List of Oricon number-one albums of 2011

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The highest-selling albums and extended plays (EPs) in Japan are ranked on the Oricon Weekly Chart, which is published by Oricon Style magazine. [1] The data are compiled by Oricon based upon weekly physical album sales. [2] In 2011, a total of 45 albums claimed the top position of the Oricon Weekly Chart.

Extended play musical recording longer than a single, but shorter than a full album

An extended play record, often referred to as an EP, is a musical recording that contains more tracks than a single, but is usually unqualified as an album or LP. Contemporary EPs generally contain a minimum of three tracks and maximum of six tracks, and are considered "less expensive and time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album. An EP originally referred to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and LP, but it is now applied to mid-length CDs and downloads as well.

Oricon Inc., established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as Original Confidence Inc., which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc. was originally set up as a subsidiary of Original Confidence and took over the latter’s Oricon record charts in April 2002.

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Chart history

Key
Dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates Oricon best-selling album of 2011 [3]
South Korean bubblegum pop girl group Girls' Generation became the first non-Japanese girl group to earn a number-one album on the chart. SNSD at LG Cinema 3D World Festival (4).jpg
South Korean bubblegum pop girl group Girls' Generation became the first non-Japanese girl group to earn a number-one album on the chart.
American pop singer Lady Gaga scored her first Oricon number-one album with Born This Way , which became 2011 best-selling album by a Western female artist. Lady Gaga You and I Manchester.jpg
American pop singer Lady Gaga scored her first Oricon number-one album with Born This Way , which became 2011 best-selling album by a Western female artist.
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Ref.
January 3 Love Songs Ayumi Hamasaki [5]
January 10No3b(ノースリーブス,Nōsurībusu) No3b [6]
January 17 Ikimonobakari: Members Best Selection Ikimono-gakari [7]
January 24 You Can't Catch Me Maaya Sakamoto [8]
January 31Exit Tunes Presents Vocalonexus feat. Hatsune Miku Various artists [9]
February 7Supergood, Superbad Tomohisa Yamashita [10]
February 14Ano.. Yume Motemasu Kedo.(あの・・夢もてますケド。) Yusuke [11]
February 21 [12]
February 282 -Ni- Yuzu [13]
March 7Musicman Keisuke Kuwata [14]
March 14 Dejavu Kumi Koda [15]
March 21Negai no Tō(願いの塔, Wish Tower) Exile [16]
March 28Ketsunopolis 7(ケツノポリス7) Ketsumeishi [17]
April 4Negai no TōExile [18]
April 11 [19]
April 18 Guitarissimo Miwa [20]
April 25The Apples Kazuya Yoshii [21]
May 2Dōmo(どーも) Kazumasa Oda [22]
May 9 Checkmate! Namie Amuro [23]
May 16 [24]
May 23 Big Bang 2 Big Bang [25]
May 30Five Treasure Island F.T. Island [26]
June 6 Born This Way Lady Gaga [27]
June 13 Girls' Generation Girls' Generation [28]
June 20 Koko ni Ita Koto AKB48 [29]
June 27 Mind Travel Superfly [30]
July 4Thank You, Love Kana Nishino [31]
July 11 Dai Hakken Tokyo Jihen [32]
July 18 Beautiful World Dagger-14-plain.png Arashi [33]
July 25 You Juju [34]
August 1 [35]
August 8C'mon B'z [36]
August 15M Best Miliyah Kato [37]
August 22Ray of Hope Tatsuro Yamashita [38]
August 29SMAP Aid SMAP [39]
September 5Megaphonic Yuki [40]
September 12 Five Ayumi Hamasaki [41]
September 19 [42]
September 26♯AAABest AAA [43]
October 3 Nolza 2NE1 [44]
October 10 Tone TVXQ [45]
October 17A.N.Jell with TBS Kei Kinyō Drama “Ikemen Desune” Music Collection
(A.N.JELL WITH TBS系金曜ドラマ『美男ですね』MUSIC COLLECTION)		 A.N.Jell [46]
October 248Eight8 Kaela Kimura [47]
October 31Tegomass no Mahō(テゴマスのまほう,Tegomass's Magic) Tegomass [48]
November 7Never More -Reincarnation:PERSONA4-
(ネバー・モア－「ペルソナ4」輪廻転生－)		 Shoji Meguro & Shihoko Hirata for Persona 4 [49]
November 14 How Crazy Your Love Yui [50]
November 21K Album KinKi Kids [51]
November 28 Fight Kanjani Eight [52]
December 5 Super Girl Kara [53]
December 12 JPN Perfume [54]
December 19 Test Drive Jin Akanishi featuring Jason Derulo [55]
December 26Super GirlKara [56]

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  7. ↑ いきものがかり、初ベストが8週ぶり首位返り咲き (in Japanese). Oricon. January 11, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
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  37. ↑ 【オリコン】加藤ミリヤ、初ベスト盤が首位　デビュー7年目で連続首位も初 (in Japanese). Oricon. August 9, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
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  39. ↑ "【オリコン】SMAPの復興支援アルバム首位" (in Japanese). Oricon. August 23, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2011.
  40. ↑ "【オリコン】YUKI、オリジナルアルバム4作連続首位" (in Japanese). Oricon. August 30, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
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  51. ↑ "【オリコン】KinKi Kids、14作目のアルバム首位" (in Japanese). Oricon. November 15, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011.
  52. ↑ 【オリコン】関ジャニ∞新作、自己最高25.4万枚で4作連続首位 (in Japanese). Oricon. November 22, 2011. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
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  54. ↑ "【オリコン】Perfume、3作連続アルバム首位　女性グループではSPEED以来12年ぶり" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 6, 2011. Retrieved December 6, 2011.
  55. ↑ 【オリコン】赤西仁、全米デビュー作が国内首位 (in Japanese). Oricon. December 13, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
  56. ↑ "【オリコン】KARA、K-POP初の返り咲き首位　韓国勢が史上初のアルバム1・2位独占" (in Japanese). Oricon. December 20, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
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