List of number-one albums of 2011 (Australia)

The ARIA Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums and extended plays in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on each album and EP's weekly physical and digital sales.[1] In 2011, sixteen albums claimed the top spot, including Pink's Greatest Hits... So Far!!!, which started its peak position in late 2010. Seven acts achieved their first number-one album in Australia: The Strokes, Britney Spears, Drapht, Adele, Gotye, Florence and the Machine, and Nickelback.[2]

ARIA Charts
number-one albums of 2011
Other Australian number-one charts of 2011
singles
urban singles
dance singles
club tracks
digital tracks
Top Australian singles and albums of 2011
Triple J Hottest 100
top 25 singles
top 25 albums
Adele's 21 was the longest-running number-one album, having topped the ARIA Albums Chart for twenty-three weeks in 2011 and an additional nine weeks in 2012.

Michael Bublé earned two number-one albums during the year for Crazy Love and Christmas. Adele's 21 was the longest-running number-one album, having topped the ARIA Albums Chart for twenty-three weeks in 2011 and an additional nine weeks in 2012.[3]

Chart history
Key
The yellow background indicates the #1 album on ARIA's End of Year Albums Chart of 2011.
Date Album Artist(s) Ref.
3 January Greatest Hits... So Far!!! Pink [4]
10 January
17 January
24 January
31 January
6 February
13 February
21 February Crazy Love Michael Bublé [5]
28 February
7 March
14 March Goodbye Lullaby Avril Lavigne [6]
21 March Glee: The Music, Volume 5 Glee Cast [7]
28 March Angles The Strokes [8]
4 April Femme Fatale Britney Spears [9]
11 April The Life of Riley Drapht [10]
18 April Wasting Light Foo Fighters [11]
25 April
2 May 21 Adele [3]
9 May
16 May
23 May
30 May Born This Way Lady Gaga [12]
6 June
13 June 21 Adele [3]
20 June
27 June
4 July
11 July
18 July
25 July
1 August
8 August
15 August
22 August
29 August Making Mirrors Gotye [13]
5 September 21 Adele [3]
12 September
19 September
26 September
3 October
10 October
17 October
24 October
31 October Mylo Xyloto Coldplay [14]
7 November Ceremonials Florence and the Machine [15]
14 November Someone to Watch Over Me Susan Boyle [16]
21 November
28 November Here and Now Nickelback [17]
5 December Christmas Michael Bublé [18]
12 December
19 December
26 December

Number-one artists
PositionCountryArtistWeeks at No. 1
1 UKAdele23
2 CANMichael Bublé7
2 USPink7
3 USFoo Fighters2
3 USLady Gaga2
3 SCOSusan Boyle2
4 CANAvril Lavigne1
4 USGlee Cast1
4 USThe Strokes1
4 USBritney Spears1
4 AUSDrapht1
4 AUS  BELGotye1
4 UKColdplay1
4 UKFlorence and the Machine1
4 CANNickelback1

See also

References
  1. "How are the ARIA Charts prepared each week?". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  2. List of artists who achieved their first number-one album in Australia:
  3. "Adele – 21". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  4. "Pink – Greatest Hits... So Far!!!". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  5. "Michael Bublé – Crazy Love". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
  6. "Avril Lavigne – Goodbye Lullaby". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  7. "Soundtrack / Glee Cast – Glee: The Music – Season Two – Volume 5". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  8. "The Strokes – Angles". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  9. "Britney Spears – Femme Fatale". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 April 2011.
  10. "Drapht – The Life of Riley". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 17 April 2011.
  11. "Foo Fighters – Wasting Light". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  12. "Lady Gaga – Born This Way". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  13. "Gotye – Making Mirrors". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 August 2011.
  14. "Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  15. "Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 6 November 2011.
  16. "Susan Boyle – Some to Watch Over Me". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  17. "Nickelback – Here and Now". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  18. "Michael Bublé – Christmas". Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien. Retrieved 5 December 2011.
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