2010 in Australian music
The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened or were expected to happen in 2010 in Australian music.
Events
Albums released
January
- 15: The Sunny Cowgirls — Summer
February
- 19: Eddy Current Suppression Ring — Rush to Relax
- 26: M-Phazes — Good Gracious
March
- 12: Angus & Julia Stone — Down the Way
- 12: Calling All Cars – Hold Hold Fire
- 12: MM9 – The Air Between
- 19: John Williamson — Absolute Greatest: 40 Years of True Blue
- 22: Gabriella Cilmi — Ten
- 26: Mantra — Power of the Spoken
April
- 9: Gyroscope — Cohesion
- 9: Katie Noonan and The Captains — Emperor's Box
- 9: James Reyne — TCB
- 16: The Bedroom Philosopher — Songs from the 86 Tram
- 26: John Butler Trio — April Uprising
- 26: Operator Please — Gloves
- 30: British India — Avalanche
- 30: Sara Storer — Calling Me Home: The Best of Sara Storer
May
- 7: Maundz — Mr. Nobody
- 14: Spit Syndicate — Exile
- 14: Dead Letter Circus – This is the Warning
- 21: Tame Impala — Innerspeaker
- 21: Deez Nuts — This One's for You
- 28: Catherine Britt — Catherine Britt
- 28: Midnight Juggernauts — The Crystal Axis
June
- 11: Cloud Control — Bliss Release
- 11: Crowded House — Intriguer
- 11: The Paradise Motel — Australian Ghost Story
- 18: The Amity Affliction – Youngbloods
- 18: Sia — We Are Born
- 18: Cola Wars — Invader
- 25: The Cat Empire — Cinema
- 25: Parkway Drive — Deep Blue
July
- 2: Eloqour — Charge
- 2: The Wilson Pickers — Shake It Down
- 5: Basement Birds — Basement Birds
- 9: Shane Howard — Goanna Dreaming
- 16: Erika — Sweeter Side
- 16: Dan Kelly — Dan Kelly's Dream
- 16: Maggot Mouf — You're All Ears
- 16: PVT — Church With No Magic
- 23: Birds of Tokyo — Birds of Tokyo
- 23: Skryptcha — The Numbers
- 30: Bliss n Eso — Running On Air
- 30: Washington — I Believe You, Liar
August
- 6: Dom Mariani — Rewind and Play
- 13: Custom Kings — Great Escape
- 13: Steve Forde — Hurricane
- 13: Papa VS Pretty — Heavy Harm
- 13: The Verses — Seasons
- 20: Adam Brand — It's Gonna Be OK
- 20: Miami Horror — Illumination
- 20: Stan Walker — From the Inside Out
- 27: Children Collide — Theory of Everything
September
- 3: Koolism — The 'Umu
- 10: Little Red — Midnight Remember
- 10: Old Man River — Trust
- 10: The Tongue — Alternative Energy
- 17: Kasey Chambers — Little Bird
- 17: Dialectrix — Audio Projectile
- 20: Shihad — Ignite
- 24: The Holidays — Post Paradise
October
- 1: Bag Raiders — Bag Raiders
- 1: Lior — Tumbling into the Dawn
- 8: The Audreys — Sometimes the Stars
- 8: Stealing O'Neal — Don't Sleep
- 8: You Am I — You Am I
Number-ones in 2010
Singles
The longest-running number-one singles in 2010 so far are Usher's "OMG" and Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie", both topping the chart for six consecutive weeks.Albums
I Dreamed a Dream was the number-one album for eleven non-consecutive weeks of 2010.Top 10 Singles
This is a list of singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the Australian Singles Chart during 2010. The date is when the song entered the Top 10 for the first time. Songs that were still in the top 10 at the beginning of 2010 but peaked in 2009 are listed as well. Songs that entered the top 10 in 2010 but did not peak until 2011 will be listed in List of top 10 singles in 2011 . An asterisk in the "Weeks in Top 10" column shows that the song is still in the top 10 and therefore the number of weeks could change.Notes:
- – First entered the Top 10 on 25 January 2010 where it spent 2 weeks, the song re-entered the Top 10 on 29 March 2010.
- – First entered the Top 10 on 22 February 2010 where it spent 1 week, the song re-entered the Top 10 on 29 March 2010.
- – First entered the Top 10 on 1 March 2010 where it spent 1 week, the song re-entered the Top 10 on 22 March 2010.
- – First entered the Top 10 on 17 May 2010 where it spent 1 week, the song re-entered the Top 10 on 21 June 2010.
- – First entered the Top 10 on 14 June 2010 where it spent 9 weeks, the song re-entered the Top 10 on 23 August 2010
- – First entered the Top 10 on 20 September 2010 where it spent 1 weeks, the song re-entered the Top 10 on 11 October 2010.
2009 Peaks
- "I Gotta Feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas – Weeks: 21, Peak: #1
- "Tik Tok" by Kesha – Weeks: 17, Peak: #1
- "Bad Romance" by Lady Gaga – Weeks: 14, Peak: #2
- "Black Box" by Stan Walker – Weeks: 9, Peak #2
- "Starstrukk" by 3OH!3 featuring Katy Perry – Weeks: 9, Peak: #4
- "Empire State of Mind" by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys – Weeks: 13, Peak #4
- "Down" by Jay Sean featuring Lil Wayne – Weeks: 12, Peak: #2
- "Art of Love" by Guy Sebastian featuring Jordin Sparks – Weeks: 5, Peak #8
- – First entered the Top 10 on 15 June 2009 where it spent 20 weeks, the song re-entered the Top 10 on 11 January 2010.
Entries by artist
| Artist | Total |
| Kesha | 5 |
| Katy Perry | 5 |
| Rihanna | 4 |
| David Guetta | 4 |
| Bruno Mars | 4 |
| The Black Eyed Peas | 4 |
| Pitbull | 3 |
| B.o.B | 3 |
| Jason Derülo | 3 |
| Lady Gaga | 3 |
| Jay Sean | 3 |
Notes:
- – This includes appearances on both 3OH!3's single "Starstrukk" and Timbaland's single "If We Ever Meet Again".
- – This includes appearances on both Eminem's single "Love The Way You Lie" and David Guetta's single "Who's That Chick?."
- – This includes an appearance on Flo Rida's single "Club Can't Handle Me".
- – This includes appearances on both B.o.B's single "Nothin' On You" and Travie McCoy's single "Billionaire".
- – This includes appearances on both Enrique Iglesias' single "I Like It" and Usher's single "DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love".
- – This includes an appearance on Kevin Rudolf's single "I Made It ".
Compilations