Yeah I know it's more premature than Obama's Berlin victory speech but, hey, I like making gratuitous lists. I'm not entirely sure that this is my definitive list and with another Arcade Fire album hopefully due before 2010 it could all change very quickly.

Anyway here's the provisional run down starting with #10.

She was the victim of a tragic plane crash in that innocent pre-9/11 summer of 2001, but as a result Aaliyah's legacy remains untarnished by the self-opinionated and vulgar antics that befall many a pop star. In her short life she produced several great records but this one is possibly the greatest R'n'B record of the decade. A deceptively simple melody transformed by a heavenly voice, a gloriously funky beat and some very clever production; it's R'n'B at it's best.