* = dance music; about 120 bpm & upwards.
** = funk/soul/hiphop/jazz/reggae/world/ska/or combinations, ‘blue eyed soul’ also
*** = downtempo/electronic/ambient/idm
no stars = something else
# = guilty pleasures

My top 17 of favorite songs of the year 2010 (out of 51 listed here):

Note: Plage, Bright lights bigger city, Riviera life, Happiness and Seven nation army all became hits in 2011. But those songs were originally released this year.

1. Young Jazz Rebels – Black freedom ***
2. Crystal Fighters – Plage **
3. The Game, Justin Timberlake and Pharrell – Ain’t no doubt about it (btw: the version in this mp3 fragment is the version I mean. It’s the one I heard first on internet radio, also downloadable at S…S…k. For some reason, every YouTube file has been pitched higher…) **
4. Mardi Gras BB – Benim ismim mahmut altunay **
5. Adele – Rolling in the deep **
6. Mafikizolo – Marabi **
7. N.e.r.d. ft. Nelly Furtado – Hot-n-fun **
8. Sia – Clap your hands
9. The Martin Brothers – Steal drums (Original Mix) *
10. One Foot In Jail ft. Grant Phabao & The Jays – African Man (Swing Remix) **
11. Mardi Gras BB – Blvd de clichy **
12. Stromae – Alors on danse */#
13. Cee-Lo Green – Bright lights bigger city **
14. Caro Emerald – Riviera life **
15. Mardi Gras BB – Oscar Murón
16. Nas & Damian Marley – As we enter **
17. John Robinson And Lewis Parker ft. Angelz – Harlem river drive **

My other favorites, the ‘subtop’ part (above is the potential ‘all time top 500′ stuff):

• Ahu – To: love ***
• Alexis Jordan – Happiness */#
• A.S.M. (A State Of Mind) ft. Wax Tailor – Guaranteed **
• Baloji – Le jour d’apres **
• Ben L’Oncle Soul – Seven nation army **
• Billy Palmier – Sure shot **
• Boog Brown – The essence **
• Budos Band – Rite of the ancients **
• Caribou – Odessa ***
• Dead Capo – Carnaza **
• Declaime – Movement to the left **
• Dela – Kiss **
• Ebo Taylor – Love and death **
• Green Velvet – Flash (Jamie Jones Remix) *
• Herma Puma ft. Rider Shafique – Space to breathe **
• The Incredible Funk League ft. Andy C From Ugly Duckling – You’re gonna learn **
• Inculto – East European funk **
• Jack Johnson – You and your heart
• Jneiro Jarel – Amazonica **
• La Maison Tellier – Suite royale **
• Locnville – Sun in my pocket
• Lopazz & Zarook – Kabum (Lopazz & Zarook Long Version) *
• Lucho Bermudez Y Su Orquesta – Tolu **
• Patrice – The maker **
• Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno – Cumbia sobre el mar **
• Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno – Swing easy **
• Raphael Gualazzi and Gilles Peterson – Reality and fantasy
• Rob Marmot & My Digital Enemy – Cobron (Original Mix) *
• Seu Jorges & Almaz – Everybody loves the sunshine **
• Sia – You’ve changed
• Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars – Bend down the corner **
• Smokey Bandits – Revolucion Valiente **
• Souleance – Automatico **
• Yolanda Be Cool ft. Dcup – We not speak Americano */#