Bem aqui tens o top 10 dos melhores álbuns de 2009 para os críticos da Billboard. O 1º lugar coube a Jay-Z com The Blueprint 3. A minha opinião é que há uma grande ausência pop (mainstream) neste top!

Well... here you have Billboard's critics choices for Best Albums of 2009. Jay-Z leads the top 10 with his The Blueprint 3. I just think theres a lack of mainstream pop albums in this top!

1 Jay-Z - The Blueprint 3
2 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It`s Blitz
3 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
4 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
5 Neko Case - Middle Cyclone
6 Wilco - Wilco (The Album)
7 Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
8 Pearl Jam - Backspacer
9 Maxwell - BLACKsummers`night
10 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest