With 2010 gone for good, it’s nice to look back at what the year gave us in music—what we listened to, what we didn’t and what we may have missed.

The Billboard top 100 charts help us to reminisce on what moments made certain songs for us, and what songs made certain moments. Whether it was your favorite song at The Dive or your favorite album to study to, 2010 gave us a lot to go off of, and 2011 can only bring more.

However, a lot of good music can be missed when one only listens to the top of the pops. Top artists of 2010, according to Billboard, were Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Eminem, Lady Antebellum, Ke$ha, Usher, Black Eyed Peas, Justin Bieber, Rihanna and Drake.

Above are Billboard’s Top Ten albums of the year, and on the bottom are some artists and their albums for this year that are worth checking out, even if they didn’t make it to the Billboard Charts as often as they deserved.