List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2011

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With her singles "Rolling in the Deep" and "Set Fire to the Rain", Adele became the first artist since 1974 to hold the number-one position in the Dutch Top 40 with two songs consecutively. Adele adkins concert1.jpg
With her singles "Rolling in the Deep" and "Set Fire to the Rain", Adele became the first artist since 1974 to hold the number-one position in the Dutch Top 40 with two songs consecutively.
Lady Gaga became, with her single "Born This Way", the first artist since 2009 that debuted at the number-one position in the Dutch Top 40. Monster ball uk dance in the dark cropped to face.jpg
Lady Gaga became, with her single "Born This Way", the first artist since 2009 that debuted at the number-one position in the Dutch Top 40.
Alexis Jordan scored her first number-one hit in the Dutch Top 40 this year. Her song "Happiness" spent ten weeks at the top of the chart, making it the song that stayed the most weeks on number one this year. Alexis Jordan.jpg
Alexis Jordan scored her first number-one hit in the Dutch Top 40 this year. Her song "Happiness" spent ten weeks at the top of the chart, making it the song that stayed the most weeks on number one this year.
Pitbull scored his second number-one hit in the Dutch Top 40 this year with his song "Give Me Everything" (which features Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer). Pitbull the rapper in performance (2011).jpg
Pitbull scored his second number-one hit in the Dutch Top 40 this year with his song "Give Me Everything" (which features Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer).
Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera (pictured) scored their first number-one hit this year with the song "Moves Like Jagger". Christina Aguilera Sanremo.jpg
Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera (pictured) scored their first number-one hit this year with the song "Moves Like Jagger".

This is a list of the Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2011. The Dutch Top 40 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the Netherlands. It is published every week by radio station Radio 538. In 2011, it was the first time that the Dutch Top 40 had 53 releases, because there were 53 Saturdays in 2011. In the past, if there were 53 Saturdays in a year, the Dutch Top 40 was only released 52 times.

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Eighteen acts gained their first number-one single in the Dutch Top 40 in 2011, either as lead or featured act: Martin Solveig, Dragonette, Adele, Alexis Jordan, Ne-Yo, Afrojack, Nayer, Sak Noel, Don Omar, Lucenzo, Maroon 5, Christina Aguilera, The Voice of Holland, Gotye, Kimbra, Gers Pardoel, Sandro Silva and Quintino. This means only Lady Gaga and Pitbull did not gain their first number-one single this year: they gained their first number-one singles in 2009 (Gaga with "Just Dance" and Pitbull with "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)").

Lady Gaga's single "Born This Way" debuted at number one in the Top 40 this year. This has not happened since 2009, when Lisa Lois's cover version of "Hallelujah" debuted at number one. Alexis Jordan became the artist with the most weeks on number one this year: her song "Happiness" spent ten weeks at the top (see number-one artists). Three singles spent only one week at the number-one position: "Set Fire to the Rain", "One Thousand Voices" and "Epic".

The artist with the most number-one singles in 2011, was Adele. In fact, she was the only artist with more than one number-one single this year. She reached the top with her songs "Rolling in the Deep" and "Set Fire to the Rain". Adele also became, with these two singles, the first act since 1974 that held the number-one position with more than one song consecutively. In 1974, the English band Mud managed to achieve this with the singles "Dynamite" and "Tiger Feet".

Seven artists that scored a Dutch Top 40 number-one single in 2011, are American; five are Dutch. The other artists are Belgian Australian, Canadian, French, New Zealander, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, Spanish and British. The most used language in the number-one singles of 2011 is English.

Chart history

Issue DateSongArtist(s)Reference(s)
January 1"Hello" Martin Solveig & Dragonette [1]
January 8 [2]
January 15 [3]
January 22 [4]
January 29"Rolling in the Deep" Adele [5]
February 5 [6]
February 12 [7]
February 19 [8]
February 26"Born This Way" Lady Gaga [9]
March 5 [10]
March 12"Rolling in the Deep"Adele [11]
March 19 [12]
March 26 [13]
April 2"Set Fire to the Rain" [14]
April 9"Happiness" Alexis Jordan [15]
April 16 [16]
April 23 [17]
April 30 [18]
May 7 [19]
May 14 [20]
May 21 [21]
May 28 [22]
June 4 [23]
June 11 [24]
June 18"Give Me Everything" Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer [25]
June 25 [26]
July 2"Loca People" Sak Noel [27]
July 9 [28]
July 16 [29]
July 23 [30]
July 30"Danza Kuduro" Don Omar & Lucenzo [31]
August 6 [32]
August 13 [33]
August 20 [34]
August 27 [35]
September 3 [36]
September 10 [37]
September 17"Moves Like Jagger" Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera [38]
September 24 [39]
October 1 [40]
October 8"One Thousand Voices" The Voice of Holland [1] [41]
October 15"Somebody That I Used to Know" Gotye featuring Kimbra [42]
October 22 [43]
October 29 [44]
November 5"Ik Neem Je Mee" Gers Pardoel [45]
November 12 [46]
November 19 [47]
November 26 [48]
December 3"Somebody That I Used to Know"Gotye featuring Kimbra [49]
December 10 [50]
December 17"Ik Neem Je Mee"Gers Pardoel [51]
December 24 [52]
December 31"Epic" Sandro Silva & Quintino [53]
Notes

Number-one artists

PositionNationalityArtistWeeks #1
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States Alexis Jordan 10
2Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Adele 8
3Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Lucenzo 7
3Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico Don Omar 7
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Gers Pardoel 6
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Gotye 5
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Kimbra 5
6Flag of France.svg  France Martin Solveig 4
6Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Dragonette 4
6Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Sak Noel 4
7Flag of the United States.svg  United States Maroon 5 3
7Flag of the United States.svg  United States Christina Aguilera 3
8Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lady Gaga 2
8Flag of the United States.svg  United States Pitbull 2
8Flag of the United States.svg  United States Ne-Yo 2
8Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Afrojack 2
8Flag of the United States.svg  United States Nayer 2
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands The Voice of Holland 1
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Sandro Silva 1
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Quintino 1

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