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Plastic Beach is het derde studioalbum van Gorillaz en werd uitgebracht op 5 maart 2010. In de Verenigde Staten verschijnt het album een dag later via Virgin Records. De eerste single "Stylo" wordt uitgebracht op 26 januari, maar was een week eerder al te horen via het internet.

De volledige details van Plastic Beach werden op 20 januari verspreid. Het album bevat gastoptredens van onder andere Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed, Mos Def en The Clash-leden Mick Jones en Paul Simonon.

Plastic Beach is the third studio album by British virtual band Gorillaz. It was released on 3 March 2010 by Parlophone internationally and by Virgin Records in the United States. Conceived from an unfinished project called Carousel, the album was recorded from June 2008 to November 2009, and was produced primarily by group co-creator Damon Albarn. It features guest appearances by such artists as Snoop Dogg, Gruff Rhys, De La Soul, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Lou Reed, Mark E. Smith, Bashy, Kano, and Little Dragon.

Plastic Beach received mostly positive reviews on release and was later named by several critics as one of the decade's best albums. In 2020, the album was ranked at 66 on the 100 Best Albums of the Century list by Stacker. The album debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart, selling approximately 74,432 copies in its first week. It debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 with 112,000 copies sold in its first week; overall it reached the top 10 in 22 countries in total.