I think 2010 was very good year of new music. Lot's of new sound and great debutes.
It's not done in here yet, so it would be interesting to see what BK people think. Maybe get some good examples.
For me

1. Noisia - Split the atom
2. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles II
3. Skream - Outside the box
4. Chemical Brothers - Further
5. Daft punk - Tron Legacy OST
6. Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
7. Massive Attack - Heligoland
8. Pendulum - Immersion
9. Salem - King Knight
10. Miami Horror - Illumination

Ninja Tune - Ninja Tune XX
Massive Attack - Heligoland
Utah Jazz - Vintage
Eleven Tigers - Clouds Are Mountains
Mount Kimbie - Crooks & Lovers
Andy C - Nightlife 5
The Chemical Brothers - Further
Delphic - Acolyte
Hybrid - Disappear Here
Carbon Based Lifeforms - Interloper

Other mentions:
Scuba - Triangulation
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Eminem - Recovery
Netsky - Netsky

1. daft punk - tron legacy soundtrack
2. autechre - oversteps
3. pretty lights - making up a changing mind
4. the chemical brothers - further
5. architect - consume, adapt, create
6. massive attack - heligoland
7. gorillaz - plastic beach
8. ikonika - contact, love, want, have
9. how to destroy angels - (self-titled)
10. rusko - omg

other good albums: trent reznor and atticus ross - the social network, electric wizard - black masses, igor boxx - breslau, clint mansell - black swan soundtrack, hans zimmer - inception soundtrack, autechre - move of ten

albums:

Phantogram - Eyelid Movies
Nedry - Condors
The Chemical Brothers - Further

tracks/singles:

Dessa - Dixon's Girl
Gorillaz - Empire Ants
Magnetic Man ft. Katy B - Perfect Stranger (live at Maida Vale)
Pilotpriest - Body Double
Dark Sky - Something To Lose
Rusko - Hold On
PRDCTV - Metropolis (Dan Le Sac Remix)
Gold Panda - You
Emika - Double Edge
Noisia & Amon Tobin - Sunhammer

I was very looking forward to the new albums from Gorillaz and Hybrid, but both of them were letdowns for me. Especially the Gorillaz one.

edit: Have gone through your lists guys and there's defo some really good stuff I didn't know about. Especially Eleven Tigers and Utah Jazz! Nice one Laurie

Hehe, my pleasure. I'm glad to see Dark Sky on your list. His output was phenomenal in 2010. Let's hope he keeps it up

Albums:
Danny Byrd - Rave Digger
Pendulum - Immersion

Full Singles:
Katy B - On A Mission (On A Mission, Louder)

Seperate tracks:
Martin Solveig feat Dragonette - Hello
Magnetic Man feat. Katy B - Perfect Stranger (live at Maida Vale)
Selah Sue - Raggamuffin
Daft Punk - Derezzed
Mumbai Science - Gold
Jay Z - 99 Problems (The Prodigy Remix)
The Wombats - Tokyo (Vampires & Wolves)
Swedish House Mafia - One you have to admit that song is brilliantly made
James Blake - Limit To Your Love
Chase & Status - Blind Faith (feat. Liam Bailey)
Chemical Brothers - Horsepower
Katy B feat. Ms Dynamite - Lights On (Skream Remix)
DJ Fresh - Gold Dust

Artist of the year : Katy B

Big list I know, but one : I have the time to make it and two : I think 2010 was a great year for music. The albums in this list are the ones I like from start to finish, from the first till the last track. Full singles are the singles I loved from start to finish and seperate tracks are, well, just tracks I liked.

I'm really looking forward to 2011 as there's probably going to be more stuff from artists like Katy B (album), Chase & Status (album), Martin Solveig (idk, probably a lot of new tracks), Prodigy hopefully ?, and so on ..

(oh and fuck you, i know it's compared to the lists above a little bit uhmmmm ... commercialshittyravemusic i don't even know some of the artists in other people's list )

Albums:
1. Audio Bullys - Higher Than The Eiffel
2. Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

btw - disappointment of the year:
Massive Attack - Heligoland

Pendulum - Immersion
Noisia- Split The Atom
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy OST

Albums i enjoyed the most last year.

Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Fantasy
Janelle Monae - Archandroid
Noisia - Split the Atom
Gorillaz - Plastic Beach
Daft Punk - Tron Legacy OST