol | |
| August 24 | Little Big Town | The Reason Why | Country | Capitol Nashville | |
| August 24 | Malevolent Creation | Invidious Dominion | Death metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| August 24 | Never Shout Never | Harmony | Folk, folk pop | Loveway Records, Sire, Warner Bros. | |
| August 27 | Everything Everything | Man Alive | Art rock, indie rock | Geffen | |
| August 27 | Hurts | Happiness | | Major Label, RCA | |
| August 27 | The Pretty Reckless | Light Me Up | Alternative rock | Interscope | |
| August 28 | Goo Goo Dolls | Something for the Rest of Us | Alternative rock, soft rock | Warner Bros. | |
| August 30 | Kano | Method to the Maadness | British hip hop, electronic | Bigger Picture Music | |
| August 31 | Atom Smash | Love Is in the Missile | | Jive | |
| August 31 | Disturbed | Asylum | Heavy metal, alternative metal, hard rock | Reprise | |
| August 31 | Film School | Fission | | Beggars Banquet | |
| August 31 | Luke Doucet | Steel City Trawler | Indie rock, country | Six Shooter | |
| August 31 | Murderdolls | Women and Children Last | Heavy metal, horror punk | Roadrunner | |
| August 31 | Papa Roach | Time for Annihilation: On the Record & On the Road | | Eleven Seven Music | |

### September

List of albums released in September 2010 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| September 1 | Tarja | What Lies Beneath | Symphonic metal | Vertigo, Universal, The End | |
| September 2 | Underworld | Barking | Techno | Cooking Vinyl | |
| September 3 | Brandon Flowers | Flamingo | Soft rock, country pop, synth-pop | Island | |
| September 3 | Death Angel | Relentless Retribution | Thrash metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| September 3 | Imelda May | Mayhem | Rockabilly | Decca | |
| September 3 | Oceansize | Self Preserved While the Bodies Float Up | Progressive rock | Superball Music | |
| September 6 | The Naked and Famous | Passive Me, Aggressive You | Synth-pop, electro-rock | Somewhat Damaged | |
| September 7 | Anberlin | Dark Is the Way, Light Is a Place | Alternative rock | Universal Republic | |
| September 7 | Helmet | Seeing Eye Dog | Alternative metal | Work Song | |
| September 7 | Interpol | Interpol | Indie rock, post-punk revival | Matador, Soft Limit | |
| September 7 | JoJo | Can't Take That Away from Me | R&B, pop | | |
| September 7 | Sara Bareilles | Kaleidoscope Heart | Pop rock, soul | Epic | |
| September 7 | Stone Sour | Audio Secrecy | Alternative metal, post-grunge, alternative rock | Roadrunner | |
| September 7 | Tera Melos | Patagonian Rats | | Sargent House | |
| September 8 | Linkin Park | A Thousand Suns | Alternative rock | Warner Bros., Machine Shop | |
| September 8 | Röyksopp | Senior | Downtempo, ambient, trip hop | Wall of Sound | |
| September 10 | The Script | Science & Faith | Alternative rock | RCA | |
| September 10 | Weezer | Hurley | Alternative rock, power pop | Epitaph | |
| September 13 | DragonForce | Twilight Dementia | Power metal | Roadrunner, Spinefarm | |
| September 13 | Grinderman | Grinderman 2 | Alternative rock, noise rock | Mute | |
| September 13 | El Guincho | Pop Negro | Tropicália, psychedelic pop | Young Turks | |
| September 13 | Phil Collins | Going Back | Pop, soul, R&B | Atlantic | |
| September 14 | Amusement Parks on Fire | Road Eyes | | | |
| September 14 | Bilal | Airtight's Revenge | Neo soul | Plug Research, RED Distribution | |
| September 14 | Das Racist | Sit Down, Man | Hip hop | Greedhead Music, Mishka NYC, Mad Decent | |
| September 14 | Kendrick Lamar | Overly Dedicated | Hip hop | Top Dawg | |
| September 14 | of Montreal | False Priest | Psychedelic pop, dance pop, R&B | Polyvinyl | |
| September 14 | Superchunk | Majesty Shredding | Alternative rock, indie rock, punk rock | Merge | |
| September 14 | Thriving Ivory | Through Yourself & Back Again | Indie rock, pop rock | Wind-up | |
| September 14 | Trey Songz | Passion, Pain & Pleasure | R&B | Songbook, Atlantic | |
| September 14 | The Walkmen | Lisbon | Indie rock | Fat Possum, Bella Union | |
| September 15 | Maroon 5 | Hands All Over | Pop | A&M Octone | |
| September 17 | Selena Gomez & the Scene | A Year Without Rain | Dance-pop, synth-pop | Hollywood | |
| September 20 | Black Country Communion | Black Country Communion | Hard rock, blues rock | Mascot, J&R Adventures | |
| September 20 | Manic Street Preachers | Postcards from a Young Man | Alternative rock, power pop | Columbia | |
| September 21 | Emm Gryner | Gem and I | Pop | Dead Daisy Records, Second Motion | |
| September 21 | John Legend and The Roots | Wake Up! | R&B, soul, funk | GOOD Music, Columbia | |
| September 21 | Matt Costa | Mobile Chateau | Indie rock | Brushfire | |
| September 21 | My Darkest Days | My Darkest Days | Hard rock, post-grunge | 604 | |
| September 21 | Paula Cole | Ithaca | Rock | Decca | |
| September 21 | Serj Tankian | Imperfect Harmonies | Art rock, symphonic rock, progressive rock | Reprise, Serjical Strike | |
| September 21 | Torche | Songs for Singles | Sludge metal | Hydra Head | |
| September 22 | Dimmu Borgir | Abrahadabra | Symphonic black metal | Nuclear Blast | |
| September 22 | KT Tunstall | Tiger Suit | Folktronica, indie pop | Relentless | |
| September 23 | White Denim | Last Day of Summer | Indie rock, psychedelic rock | Downtown | |
| September 24 | Ana Popović | An evening at Trasimeno Lake | Electric blues, blues rock, jazz | ArtisteXclusive records | |
| September 24 | Gordon Haskell | One Day Soon | | Fullfill Records | |
| September 24 | Mark Ronson & The Business Intl. | Record Collection | Alternative hip hop, synth-pop, alternative dance | Allido, RCA, Columbia | |
| September 27 | Deerhunter | Halcyon Digest | Psychedelic pop, dream pop, indie pop | 4AD | |
| September 27 | Enslaved | Axioma Ethica Odini | Progressive metal, Viking metal | Indie Recordings, Nuclear Blast | |
| September 27 | Infernal | Fall from Grace | | Border Breakers, inf:rec | |
| September 27 | Killing Joke | Absolute Dissent | Industrial metal, post-punk | Spinefarm, Universal | |
| September 28 | Bad Religion | The Dissent of Man | Punk rock | Epitaph | |
| September 28 | Ben Folds and Nick Hornby | Lonely Avenue | Alternative rock | Nonesuch | |
| September 28 | Electric Six | Zodiac | Indie rock, electronic rock | Metropolis | |
| September 28 | Ice Cube | I Am the West | West Coast hip hop | Lench Mob | |
| September 28 | Jimmy Eat World | Invented | Power pop | Interscope | |
| September 28 | Michael W. Smith | Wonder | CCM, pop | Reunion | |
| September 28 | Mushroomhead | Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children | Alternative metal | Megaforce | |
| September 28 | No Age | Everything in Between | Art punk, noise rock, experimental rock | Sub Pop | |
| September 28 | October Tide | A Thin Shell | Death-doom | Candlelight | |

## Fourth quarter
### October

List of albums released in October 2010 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| October 1 | Tinie Tempah | Disc-Overy | Hip hop | Parlophone | |
| October 4 | Bring Me the Horizon | There Is a Hell Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven Let's Keep It a Secret. | Metalcore | Epitaph | |
| October 4 | Bruno Mars | Doo-Wops & Hooligans | R&B, pop | Atlantic, Elektra | |
| October 5 | Air Dubai | Wonder Age | Alternative rock | | |
| October 5 | Chiodos | Illuminaudio | Post-hardcore | Equal Vision | |
| October 5 | David Archuleta | The Other Side of Down | Pop | Jive, 19 | |
| October 5 | Emily Osment | Fight or Flight | Electropop | Wind-up | |
| October 5 | Faith Evans | Something About Faith | R&B | Prolific, E1 | |
| October 5 | Finger Eleven | Life Turns Electric | Alternative rock | Wind-up | |
| October 5 | Fistful of Mercy | As I Call You Down | Blues, folk rock | HOT Records | |
| October 5 | Guster | Easy Wonderful | Alternative rock, indie rock | Aware, Universal Republic | |
| October 5 | Joe Satriani | Black Swans and Wormhole Wizards | Instrumental rock, progressive rock | Epic | |
| October 8 | Alter Bridge | AB III | Alternative metal | Roadrunner | |
| October 8 | The Audreys | Sometimes the Stars | | ABC Music | |
| October 11 | Belle and Sebastian | Belle and Sebastian Write About Love | Indie pop | Rough Trade | |
| October 11 | Steve Lukather | All's Well That Ends Well | Hard rock | Mascot | |
| October 12 | Far East Movement | Free Wired | Dance-pop, hip hop, electronic | Cherrytree, Interscope | |
| October 12 | Gram Rabbit | Miracles & Metaphors | Indie rock, space rock, electropop | Cobraside, Royal Order | |
| October 12 | Motionless in White | Creatures | Metalcore, gothic metal, post-hardcore | Fearless | |
| October 12 | Sufjan Stevens | The Age of Adz | Synth-pop, art pop, electro-folk | Asthmatic Kitty | |
| October 12 | Trapt | No Apologies | Alternative metal | Eleven Seven Music | |
| October 12 | Valencia | Dancing with a Ghost | Alternative rock, pop-punk | I Surrender | |
| October 15 | Kings of Leon | Come Around Sundown | Alternative rock | RCA | |
| October 15 | Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) | Hannah Montana Forever | Pop, teen pop, pop rock | Walt Disney | |
| October 18 | Huey Lewis and the News | Soulsville | Soul | W.O.W. Records | |
| October 19 | Allstar Weekend | Suddenly Yours | Pop rock | Hollywood | |
| October 19 | Bad Books | Bad Books | Indie rock | Favorite Gentlemen, Razor & Tie | |
| October 19 | Bo Burnham | Words Words Words | Comedy | Comedy Central | |
| October 19 | Brian Eno with Leo Abrahams and Jon Hopkins | Small Craft on a Milk Sea | Electronic, ambient, experimental rock | Warp | |
| October 19 | Dag Arnesen | Norwegian Song 3 | | Losen | |
| October 19 | Elton John and Leon Russell | The Union | Rock | Decca | |
| October 19 | Jim Bryson and The Weakerthans | The Falcon Lake Incident | Indie rock | Kelp, MapleMusic | |
| October 19 | Rod Stewart | Fly Me to the Moon... The Great American Songbook Volume V | Jazz, traditional pop | J | |
| October 19 | Shakira | Sale el Sol | Latin pop | Epic | |
| October 22 | Joe McElderry | Wide Awake | Pop, dance-pop, teen pop | Syco Music | |
| October 25 | Anika | Anika | Dub, electronic, pop | Invada Records, Stones Throw | |
| October 25 | Belanova | Sueño Electro I | Pop | | |
| October 25 | Charlotte Church | Back to Scratch | Pop, alternative | Dooby Records | |
| October 25 | Monster Magnet | Mastermind | Stoner rock | Napalm | |
| October 25 | Star One | Victims of the Modern Age | Progressive metal, space rock | Inside Out Music | |
| October 25 | Taylor Swift | Speak Now | Country pop, pop rock | Big Machine | |
| October 26 | Young the Giant | Young the Giant | Alternative rock, indie rock | Roadrunner | |
| October 27 | Good Charlotte | Cardiology | Pop-punk | Capitol | |
| October 29 | Cheryl Cole | Messy Little Raindrops | R&B, dance-pop | Fascination, Polydor | |
| October 29 | Devlin | Bud, Sweat and Beers | British hip hop, grime | Island, Universal | |
| October 31 | Alexisonfire | Dog's Blood | Post-hardcore, hardcore punk | Dine Alone | |
| October 31 | Helloween | 7 Sinners | Power metal | SPV/Steamhammer, Spinefarm | |

### November

List of albums released in November 2010 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| November 1 | Cradle of Filth | Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa | Extreme metal | Peaceville | |
| November 1 | Jamiroquai | Rock Dust Light Star | Funk, rock, R&B | Universal, Mercury | |
| November 2 | Escape the Fate | Escape the Fate | Hard rock | Interscope | |
| November 2 | Jason Aldean | My Kinda Party | Country | Broken Bow | |
| November 2 | Mariah Carey | Merry Christmas II You | Christmas | Island Def Jam | |
| November 2 | N.E.R.D. | Nothing | Blues, pop, soft rock | Star Trak, Interscope | |
| November 2 | Pitbull | Armando | Pop-rap | Mr. 305 Inc., Sony Latino | |
| November 8 | Atheist | Jupiter | Technical death metal | Season of Mist | |
| November 8 | James Blunt | Some Kind of Trouble | Pop rock, folk rock | Atlantic, Custard, Epic | |
| November 8 | Nadine | Insatiable | R&B, pop | Black Pen Records | |
| November 9 | Brian Johnson | Love Came Down - Live Acoustic Worship in the Studio | | | |
| November 9 | Brokencyde | Will Never Die | Crunkcore | BreakSilence | |
| November 9 | CeeLo Green | The Lady Killer | Soul, R&B, funk | Elektra | |
| November 9 | Kid Cudi | Man on the Moon II: The Legend of Mr. Rager | Alternative hip hop | Dream On, GOOD Music, Universal Motown | |
| November 9 | The Ocean | Anthropocentric | Post-metal, sludge metal, progressive metal | Metal Blade | |
| November 9 | Reba | All the Women I Am | Country | Starstruck, Valory | |
| November 9 | Underoath | Ø (Disambiguation) | Metalcore | Tooth & Nail | |
| November 12 | Annie Lennox | A Christmas Cornucopia | Christmas, world | | |
| November 12 | Rihanna | Loud | R&B, dance-pop | Def Jam, SRP | |
| November 15 | A Day to Remember | What Separates Me from You | Post-hardcore, metalcore, pop-punk | Victory | |
| November 15 | McFly | Above the Noise | Pop rock, pop, EDM | Universal Island | |
| November 15 | Take That | Progress | Pop rock, pop, electropop | Polydor | |
| November 16 | Kid Rock | Born Free | Country, heartland rock | Atlantic | |
| November 16 | Stereolab | Not Music | Post-rock | Duophonic, Drag City | |
| November 19 | Christina Aguilera and Cher | Burlesque: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | | Screen Gems, Inc, RCA | |
| November 19 | JLS | Outta This World | R&B, pop | Epic | |
| November 19 | Kesha | Cannibal | Dance-pop | RCA | |
| November 19 | Westlife | Gravity | Pop, dance-pop | Syco Music, Sony Music, RCA | |
| November 22 | Girls | Broken Dreams Club | Indie rock | True Panther | |
| November 22 | Jessica Simpson | Happy Christmas | Pop, Christmas, R&B | Primary Wave, eleveneleven | |
| November 22 | Kanye West | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | Hip hop | Def Jam, Roc-A-Fella | |
| November 22 | Lloyd Banks | H.F.M. 2 (The Hunger for More 2) | Hip hop | G-Unit, EMI | |
| November 22 | My Chemical Romance | Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys | Alternative rock, punk rock | Reprise | |
| November 22 | Ne-Yo | Libra Scale | R&B, Europop | Def Jam, Compound Entertainment | |
| November 22 | Nicki Minaj | Pink Friday | Hip hop, R&B, pop | Young Money, Cash Money, Universal Motown | |
| November 22 | Robyn | Body Talk | Electropop, synth-pop | Konichiwa | |
| November 22 | Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds | Sister Sparrow & the Dirty Birds | Rock, R&B, soul | Modern Vintage Recordings | |
| November 26 | Alesha Dixon | The Entertainer | R&B | Asylum | |
| November 26 | The Black Eyed Peas | The Beginning | Pop | Interscope | |
| November 26 | Duffy | Endlessly | Pop | A&M | |
| November 26 | Manowar | Battle Hymns MMXI | Power metal | Magic Circle Music | |
| November 29 | Jazmine Sullivan | Love Me Back | R&B, hip hop soul | J, Arista | |
| November 30 | Chrisette Michele | Let Freedom Reign | R&B | Def Jam | |
| November 30 | Flo Rida | Only One Flo (Part 1) | Pop-rap, hip house, dance | Atlantic, Poe Boy | |
| November 30 | Soulja Boy | The DeAndre Way | Hip hop | SOD, Collipark Music, Interscope | |

### December

List of albums released in December 2010 :
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| Release date | Artist | Album | Genre | Label | Ref. |
| December 3 | Daft Punk | Tron: Legacy | Electronic | Walt Disney | |
| December 6 | Deadmau5 | 4×4=12 | Progressive house, electro house | Mau5trap, Ultra, Virgin | |
| December 6 | Mylène Farmer | Bleu noir | Dance-pop, electropop, synth-pop | Universal Music France | |
| December 6 | Not Squares | Yeah OK | | Richter Collective, Teto Records | |
| December 7 | Diane Birch | The Velveteen Age | Neo soul, pop, gospel | S-Curve | |
| December 7 | Hinder | All American Nightmare | Hard rock | Universal Republic | |
| December 7 | Natasha Bedingfield | Strip Me | Pop | Epic, Phonogenic | |
| December 7 | Plain White T's | Wonders of the Younger | Alternative rock, indie rock, emo pop | Hollywood | |
| December 7 | T.I. | No Mercy | Hip hop | Grand Hustle, Atlantic | |
| December 10 | Ciara | Basic Instinct | R&B | LaFace, Jive | |
| December 14 | Crystal Bowersox | Farmer's Daughter | Folk rock, country | Jive, 19 | |
| December 14 | Diddy – Dirty Money | Last Train to Paris | Hip hop, house | Bad Boy, Interscope | |
| December 14 | R. Kelly | Love Letter | | Jive | |
| December 15 | Mr. Big | What If... | Hard rock | WHD Entertainment, Victor, Frontiers | |
| December 17 | Keri Hilson | No Boys Allowed | R&B | Mosley Music, Zone 4, Interscope | |
| December 17 | LaViVe | No Sleep | Dance-pop | Starwatch | |
| December 20 | Wire | Red Barked Tree | Post-punk, experimental rock | Pinkflag | |
| December 21 | Duran Duran | All You Need Is Now | New wave, pop rock | S-Curve | |
| December 21 | Jamie Foxx | Best Night of My Life | R&B, hip hop | J | |
| December 21 | Keyshia Cole | Calling All Hearts | R&B | Geffen, Interscope | |
| December 25 | Gorillaz | The Fall | Lo-fi, electronic | Parlophone, Virgin | |
| December 25 | Klaxons | Landmarks of Lunacy | Alternative rock | | |