List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2011

Adele's second studio album, 21, was the most successful and highest-selling album of 2011, spending 13 non-consecutive weeks at number one.

The highest-selling albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200 chart, which is published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales. In 2011, 30 albums advanced to the peak position of the chart.

Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift's Speak Now was the first album to reach the top in 2011, spending four consecutive weeks at the top with 259,000 copies sold, while Michael Bublé's Christmas was the last album to do so, also spending four consecutive weeks there and selling 448,000 copies. The most successful album of the year was Adele's 21, which spent 13 non-consecutive weeks at number one, and sold 5 million copies. The Billboard magazine mentioned 21 as the highest-selling album in the year since 2004, when Usher's Confessions reached sales of 8 million copies. Lady Gaga's Born This Way held the record for the highest first-week total in 2011, with 1,108,000 copies sold in its first week. Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV had the second-highest first-week total in 2011, with 964,000 copies.

Chart history

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Taylor Swift's 2010 album Speak Now was the first number-one of 2011. It spent four consecutive weeks at the top.

Michael Bublé's Christmas was the last number-one album of the year, with four consecutive weeks atop the chart.

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Born This Way by Lady Gaga scored the biggest sales week of 2011, opening with 1,108,000 copies sold.

Beyoncé scored her fourth number-one with 4, which topped the chart for two weeks.

Rapper Lil Wayne's Tha Carter IV sold 964,000 copies in its first week, marking the second biggest opening-week sales of 2011.

With Pink Friday, Nicki Minaj became the first female rapper since Eve in 1999 to achieve a number-one album.

Key

Indicates best performing album of 2011

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Sales	Ref.
January 1	Speak Now	Taylor Swift	259,000
January 8			276,000
January 15			77,000
January 22			52,000
January 29	Showroom of Compassion	Cake	44,000
February 5	The King Is Dead	The Decemberists	94,000
February 12	Mission Bell	Amos Lee	40,000
February 19	Pink Friday	Nicki Minaj	45,000
February 26	Now 37	Various Artists	151,000
March 5	Never Say Never – The Remixes	Justin Bieber	165,000
March 12	21	Adele	352,000
March 19			168,000
March 26	Lasers	Lupe Fiasco	204,000
April 2	21	Adele	98,000
April 9	F.A.M.E.	Chris Brown	270,000
April 16	Femme Fatale	Britney Spears	276,000
April 23	21	Adele	88,000
April 30	Wasting Light	Foo Fighters	235,000
May 7	21	Adele	153,000
May 14			124,000
May 21			155,000
May 28			156,000
June 4			137,000
June 11	Born This Way	Lady Gaga	1,108,000
June 18			174,000
June 25	21	Adele	114,000
July 2	Hell: The Sequel	Bad Meets Evil	171,000
July 9	The Light of the Sun	Jill Scott	135,000
July 16	4	Beyoncé	310,000
July 23			115,000
July 30	Red River Blue	Blake Shelton	116,000
August 6	21	Adele	77,000
August 13	Chief	Eric Church	145,000
August 20	21	Adele	76,000
August 27	Watch the Throne	Jay-Z and Kanye West	436,000
September 3			177,000
September 10	The R.E.D. Album	Game	98,000
September 17	Tha Carter IV	Lil Wayne	964,000
September 24			219,000
October 1	Own the Night	Lady Antebellum	347,000
October 8	Duets II	Tony Bennett	179,000
October 15	Cole World: The Sideline Story	J. Cole	218,000
October 22	Clear as Day	Scotty McCreery	197,000
October 29	Evanescence	Evanescence	127,000
November 5	21	Adele	106,000
November 12	Mylo Xyloto	Coldplay	447,000
November 19	Under the Mistletoe	Justin Bieber	210,000
November 26	Blue Slide Park	Mac Miller	144,000
December 3	Take Care	Drake	631,000
December 10	Christmas	Michael Bublé	227,000
December 17			293,000
December 24			479,000
December 31			448,000

See also

• 2011 in music
• List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2011 (U.S.)