The “crème de la crème” of nights to celebrate the music industry, the Grammy Awards, is fast approaching and we couldn’t help but take a minute to reflect on the memorable performances over the last decade. Sure enough, there have been lots of controversial, genre-crossing and boundary pushing displays of unity between acts, however, the ones that stand out firmly deserve a mention... for a multitude of reasons.

3. Eminem feat. Elton John – “Stan” (2001)

You may remember that in our best of lists of 2010, we rated out favourite song of the year as "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)". Well, at the end of last year, Arcade Fire finally released a film clip for the amazing song. And they didn't just release one... here's the official clip first:

A bit late to the game much!? We only heard this amazing cover of Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs" by Mr Little Jeans earlier today (thanks Triple J!) and it's truly extraordinary. One of the best covers I've personally heard in recent memory.

When we started this list, we mentioned that there were a few surprises along the way - this is no doubt thanks to the fact that we're counting down tracks, not singles, that were released in 2010 in any form.

What surprised even us, however, that the number one spot would not go to a single, but rather a favourite track off an album that came in at number one on our recent "Albums of 2010" countdown. But before we get there, let's start in with number 10 ...

As we've been going through the top 40 tracks and albums of the year, I thought we should take some time out to recognise some of the best music videos of 2010.

We round out our Best Albums of 2010 countdown with the Top 10 of 2010. With all our contributors voting on this one, there were a few surprises as to the order they appeared - but the decision for number one was virtually unanimous. Enjoy and check back later in the week as we begin our top songs of 2010 countdown!

Thousands of discerning music fans participated in Richard Kingsmill’s 2010 Album Poll and they told us that Arcade Fire ‘Suburbs’ was the best album of 2010.

One of my all time favourite music video directors (and directors in general) is back, and he's bringing with him the new one from Canada's Arcade Fire. "The Suburbs" was one of the tracks off of the new album (of the same name) to drop pretty early on, and it gave us Arcade Fire a bit of a shock at first.