List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2011
The highest-selling albums and
, 30 albums advanced to the peak position of the chart.Singer-songwriter
Usher's Confessions reached sales of 8 million copies.[2] 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
† | Indicates best performing album of 2011 |
Issue date | Album | Artist(s) | Sales | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
January 1 | Speak Now | Taylor Swift | 259,000 | [3][4] |
January 8 | 276,000 | [5][6] | ||
January 15 | 77,000 | [7][8] | ||
January 22 | 52,000 | [9][10] | ||
January 29 | Showroom of Compassion | Cake | 44,000 | [11][12] |
February 5 | The King Is Dead | The Decemberists | 94,000 | [13][14] |
February 12 | Mission Bell | Amos Lee | 40,000 | [15][16] |
February 19 | Pink Friday | Nicki Minaj | 45,000 | [17][18] |
February 26 | Now 37
|
Various Artists | 151,000 | [19][20] |
March 5 | Never Say Never – The Remixes
|
Justin Bieber | 165,000 | [21][22] |
March 12 | 21 † | Adele | 352,000 | [23][24] |
March 19 | 168,000 | [25][26] | ||
March 26 | Lasers | Lupe Fiasco | 204,000 | [27][28] |
April 2 | 21 † | Adele | 98,000 | [29][30] |
April 9 | F.A.M.E. | Chris Brown | 270,000 | [31][32] |
April 16 | Femme Fatale | Britney Spears | 276,000 | [33][34] |
April 23 | 21 † | Adele | 88,000 | [35][36] |
April 30 | Wasting Light | Foo Fighters | 235,000 | [37][38] |
May 7 | 21 † | Adele | 153,000 | [39][40] |
May 14 | 124,000 | [41][42] | ||
May 21 | 155,000 | [43][44] | ||
May 28 | 156,000 | [45][46] | ||
June 4 | 137,000 | [47][48] | ||
June 11 | Born This Way | Lady Gaga | 1,108,000 | [49][50] |
June 18 | 174,000 | [51][52] | ||
June 25 | 21 † | Adele | 114,000 | [53][54] |
July 2 | Hell: The Sequel | Bad Meets Evil | 171,000 | [55][56] |
July 9 | The Light of the Sun | Jill Scott | 135,000 | [57][58] |
July 16 | 4
|
Beyoncé
|
310,000 | [59][60] |
July 23 | 115,000 | [61][62] | ||
July 30 | Red River Blue | Blake Shelton | 116,000 | [63][64] |
August 6 | 21 † | Adele | 77,000 | [65][66] |
August 13 | Chief | Eric Church | 145,000 | [67][68] |
August 20 | 21 † | Adele | 76,000 | [69][70] |
August 27 | Watch the Throne | Jay-Z and Kanye West | 436,000 | [71][72] |
September 3 | 177,000 | [73][74] | ||
September 10 | The R.E.D. Album | Game | 98,000 | [75][76] |
September 17 | Tha Carter IV | Lil Wayne | 964,000 | [77][78] |
September 24 | 219,000 | [79][80] | ||
October 1 | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | 347,000 | [81][82] |
October 8 | Duets II | Tony Bennett | 179,000 | [83][84] |
October 15 | Cole World: The Sideline Story | J. Cole | 218,000 | [85][86] |
October 22 | Clear as Day | Scotty McCreery | 197,000 | [87][88] |
October 29 | Evanescence | Evanescence | 127,000 | [89][90] |
November 5 | 21 † | Adele | 106,000 | [91][92] |
November 12 | Mylo Xyloto | Coldplay | 447,000 | [93][94] |
November 19 | Under the Mistletoe | Justin Bieber | 210,000 | [95][96] |
November 26 | Blue Slide Park | Mac Miller | 144,000 | [97][98] |
December 3 | Take Care | Drake
|
631,000 | [99][100] |
December 10 | Christmas | Michael Bublé | 227,000 | [101][102] |
December 17 | 293,000 | [103][104] | ||
December 24 | 479,000 | [105][106] | ||
December 31 | 448,000 | [107][2] |
See also
- 2011 in music
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2011 (U.S.)
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