NME Albums and Tracks of the Year, 2009


The NME Album of the Year and Single Of The Year were announced on 1 December 2009. It was the 36th countdown of the most popular albums and tracks of the year, as chosen by music reviewers and independent journalists who work for the magazine and for NME.com.

Albums

#AlbumArtistCountry of origin
1Primary ColoursThe HorrorsUK
2xxThe xxUK
3It's Blitz!Yeah Yeah YeahsUSA
4Two DancersWild BeastsUK
5Merriweather Post PavilionAnimal CollectiveUSA
6VeckatimestGrizzly BearUSA
7A Brief History of LoveThe Big PinkUK
8Tarot SportFuck ButtonsUK
9Fever RayFever RaySWE
10Kings & QueensJamie TUK
11West Ryder Pauper Lunatic AsylumKasabianUK
12HumbugArctic MonkeysUK
13La RouxLa RouxUK
14Journal for Plague LoversManic Street PreachersUK
15The Pains of Being Pure at HeartThe Pains of Being Pure at HeartUSA
16AlbumGirlsUSA
17Sigh No MoreMumford & SonsUK
18Travels with Myself and AnotherFuture of the LeftUK
19Wall of ArmsThe MaccabeesUK
20Bitte OrcaDirty ProjectorsUSA
21Get ColorHealthUSA
22Two SunsBat for LashesUK
23Kingdom of RustDovesUK
24Love Comes CloseCold CaveUSA
25It's Not Me, It's YouLily AllenUK
26LungsFlorence and the MachineUK
27A Woman a Man Walked ByPJ Harvey & John ParishUK
28My Maudlin CareerCamera ObscuraUK
29Phrazes for the YoungJulian CasablancasUSA
30Ignore the IgnorantThe CribsUK
31JewelleryMicachuUK
32The First Days of SpringNoah and the WhaleUK
33The Blueprint 3Jay-ZUSA
34Wolfgang Amadeus PhoenixPhoenixFRA
35The EternalSonic YouthUSA
36Summertime! EPThe DrumsUSA
37MannersPassion PitUSA
38King of JeansPissed JeansUSA
39Post-NothingJapandroidsCAN
40Alight of NightCrystal StiltsUSA
41Only RevolutionsBiffy ClyroUK
42Walking on a DreamEmpire of the SunAUS
43Franz FerdinandUK
44Rated OOneidaUSA
45Truelove's GutterRichard HawleyUK
46Grey BritainGallowsUK
47Dance MotherTelepatheUSA
48LogosAtlas SoundUSA
49Middle CycloneNeko CaseUSA
50I Had the Blues But I Shook Them LooseBombay Bicycle ClubUK

Countries represented

#TrackArtistCountry of origin
1"Zero"Yeah Yeah YeahsUSA
2"Sea Within a Sea"The HorrorsUK
3"Dominos"The Big PinkUK
4"Bonkers"Dizzee Rascal featuring Armand Van HeldenUK / USA
5"My Girls"Animal CollectiveUSA
6"Empire State of Mind"Jay-Z featuring Alicia KeysUSA
7"Let's Go Surfing"The DrumsUSA
8"In For the Kill"La RouxUK
9"Paparazzi"Lady GagaUSA
10"Die Slow"HealthUSA
11"Cornerstone"Arctic MonkeysUK
12"Fire"KasabianUK
13"11th Dimension"Julian CasablancasUSA
14"Sticks N Stones"Jamie TUK
15"Crying Lightning"Arctic MonkeysUK
16"Daniel"Bat for LashesUK
17"Bicycle"Memory TapesUSA
18"Hyph Mngo"Joy OrbisonUK
19"In For The Kill" La RouxUK
20"The Fear"Lily AllenUK
21"Poker Face"Lady GagaUSA
22"Velvet"The Big PinkUK
23"Stillness Is The Move"Dirty ProjectorsUSA
24"Bulletproof"La RouxUK
25"That Golden Rule"Biffy ClyroUK
26"Hooting and Howling"Wild BeastsUK
27"Solo"Chew LipsUK
28"Islands"The xxUK
29"She Wolf"ShakiraCOL
30"If I Had a Heart"Fever RaySWE
31"Arming Eritrea"Future of the LeftUK
32"While You Wait for the Others"Grizzly BearUSA
33"Lisztomania"PhoenixFRA
34"Jump in the Pool"Friendly FiresUK
35"New in Town"Little BootsUK
36"Feel It All Around"Washed OutUSA
37"Blood Bank"Bon IverUSA
38"Hellhole Ratrace"GirlsUSA
39"Surf Solar"Fuck ButtonsUK
40"Swim Until You Can't See the Land"Frightened RabbitUK
41"I'm Not Your Toy"La RouxUK
42"Jackie Collins Existential Question Time"Manic Street PreachersUK
43"The Captain"Biffy ClyroUK
44"Skeleton Boy"Friendly FiresUK
45"Two Weeks"Grizzly BearUSA
46"D.O.A. "Jay-ZUSA
47"No Kind Words"The MaccabeesUK
48"Drumming Song"Florence and the MachineUK
49"Cheat on Me"The CribsUK
50"I Became a Prostitute"The Twilight SadUK

Artists with Multiple entries

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