Nekesa Mumbi Moody, Associated Press

1. Amy Winehouse, "Back to Black"

2. The Bird and the Bee, "The Bird and the Bee"

3. Common, "Finding Forever"

4. "Once" (soundtrack)

5. Kanye West, "Graduation"

6. R. Kelly, "Double Up"

7. Alicia Keys, "As I Am"

8. Lily Allen, "Alright, Still"

9. Rihanna, "Good Girl Gone Bad"

10. M.I.A., "Kala"

Honorable mention: "Because of You," Ne-Yo; "American Gangster," Jay-Z; "Sound of Silver," LCD Soundsystem; "In My Element," Robert Glasper; "Blackout," Britney Spears

Christopher Muther, Boston Globe

1. Yelle, "Pop-up"

2. Andrew Bird, "Armchair Apocrypha"

3. The Go Team, "Proof of Youth"

4. Jens Lekman, "Night Falls Over Kortedala"

5. Mark Ronson, "Version," and Amy Winehouse, "Frank"

6. Mika, "Life in Cartoon Motion"

7. LCD Soundsystem, "Sound of Silver"

8. Carla Bruni, "No Promises"

9. Bertrand Burgalat, "Cheri B.B."

10. Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips, "Back Numbers"

Sarah Rodman, Boston Globe

1. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, "Raising Sand"

2. Lori McKenna, "Unglamorous"

3. Fountains of Wayne, "Traffic and Weather"

4. Rilo Kiley, "Under the Blacklight"

5. Ryan Adams, "Easy Tiger"

6. Crowded House, "Time on Earth"

7. Spoon, "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga"

8. Amy Winehouse, "Back to Black"

9. Dan Wilson, "Free Life"

10. Andy Palacio & the Garifuna Collective, "Watina"

Jake Coyle, Associated Press

1. Radiohead, "In Rainbows"

2. Modest Mouse, "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank"

3. Spoon, "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga"

4. Panda Bear, "Person Pitch"

5. Feist, "The Reminder"

6. Wilco, "Sky Blue Sky"

7. Rilo Kiley, "Under the Blacklight"

8. Amy Winehouse, "Back to Black"

9. Of Montreal, "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?"

10. Menomena, "Friend and Foe"

James Reed, Boston Globe

1. Electrelane, "No Shouts No Calls"

2. Bon Iver, "For Emma, Forever Ago"

3. Kanye West, "Graduation"

4. Phosphorescent, "Pride"

5. Papercuts, "Can't Go Back"

6. Brenda Ray, "Walatta"

7. PJ Harvey, "White Chalk"

8. Bettye LaVette, "The Scene of the Crime"

9. Richard Swift, "Dressed Up for the Letdown"

10. Various artists, "Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay" and "The Roots of Chicha"

Chuck Campbell, Scripps Howard News Service

1. M.I.A., "Kala"

2. Arcade Fire, "Neon Bible"

3. Bjork, "Volta"

4. Queens of the Stone Age, "Era Vulgaris"

5. Seal, "System"

6. Nicole Atkins, "Neptune City"

7. Richard Hawley, "Lady's Bridge"

8. Monster in the Machine, "Butterfly Pinned"

9. Melissa Etheridge, "The Awakening"

10. Shane Nicholson, "Faith & Science"

Joan Anderman, Boston Globe

1. Bruce Springsteen, "Magic"

2. White Stripes, "Icky Thump"

3. Amy Winehouse, "Back to Black"

4. Arcade Fire, "Neon Bible"

5. Ghostface Killah, "The Big Doe Rehab"

6. PJ Harvey, "White Chalk"

7. Kanye West, "Graduation"

8. Of Montreal, "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?"

9. The Shins, "Wincing the Night Away"

10. Judith Owen, "Happy This Way"

Nate Chinen, New York Times

1. Michael Brecker, "Pilgrimage"

2. Radiohead, "In Rainbows"

3. Bill McHenry, "Roses"

4. Charles Mingus Sextet, "Cornell 1964"

5. Mike Moreno, "Between the Lines"

6. LCD Soundsystem, "Sound of Silver"

7. Joshua Redman, "Back East"

8. Feist, "The Reminder"

9. Lil Wayne, "Da Drought 3"

10. Deerhoof, "Friend Opportunity"