As reported to College Music Journal |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Artist | Recording | Label |
| 1 | Atlas Genius | Through The Glass [EP] | Warner Brothers |
| 2 | Lumineers | The Lumineers | Dualtone |
| 3 | AWOL Nation | Megalithic Symphony | Red Bull |
| 4 | FUN. | Some Nights | Fueled By Ramen |
| 5 | Muse | "Madness" [Single] | Warner Brothers |
| 6 | Of Monsters and Men | My Head Is An Animal | Record |
| 7 | Passion Pit | Gossamer | Columbia |
| 8 | Animal Collective | Centipede Hz | Domino |
| 9 | Two Door Cinema Club | Beacon | Glassnote |
| 10 | Dinosaur Jr. | I Bet On Sky | Jagjaguwar |
| 11 | Rolling Stones | Grrr! | Universal |
| 12 | Phillip Phillips | The World From The Side Of The Moon | Interscope |
| 13 | Minus The Bear | Infinity Overhead | Dangerbird |
| 14 | Green Day | Uno | Reprise |
| 15 | The XX | Coexist | XL |
| 16 | Wild Nothing | "Paradise" [Single] | Captured Tracks |
| 17 | Black Keys | El Camino | Nonesuch |
| 18 | Wallflowers | Glad All Over | Columbia |
| 19 | Lianne La Havas | Is Your Love Big Enough? | Nonesuch |
| 20 | Milo Greene | Milo Greene | Chop Shop-Atlantic |
| 21 | Blind Pilot | We Are The Tide | Expunged |
| 22 | Family of the Year | Loma Vista | Nettwerk |
| 23 | Avett Brothers | The Carpenter | Universal |
| 24 | Lana Del Rey | Paradise [EP] | Universal |
| 25 | Grace Potter and the Nocturnals | The Lion The Beast The Beat | Hollywood |
| 26 | Fiction Family | Reunion | Rock Ridge Music |
| 27 | Lifehouse | Almeria | Geffen Records |
| 28 | ZZ Ward | Til The Casket Drops | Boardwalk |
| 29 | OneRepublic | Native | Interscope |
| 30 | Green Day | Dos! | Reprise |
