List of number-one Billboard Alternative Albums of 2010

These are the U.S. number-one alternative rock albums of 2010, per the Billboard Alternative Albums chart.

Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.

List

Key

Indicates best charting alternative album of 2010 Note: Year-End top-selling alternative albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan..

Issue date	Album	Artist	Reference
January 2	The Twilight Saga: New Moon	Soundtrack	[1]
January 9	Ocean Eyes	Owl City	[2]
January 16			[3]
January 23			[4]
January 30	Contra	Vampire Weekend	[5]
February 6	Transference	Spoon	[6]
February 13	Contra	Vampire Weekend	[7]
February 20	Only by the Night	Kings of Leon	[8]
February 27	Live in Las Vegas	Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds	[9]
March 6	Ocean Eyes	Owl City	[10]
March 13	This Addiction	Alkaline Trio	[11]
March 20	Alice in Wonderland: Almost Alice	Soundtrack	[12]
March 27	Plastic Beach	Gorillaz	[13]
April 3	The Edge	Various artists	[14]
April 10	Volume Two	She & Him	[15]
April 17			[16]
April 24	Go	Jonsi	[17]
May 1	Congratulations	MGMT	[18]
May 8	Blue Sky Noise	Circa Survive	[19]
May 15	Fever	Bullet for My Valentine	[20]
May 22	The Oracle	Godsmack	[21]
May 29	High Violet	The National	[22]
June 5	Brothers	The Black Keys	[23]
June 12	Stone Temple Pilots	Stone Temple Pilots	[24]
June 19	To the Sea	Jack Johnson	[25]
June 26	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Soundtrack	[26]
July 3	To the Sea	Jack Johnson	[27]
July 10			[28]
July 17	The Twilight Saga: Eclipse	Soundtrack	[29]
July 24			[30]
July 31	Korn III: Remember Who You Are	Korn	[31]
August 7	To the Sea	Jack Johnson	[32]
August 14	Nightmare	Avenged Sevenfold	[33]
August 21	The Suburbs	Arcade Fire	[34]
August 28			[35]
September 4			[36]
September 11			[37]
September 18	Disturbed	Disturbed	[38]
September 25			[39]
October 2	A Thousand Suns	Linkin Park	[40]
October 9			[41]
October 16			[42]
October 23			[43]
October 30	The Age of Adz	Sufjan Stevens	[44]
November 6	Come Around Sundown	Kings of Leon	[45]
November 13			[46]
November 20			[47]
November 27			[48]
December 4	What Separates Me from You	A Day to Remember	[49]
December 11	Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys	My Chemical Romance	[50]
December 18	Sigh No More	Mumford & Sons	[51]
December 25	All American Nightmare	Hinder	[52]

References

External links

• Current Billboard Alternative Albums chart

See also

• 2010 in music