Top songs of 2011

What was the number one song of 2011?

The number one song of 2011 was “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele, the top song on Billboard's year-end Hot 100 for 2011. It spent 7 weeks at number one on the weekly chart, starting with the chart dated May 21, 2011.

“We Found Love” by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris was number one for the most weeks of 2011: 8 of the year's 53 weekly charts, starting with the chart dated November 12, 2011.

Born in 2011? The birthday number one finder shows the song at number one in the exact week of your birthday, and the number one on every birthday since.

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2011, year-end Hot 100 of 2011).

How many songs reached number one in 2011?

13 songs reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time in 2011. Counting “Firework”, which was already at number one when the year began, 14 songs held the top spot across the year's 53 weekly charts.

Of the songs that first reached number one in 2011, “We Found Love” by Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris stayed there longest: 10 weeks in total, from the chart dated November 12, 2011, with 2 of those weeks on charts dated after 2011.

Weeks at No. 1 counts every week the song spent at the top, including weeks in other years; the number in brackets is the weeks on charts dated 2011. Dates are chart issue dates.

Which artists had more than one number one in 2011?

4 acts had more than one number one in 2011, counting lead and featured credits. Katy Perry had the most, with 3: “Firework”, “E.T.” and “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”.

• Katy Perry: “Firework”, “E.T.” and “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)”
• Adele: “Rolling in the Deep” and “Someone Like You”
• Britney Spears: “Hold It Against Me” and “S&M”
• Rihanna: “S&M” and “We Found Love”

What were the biggest songs of 2011?

The five biggest songs of 2011 on Billboard’s year-end Hot 100 were “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele, “Party Rock Anthem” by LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock, “Firework” by Katy Perry, “E.T.” by Katy Perry featuring Kanye West and “Give Me Everything” by Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer.

The year-end chart ranks songs by how they performed on the weekly Hot 100 across Billboard’s chart year, so a song that peaked late in the year can rank lower than its weekly peak suggests, or count toward the next year’s list. The top 30 below show each song’s length where we could match the recording.

Numbers 31 to 100

31. “Black and Yellow” Wiz Khalifa
32. “Tonight Tonight” Hot Chelle Rae
33. “Blow” Kesha
34. “Lighters” Bad Meets Evil featuring Bruno Mars
35. “If I Die Young” The Band Perry
36. “Stereo Hearts” Gym Class Heroes featuring Adam Levine
37. “The Time (Dirty Bit)” The Black Eyed Peas
38. “Coming Home” Diddy – Dirty Money featuring Skylar Grey
39. “Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)” Pitbull featuring T-Pain
40. “Only Girl (In the World)” Rihanna
41. “6 Foot 7 Foot” Lil Wayne featuring Cory Gunz
42. “Just a Kiss” Lady Antebellum
43. “Dirt Road Anthem” Jason Aldean
44. “Dynamite” Taio Cruz
45. “No Hands” Waka Flocka Flame featuring Wale and Roscoe Dash
46. “I Wanna Go” Britney Spears
47. “I'm on One” DJ Khaled featuring Drake, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne
48. “You Make Me Feel...” Cobra Starship featuring Sabi
49. “Yeah 3x” Chris Brown
50. “Moment 4 Life” Nicki Minaj featuring Drake
51. “I Need a Doctor” Dr. Dre featuring Eminem and Skylar Grey
52. “Just a Dream” Nelly
53. “Motivation” Kelly Rowland featuring Lil Wayne
54. “Stereo Love” Edward Maya featuring Vika Jigulina
55. “Jar of Hearts” Christina Perri
56. “Roll Up” Wiz Khalifa
57. “Sexy and I Know It” LMFAO
58. “Rocketeer” Far East Movement featuring Ryan Tedder
59. “All of the Lights” Kanye West
60. “Hold It Against Me” Britney Spears
61. “More” Usher
62. “What the Hell” Avril Lavigne
63. “Written in the Stars” Tinie Tempah featuring Eric Turner
64. “Bottoms Up” Trey Songz featuring Nicki Minaj
65. “DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love” Usher featuring Pitbull
66. “For the First Time” The Script
67. “Honey Bee” Blake Shelton
68. “Don't You Wanna Stay” Jason Aldean featuring Kelly Clarkson
69. “We Found Love” Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris
70. “Pretty Girl Rock” Keri Hilson
71. “Yoü and I” Lady Gaga
72. “Like a G6” Far East Movement featuring The Cataracs and Dev
73. “Without You” David Guetta featuring Usher
74. “Back to December” Taylor Swift
75. “Teenage Dream” Katy Perry
76. “Crazy Girl” Eli Young Band
77. “Cheers (Drink to That)” Rihanna
78. “Who Says” Selena Gomez & the Scene
79. “Barefoot Blue Jean Night” Jake Owen
80. “Knee Deep” Zac Brown Band featuring Jimmy Buffett
81. “Country Girl (Shake It for Me)” Luke Bryan
82. “Remind Me” Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood
83. “In the Dark” Dev
84. “Backseat” New Boyz featuring The Cataracs and Dev
85. “Headlines” Drake
86. “Best Thing I Never Had” Beyoncé
87. “Don't Wanna Go Home” Jason Derulo
88. “Where Them Girls At” David Guetta featuring Flo Rida and Nicki Minaj
89. “She Ain't You” Chris Brown
90. “Take a Back Road” Rodney Atkins
91. “Please Don't Go” Mike Posner
92. “Sure Thing” Miguel
93. “Price Tag” Jessie J featuring B.o.B
94. “God Gave Me You” Blake Shelton
95. “She Will” Lil Wayne featuring Drake
96. “Are You Gonna Kiss Me or Not” Thompson Square
97. “Animal” Neon Trees
98. “You and Tequila” Kenny Chesney featuring Grace Potter
99. “Colder Weather” Zac Brown Band
100. “My Last” Big Sean featuring Chris Brown

Chart data: Billboard Hot 100, as compiled on Wikipedia (number ones of 2011, year-end Hot 100 of 2011).

What songs should go on a 2011 mix CD?

A 2011 mix that fits one 80-minute CD holds 20 of the year's biggest songs, opening with “Fuck You (Forget You)” by CeeLo Green and closing with “We R Who We R” by Kesha, for 76:09 of music.

We built it from the year-end top 30 and every number one of 2011, taking songs in year-end order until the disc was full, then sequenced it to follow the year: the number ones in the order they reached the top, with the year’s other big hits placed between them. With a 2-second gap before each track it runs 76:49, under the 79 minutes we fill a CD to.

Lengths are the recordings matched in Deezer’s catalog. Single edits, album versions and remasters can run a little longer or shorter, so check your own playlist before you burn it.

Turn 2011 into a CD. Send us this list, or your own 2011 songs, and we burn it to a real audio CD, test-play it and post it. It makes a good gift for a birth year, a graduation year or a wedding year.

To change the songs, paste the list into the playlist length calculator to keep it under 80 minutes, then print an insert with the CD case template. Our guide to making a mixtape covers sequencing, and nostalgic gift ideas has more ways to give a year as a present.

What was popular music like in the 2010s?

Popular music in the 2010s moved from electronic dance-pop to hip-hop and streaming-era pop as listening shifted to streaming services. By 2013 the Hot 100 counted streaming alongside sales and airplay.

From 2010 to 2019, 116 songs reached number one on the Hot 100, and 14 songs stayed there for 10 weeks or more. Of those 116, “All I Want for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey spent the most weeks at number one: 21 in total. Rihanna had the most number ones that reached the top in these years, with 9. The typical number one of these years ran 3:41 (the median of the 90 with a known length).