Adele had a total of three singles in the top 10 in 2011, including the year's best-selling single, "Someone like You", which spent five weeks at number-one and lasted nine weeks in the top 10.Adam Levine and his group Maroon 5 scored a major comeback hit this year with "Moves Like Jagger". The song, a collaboration with Christina Aguilera, became the UK's second best seller of the year, with 16 consecutive weeks in the top 10, including seven straight weeks at number two. It is the highest-selling song not to peak at number-one in the UK, with over 1.5 million copies sold there.American electronic dance music duo LMFAO achieved the third best selling single of 2011 with "Party Rock Anthem". The record spent four straight weeks at number-one in the UK and lasted 12 weeks in the top 10. It went on to sell over 1.2 million copies in the UK alone.
The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart.[2][3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2011, as well as singles which peaked in 2010 and 2012 but were in the top 10 in 2011. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
One-hundred and thirty-eight singles were in the top ten in 2011. Twelve singles from 2010 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, "Good Feeling" by Flo Rida and "Paradise" by Coldplay were released in 2011 but did not reach their peak until 2012. "What's My Name?" by Rihanna featuring Drake and "Who's That Chick" by David Guetta featuring Rihanna were the singles from 2010 to reach their peak in 2011. Fifty-one artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2011. Christina Perri, Ed Sheeran, Jessie J, Little Mix and Rizzle Kicks were among the many artists who achieved their first UK charting top 10 single in 2011.
According to figures released by the Official Charts Company, 2011 saw the biggest amount of single sales since 2004, with around 178 million singles being purchased.[4]
Fifty-eight artists achieved their first top 10 single in 2011, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, five went on to record another hit single that year: Avicii, Little Mix, Nero, Skylar Grey and Wiz Khalifa. Ed Sheeran, Rizzle Kicks and Wretch 32 all scored two more top 10 singles in 2011. Jessie J had three other entries in her breakthrough year.
The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.
Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year. These included "Iris" (from City of Angels, a re-entry due to the song's performance on The X Factor).
Jessie J made her UK top 10 debut this year, scoring four entries. The most successful of these was "Price Tag", featuring American rapper B.o.B, which reached number-one in February for two weeks and ended up as the UK's fourth best selling single of the year.US rapper Pitbull achieved two UK top 10 entries in 2011, both of which peaked at number-one. "On the Floor" was a collaboration with Jennifer Lopez, while "Give Me Everything" was a collaboration with Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer.London-born rapper Wretch 32 achieved three top 10 entries this year, including "Don't Go", a collaboration with Josh Kumra, which topped the chart for one week in August.One Direction made their arrival into the UK charts in 2011 with three top 10 entries. These included their debut number-one single "What Makes You Beautiful", as well as their guest appearance on the chart-topping charity record "Wishing on a Star" by The X Factor Finalists 2011.Cher Lloyd, who finished fourth in the seventh series of The X Factor, had two entries in the UK top 10 this year, including her debut single "Swagger Jagger", which entered the chart at number-one in August.
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2011, including singles that reached their peak in 2010 or 2012. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2011 is also shown.
a "Make You Feel My Love" re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 16 January following usage on Dancing on Ice.
b "Thinking of Me" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 2 January.
c "Who's That Chick?" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 9 January.
d "Lights On" re-entered the top 10 at number 4 on 9 January.
e "Do It Like a Dude" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 6 March following the release of the album, Who You Are.
f "Eyes Wide Shut" re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 20 February following physical release.
g "S&M" re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 17 April following the release of a remix featuring Britney Spears.
h "Fast Car" originally peaked at number 5 upon its initial release in 1988. It re-entered the top 10 at its brand new peak of number 4 on 30 April 2011 (week ending) following usage on Britain's Got Talent.[5]
i "Judas" re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 22 May following a performance at Radio 1's Big Weekend.
j "The Edge of Glory" re-entered the top 10 at number 8 on 26 June following the release of the accompanying music video.
k "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 3 July following a performance at Glastonbury Festival.
l "Back to Black" entered the top 10 at number 8 on 31 July following the death of Amy Winehouse, having originally peaked at number 25 upon release in 2007.[6]
m "Jealousy" re-entered the top 10 at number 9 on 18 September following a price reduction on iTunes.
n "The A Team" re-entered the top 10 at number 7 on 25 September and again at number 9 on 16 October following usage on The X Factor.
o "Cannonball" entered the top 10 at number 9 on 25 September following usage on The X Factor, having originally peaked at number 19 upon release in 2004.
p "Iris" entered the top 10 at number 3 on 2 October following usage on The X Factor, having originally peaked at number 26 upon release in 1999.
q "Jar of Hearts" re-entered the top 10 at number 4 on 16 October following usage on The X Factor and again on 20 November at number 10 following a performance on Strictly Come Dancing.
r "Without You" re-entered the top 10 at number 10 on 6 November following a price reduction on iTunes.
"Who's That Chick?" is a song by French DJ David Guetta from the reissue of his fourth studio album One Love (2009), entitled One More Love (2010). The song features guest vocals by Barbadian singer Rihanna and was written by Guetta, Kinda "Kee" Hamid, Frédéric Riesterer, and Giorgio Tuinfort. Since the song contains a sample of "Who's That Girl", Madonna and Patrick Leonard are credited as co-writers as well. It was released internationally as the second single on 22 November 2010 as a digital single, and was also released as a CD single and an Extended play (EP), the latter of which was released in the United States and contained remixes of the song.
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