The 25 Best Mash Ups of 2010

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1. Chasing the Broken Hearted - Phil RetroSpector
Snow Patrol (Chasing Cars) vs. Jimmy Ruffin (What Becomes of the Brokenhearted)



2. Miracles - Norwegian Recycling
Bruno Mars (Just the Way You Are) vs. Michael Jackson (Black or White) vs. Gnarls Barkley (Crazy) vs. Survivor (Eye of the Tiger) vs. Snoop Dogg (Sexual Eruption) vs. Taylor Swift (Fearless) Jason Derülo (In My Head)



3. United State of Pop 2009 (Blame It on the Pop) - DJ Earworm
The Top 40 Songs of 2009



4. Thunder Busters – Wax Audio
Ray Parker, Jr. (Ghostbusters) vs. AC/DC (Thunderstruck)

5. Imagine One Day (So Far Away) - Mashup-Germany
Matisyahu (One Day) vs. John Lennon (Imagine) vs. Blink 182 (All the Small Things) vs. Bob Marley (No Woman No Cry)

6. Dancing Since U Been Gone - A Plus D
Robyn (Dancing On My Own) vs. Kelly Clarkson (Since U Been Gone)

7. The XX Gon’ Give it to Ya - The Hood Internet
DMX (X Gon' Give It to Ya) vs. The XX (Intro)

8. Whole Sex Lotta Machine – Fissunix
Run-DMC (Walk This Way) vs. Led Zeppelin (Whole Lotta Love) vs. James Brown ((Get Up I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine, Pt. 1)

9. Dirt on Your Crown - DJ O-Face
Jay-Z (Dirt Off Your Shoulder) vs. Sleigh Bells (Crown On the Ground)

10. American Days Are Over - The Reborn Identity
Florence + the Machine (Dog Days Are Over) vs. Don McLean (American Pie)

11. Forget You, Santa! – DJ BC
Cee-Lo Green (Forget You) vs. Jackson 5 (Santa Claus Is Coming to Town)

12. How Soon Is Independence? - Go Home Productions
Destiny’s Child (Independent Lady part 1) vs. the Smiths (How Soon Is Now?)

13. Marilou on Fire - Mighty Mike
Serge Gainsbourg (Marilou Reggae Dub) vs. Kings of Leon (Sex On Fire)

14. Styl’O The Times - DJ Zebra
Prince (Sign 'O' the Times) vs. Gorillaz (Stylo)

15. Dani California – DOSVEC
Red Hot Chili Peppers (Dani California) vs. B.o.B. (Airplanes)

16. The Wavin’ Flag Mashup - Mashup–Germany
K’naan (Wavin' Flag) vs. Kings of Leon (Use Somebody) vs. Whitney Houston (My Love Is Your Love) vs. Matisyahu (One Day)

17. Jump You (Expletive Deleted) - The Kleptones
Van Halen (Jump) vs. Cee-Lo Green ((Expletive Deleted) You)

18. 99 Problems Can’t Stop - I love Brand-x
Jay-Z (99 Problems) vs. Red Hot Chili Peppers (Can't Stop - By the Way)

19. The Catalyst vs. Carmina Burana – DJ’s From Mars
Linkin Park (The Catalyst) vs. Carl Orff (Carmina Burana)

20. Bumble Star Galactica - DJ Le Clown
Wilson Pickett (Bumble Bee (Sting Me)) vs. Prince (Sign 'O' the Times) vs. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince (Boom! Shake the Room)

21. Heyail to the Soul Sister - Mashup-Germany
Train (Hey, Soul Sister) vs. Beatsteaks (Hail to the Freaks)

22. I Want You Closer - Sex Mashine
Nine Inch Nails (Closer) vs. George Michael (I Want Your Sex)

23. Decode Rude Boy – AplusD
Rihanna (Rude Boy) vs. Paramore (Decode)

24. This Tightropes Made For Walkin’ - Party Ben
Nancy Sinatra (These Boots Are Made for Walkin') vs. Janelle Monáe (Tightrope)

25. Folsom Prison Gangstaz – DJ Topccat
Eazy-E (Luv 4 Dem Gangsta'z) vs. Johnny Cash (Folsom Prison Blues)

The 25 Best Live Performances of 2010

1. Wake Up – John Legend and the Roots (Unstaged)



2. King of Anything – Sara Bareilles and the Backbeats (The Sing-Off)



3. Runaway - Kanye West and Pusha T (MTV Video Music Awards)



4. Breathless - Taylor Swift (Hope for Haiti Now)

5. You and Me – Dave Matthews Band (2010 Grammy Awards)

6. Need You Now – Adele and Darius Rucker (CMT Artists of the Year)

7. Hard Times Come Again No More – Mary J. Blige featuring The Roots (Hope for Haiti Now)

8. Blame It – Jamie Foxx, T-Pain, Doug E. Fresh and Slash (Grammy Awards)

9. Dog Days Are Over – Florence and the Machine (MTV Video Music Awards)

10. Shutterbug – Big Boi and the Roots (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)

11. Lean on Me – Sheryl Crow, Kid Rock, and Keith Urban (Hope for Haiti Now)

12. Down on the Corner – Streetcorner Symphony (The Sing-Off)

13. Peace / Crazy / Love Train – Yusef Islam, Ozzy Osborne and The O’Jays (Rally to Restore Sanity and / or Fear)

14. Alone and Forsaken – Neil Young and Dave Matthews (Hope for Haiti Now)

15. Earth Song - Michael Jackson, Carrie Underwood, Smokey Robinson, Celine Dion, Jennifer Hudson, and Usher (2010 Grammy Awards)

16. Breakeven – The Back Beats (The Sing-Off)

17. Chasing Pirates – Norah Jones and the Roots (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)

18. Yesterday – Neil Diamond and Herbie Hancock (Stand Up 2 Cancer)

19. The House of the Rising Sun – Jerry Lawson and Talk of the Town (The Sing -Off)

20. Mine – Maroon 5 (CMT Artists of the Year)

21. We Shall Overcome – Bruce Springsteen (Hope for Haiti Now)

22. Won’t Back Down – Eminem and the Roots (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)

23. Straight Outta Compton – Ice Cube and the Roots (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)

24. Send Me and Angel – Alicia Keys (Hope for Haiti Now)

25. Gone – Ben Folds and Streetcorner Symphony (The Sing-Off)

The 50 Best Music Videos of 2010

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1. Tighten Up - The Black Keys





2. This Too Shall Pass - OK Go



3. Next Girl - The Black Keys



4. At or with Me - Jack Johnson



5. Giving up the Gun - Vampire Weekend



6. Head Full of Doubt/Road Full Of Promise - The Avett Brothers

7. Runaway - Kanye West

8. Valentino - Diane Birch

9. White Knuckles - OK Go

10. Let it Be - Gylne Tider

11. (Expletive Deleted) You - Cee Lo Green

12. Opposite of Adult - Chiddy Bang

13. Stylo - Gorillaz featuring Mos Def and Bobby Womack

14. Madder Red - Yeasayer

15. In the Sun - She and Him

16. Cold War - Janelle Monáe

17. Erase Me - Kid Cudi and Kanye West

18. Young Blood - Norah Jones

19. Thinking ‘bout Somethin’ - Hanson

20. Skeletons - The Yeah Yeah Yeahs

21. The Ghost Inside - Broken Bells

22. He's Not a Boy - The Like

23. Do-Wah-Doo - Kate Nash

24. The Cave - Mumford and Sons

25. King of Anything - Sara Bareilles

26. I Wish it Would Rain - Mayer Hawthorne

27. The Catylist - Linkin Park

28. Pow Pow - LCD Soundsystem

29. Kandi - One EskimO

30. Misery - Maroon 5

31. Kush - Dr Dre featuring Snoop Dogg and Akon

32. Playing God - Paramore

33. Dear God 2.0 - The Roots and Jim James of Monsters of Folk

34. Power - Kanye West

35. On to the Next One - Jay-Z

36. One Track Mind - Mayer Hawthorne

37. Cousins - Vampire Weekend

38. The Fire - The Roots featuring John Legend

39. The Only Exception - Paramore

40. Barbra Streisand - Duck Sauce

41. It's Okay - Cee Lo Green

42. Song Away - Hockey

43. Waiting for the End - Linkin Park

44. Dilly - Band of Horses

45. Christmas Lights - Coldplay

46. Wake Up Everybody - John Legend & The Roots, Common & Melanie Fiona

47. Love the Way You Lie - Eminem featuring Rihanna

48. If its Love - Train

49. Holiday - Vampire Weekend

50. Drunk Girls - LCD Soundsystem

The 25 Best Albums of 2010

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1. Brothers - The Black Keys

2. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy - Kanye West
Is Hip-Hop Just a Euphemism for a New Religion?

3. Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons

4. The Lady Killer - Cee Lo Green
I Guess He's an X-Box and I'm More Atari

5. Contra - Vampire Weekend
Here Comes that Feeling You Thought You'd Forgotten

6. Catching a Tiger - Lissie

7. Kaleidoscope Heart - Sara Bareilles
I'm Going Down, Follow if You Wanna

8. Speak Now - Taylor Swift
All Those Other Girls, Well They're Beautiful, but Would They Writea Song for You?

9. Wake Up! - John Legend and The Roots

10. Love Letter - R. Kelly
I Want to Bring Love Songs Back to the Radio

11. American VI: Ain't No Grave - Johnny Cash
Until We Meet Again

12. Eric Clapton - Eric Clapton

13. To the Sea - Jack Johnson

14. Infinite Arms - Band of Horses

15. How I Got Over - The Roots
Look How They Got Me on the Def Jam Payment Plan

16. The Velveteen Age - Diane Birch with The Phenomenal Handclap Band

17. Transference - Transference - Spoon
Got Nothing to lose but Loneliness and Patterns

18. The ArchAndroid - Janelle Monáe

19. God Willin' and the Creek Don't Rise - Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs
Can I Come Home for the Summer, I Could Slow Down a Little While

20. Court Yard Hounds - Court Yard Hounds
I Was Raising Can, Now I'm Raising Babies

21. Record Collection - Mark Ronson & The Business Intl.
I Only Want to Be in Yoyr Record Collection

22. The High Road - Broken Bells
The Dawn to End All Nights; That's All We Hoped it Was

23. Release Me - The Like

24. My Best Friend Is You - My Best Friend Is You - Kate Nash
I Don't Careif We're Just Friends, I CanHang out with Myself

25. Plastic Beach - Gorillaz