The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs of the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay. In 2011, 14 singles claimed the top spot in 53 issues of the magazine, one of which, singer Katy Perry's "Firework" started its peak position in late 2010.
In 2011, nine acts achieved their first US number-one single, either as a lead artist or a featured guest: Wiz Khalifa, Adele, Pitbull, Afrojack, Nayer, LMFAO, Lauren Bennett, GoonRock and Calvin Harris. Six collaboration singles topped the chart. Pop singers Adele, Britney Spears, Katy Perry and Rihanna each earned two number-one songs during the year. One of Adele's songs, "Rolling in the Deep", was the best-performing single of 2011, topping the Billboard Year-End Hot 100. She became the fourth solo female to have multiple songs spend at least five weeks each at number one in one calendar year.
Rihanna's "We Found Love" was the longest-running single of the year, having topped the chart for eight consecutive weeks in 2011 and two additional weeks in 2012. It became only the eleventh single by a female solo artist to have spent at least ten weeks at number-one in the chart's history. Adele's "Rolling In the Deep" stayed at number one for seven consecutive weeks, while Lady Gaga's "Born This Way"—the 1,000th number-one single of the Hot 100—and LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" topped the chart for six consecutive weeks. Perry's "E.T." and Adele's "Someone Like You" each spent five weeks at the number-one spot.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-performing single of 2011 Issue dateSongArtist(s)Ref.996January 1"Firework"Katy Perry997January 8"Grenade"Bruno MarsreJanuary 15"Firework"Katy PerryreJanuary 22"Grenade"Bruno Mars998January 29"Hold It Against Me"Britney SpearsreFebruary 5"Grenade"Bruno MarsFebruary 12999February 19"Black and Yellow"Wiz Khalifa1000February 26"Born This Way"Lady GagaMarch 5March 12March 19March 26April 21001April 9"E.T."Katy Perry featuring Kanye WestApril 16April 231002April 30"S&M"Rihanna featuring Britney SpearsreMay 7"E.T."Katy Perry featuring Kanye WestMay 141003May 21"Rolling in the Deep"AdeleMay 28June 4June 11June 18June 25July 21004July 9"Give Me Everything"Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer1005July 16"Party Rock Anthem"LMFAO featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRockJuly 23July 30August 6August 13August 201006August 27"Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"Katy PerrySeptember 31007September 10"Moves Like Jagger"Maroon 5 featuring Christina Aguilera1008September 17"Someone Like You"AdelereSeptember 24"Moves Like Jagger"Maroon 5 featuring Christina AguileraOctober 1October 8reOctober 15"Someone Like You"AdeleOctober 22October 29November 51009November 12"We Found Love"Rihanna featuring Calvin HarrisNovember 19November 26December 3December 10December 17December 24December 31
Number-one artists + List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Adele 12 2 Katy Perry9 Rihanna 4 Calvin Harris 8 5 Lady Gaga 6 LMFAO Lauren Bennett Goonrock 9 Kanye West 5 10 Bruno Mars 4 Maroon 5 Christina Aguilera 13 Britney Spears 2 14 Wiz Khalifa 1 Pitbull Ne-Yo Afrojack Nayer
See also 2011 in music List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2011 List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2010s
Notes Perry had three number-one singles on the chart in 2011. However, "Firework" is excluded from the count, because it previously topped the chart in 2010.
References
External links Hot 100 chart at Billboard