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Top 10 albums and top 25 songs of 2011

MOVE counts down the very best of music in 2011.

Published Dec. 9, 2011

Top 10 Albums

  1. Helplessness Blues, Fleet Foxes
  2. w h o k i l l, tUnE-yArDs
  3. Bon Iver, Bon Iver Bon Iver
  4. Cults, Cults
  5. James Blake, James Blake
  6. Hurry Up, We're Dreaming, M83
  7. Strange Mercy, St. Vincent
  8. Watch the Throne, Jay-Z & Kanye West
  9. Father, Son, Holy Ghost, Girls
  10. David Comes to Life, Fucked Up

Honorable Mention: Zonoscope, Cut Copy The Year of Hibernation, Youth Lagoon House of Balloons, The Weeknd Yuck, Yuck The People's Key, Bright Eyes

Top 25 Singles

  1. "Bizness" — tUnE-yArDs
  2. "Helplessness Blues" — Fleet Foxes
  3. "Yonkers" — Tyler, The Creator
  4. "Lindinsfarne" — James Blake
  5. "Niggas in Paris" — Jay-Z and Kanye West
  6. "Cruel" — St. Vincent
  7. "Oh My God" — Cults
  8. "California" — EMA
  9. "Midnight City" — M83
  10. "Swerve… the Reeping of All That is Worthwhile (Noir Not Withstanding)" — Shabazz Palaces
  11. "Beth/Rest" — Bon Iver
  12. "Songs for Women" — Frank Ocean
  13. "Weekend" — Smith Westerns
  14. "Vomit" — Girls
  15. "Underground Kings" — Drake
  16. "Queen of Hearts" — Fucked Up
  17. "Shake it Out" — Florence + The Machine
  18. "Walking far from Home" — Iron & Wine
  19. "Santa Fe" — Beirut
  20. "1+1" — Beyoncé
  21. "The Wall" — Yuck
  22. "We Bros" — WU LYF
  23. "Jesus Fever" — Kurt Vile
  24. "Down by the River" — Decemberists
  25. "Barton Hollow" — The Civil Wars
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