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.[1][2]

Albums
Note: UK artists
  • Bold: Album contains Song of the Year
# Album Artist Country of origin
1Primary ColoursThe Horrors United Kingdom
2xxThe xx United Kingdom
3It's Blitz!Yeah Yeah Yeahs United States
4Two DancersWild Beasts United Kingdom
5Merriweather Post PavilionAnimal Collective United States
6VeckatimestGrizzly Bear United States
7A Brief History of LoveThe Big Pink United Kingdom
8Tarot SportFuck Buttons United Kingdom
9Fever RayFever Ray Sweden
10Kings & QueensJamie T United Kingdom
11West Ryder Pauper Lunatic AsylumKasabian United Kingdom
12HumbugArctic Monkeys United Kingdom
13La RouxLa Roux United Kingdom
14Journal for Plague LoversManic Street Preachers United Kingdom
15The Pains of Being Pure at HeartThe Pains of Being Pure at Heart United States
16AlbumGirls United States
17Sigh No MoreMumford & Sons United Kingdom
18Travels with Myself and AnotherFuture of the Left United Kingdom
19Wall of ArmsThe Maccabees United Kingdom
20Bitte OrcaDirty Projectors United States
21Get ColorHealth United States
22Two SunsBat for Lashes United Kingdom
23Kingdom of RustDoves United Kingdom
24Love Comes CloseCold Cave United States
25It's Not Me, It's YouLily Allen United Kingdom
26LungsFlorence and the Machine United Kingdom
27A Woman a Man Walked ByPJ Harvey & John Parish United Kingdom
28My Maudlin CareerCamera Obscura United Kingdom
29Phrazes for the YoungJulian Casablancas United States
30Ignore the IgnorantThe Cribs United Kingdom
31JewelleryMicachu United Kingdom
32The First Days of SpringNoah and the Whale United Kingdom
33The Blueprint 3Jay-Z United States
34Wolfgang Amadeus PhoenixPhoenix France
35The EternalSonic Youth United States
36Summertime! EPThe Drums United States
37MannersPassion Pit United States
38King of JeansPissed Jeans United States
39Post-NothingJapandroids Canada
40Alight of NightCrystal Stilts United States
41Only RevolutionsBiffy Clyro United Kingdom
42Walking on a DreamEmpire of the Sun Australia
43Tonight: Franz FerdinandFranz Ferdinand United Kingdom
44Rated OOneida United States
45Truelove's GutterRichard Hawley United Kingdom
46Grey BritainGallows United Kingdom
47Dance MotherTelepathe United States
48LogosAtlas Sound United States
49Middle CycloneNeko Case United States
50I Had the Blues But I Shook Them LooseBombay Bicycle Club United Kingdom

Countries represented

Singles
Note: UK artists
# Track Artist Country of origin
1"Zero"Yeah Yeah Yeahs United States
2"Sea Within a Sea"The Horrors United Kingdom
3"Dominos"The Big Pink United Kingdom
4"Bonkers"Dizzee Rascal featuring Armand Van Helden United Kingdom /  United States
5"My Girls"Animal Collective United States
6"Empire State of Mind"Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys United States
7"Let's Go Surfing"The Drums United States
8"In For the Kill"La Roux United Kingdom
9"Paparazzi"Lady Gaga United States
10"Die Slow"Health United States
11"Cornerstone"Arctic Monkeys United Kingdom
12"Fire"Kasabian United Kingdom
13"11th Dimension"Julian Casablancas United States
14"Sticks N Stones"Jamie T United Kingdom
15"Crying Lightning"Arctic Monkeys United Kingdom
16"Daniel"Bat for Lashes United Kingdom
17"Bicycle"Memory Tapes United States
18"Hyph Mngo"Joy Orbison United Kingdom
19"In For The Kill" (Skream's Let's Get Ravey remix)La Roux United Kingdom
20"The Fear"Lily Allen United Kingdom
21"Poker Face"Lady Gaga United States
22"Velvet"The Big Pink United Kingdom
23"Stillness Is The Move"Dirty Projectors United States
24"Bulletproof"La Roux United Kingdom
25"That Golden Rule"Biffy Clyro United Kingdom
26"Hooting and Howling"Wild Beasts United Kingdom
27"Solo"Chew Lips United Kingdom
28"Islands"The xx United Kingdom
29"She Wolf"Shakira Colombia
30"If I Had a Heart"Fever Ray Sweden
31"Arming Eritrea"Future of the Left United Kingdom
32"While You Wait for the Others"Grizzly Bear United States
33"Lisztomania"Phoenix France
34"Jump in the Pool"Friendly Fires United Kingdom
35"New in Town"Little Boots United Kingdom
36"Feel It All Around"Washed Out United States
37"Blood Bank"Bon Iver United States
38"Hellhole Ratrace"Girls United States
39"Surf Solar"Fuck Buttons United Kingdom
40"Swim Until You Can't See the Land"Frightened Rabbit United Kingdom
41"I'm Not Your Toy"La Roux United Kingdom
42"Jackie Collins Existential Question Time"Manic Street Preachers United Kingdom
43"The Captain"Biffy Clyro United Kingdom
44"Skeleton Boy"Friendly Fires United Kingdom
45"Two Weeks"Grizzly Bear United States
46"D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"Jay-Z United States
47"No Kind Words"The Maccabees United Kingdom
48"Drumming Song"Florence and the Machine United Kingdom
49"Cheat on Me"The Cribs United Kingdom
50"I Became a Prostitute"The Twilight Sad United Kingdom

Artists with Multiple entries

4 Entries

  • La Roux (8, 19, 24, 41)

2 Entries

  • The Big Pink (3, 22)
  • Jay-Z (6, 46)
  • Lady Gaga (9, 21)
  • Arctic Monkeys (11, 15)
  • Biffy Clyro (25, 43)
  • Grizzly Bear (32, 45)
  • Friendly Fires (34, 44)

Countries represented

References
  1. "50 Best Tracks of 2009 | NME.COM". nme.com. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
  2. "Albums and Tracks of the Year for 2009 - NME.COM". nme.com. Retrieved 2014-03-12.
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