I have about a zillion things to do . . . so of course I'm doing a meme. (In my own defense, I am overdue on this one; I got it from sonneta nearly two weeks ago!)

( Hope the LJ cut works this time . . . )

Similar criteria to last year: songs that were released (wide release) as singles to radio in 2010, one song per artist, nothing purist about it, etc., etc. This year I'm actually going to link to the videos -- except when I hate the videos -- and provide a little commentary.

It was HARD to pick just 20 this year; I did a lot of chopping and changing right up to the last second. (The one-song-per-artist rule was especially hard, but I stuck to it anyway, as I like to have as many different artists as possible.) So I'm going to provide a few runner-ups too. They may not have made the cut, but they're too good not to mention!

( Here we go . . . )