This is a list of the Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2011. The Dutch Top 40 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the Netherlands. It is published every week by radio station Radio 538. In 2011, it was the first time that the Dutch Top 40 had 53 releases, because there were 53 Saturdays in 2011. In the past, if there were 53 Saturdays in a year, the Dutch Top 40 was only released 52 times.
Eighteen acts gained their first number-one single in the Dutch Top 40 in 2011, either as lead or featured act: Martin Solveig, Dragonette, Adele, Alexis Jordan, Ne-Yo, Afrojack, Nayer, Sak Noel, Don Omar, Lucenzo, Maroon 5, Christina Aguilera, The Voice of Holland, Gotye, Kimbra, Gers Pardoel, Sandro Silva and Quintino. This means only Lady Gaga and Pitbull did not gain their first number-one single this year: they gained their first number-one singles in 2009 (Gaga with "Just Dance" and Pitbull with "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)").
Lady Gaga's single "Born This Way" debuted at number one in the Top 40 this year. This has not happened since 2009, when Lisa Lois's cover version of "Hallelujah" debuted at number one. Alexis Jordan became the artist with the most weeks on number one this year: her song "Happiness" spent ten weeks at the top (see number-one artists). Three singles spent only one week at the number-one position: "Set Fire to the Rain", "One Thousand Voices" and "Epic".
The artist with the most number-one singles in 2011, was Adele. In fact, she was the only artist with more than one number-one single this year. She reached the top with her songs "Rolling in the Deep" and "Set Fire to the Rain". Adele also became, with these two singles, the first act since 1974 that held the number-one position with more than one song consecutively. In 1974, the English band Mud managed to achieve this with the singles "Dynamite" and "Tiger Feet".
Seven artists that scored a Dutch Top 40 number-one single in 2011, are American; five are Dutch. The other artists are Belgian Australian, Canadian, French, New Zealander, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, Spanish and British. The most used language in the number-one singles of 2011 is English.
Chart history Issue DateSongArtist(s)Reference(s)January 1"Hello"Martin Solveig & DragonetteJanuary 8January 15January 22January 29"Rolling in the Deep"AdeleFebruary 5February 12February 19February 26"Born This Way"Lady GagaMarch 5March 12"Rolling in the Deep"AdeleMarch 19March 26April 2"Set Fire to the Rain"April 9"Happiness"Alexis JordanApril 16April 23April 30May 7May 14May 21May 28June 4June 11June 18"Give Me Everything"Pitbull featuring Ne-Yo, Afrojack & NayerJune 25July 2"Loca People"Sak NoelJuly 9July 16July 23July 30"Danza Kuduro"Don Omar & LucenzoAugust 6August 13August 20August 27September 3September 10September 17"Moves Like Jagger"Maroon 5 featuring Christina AguileraSeptember 24October 1October 8"One Thousand Voices"The Voice of HollandOctober 15"Somebody That I Used to Know"Gotye featuring KimbraOctober 22October 29November 5"Ik Neem Je Mee"Gers PardoelNovember 12November 19November 26December 3"Somebody That I Used to Know"Gotye featuring KimbraDecember 10December 17"Ik Neem Je Mee"Gers PardoelDecember 24December 31"Epic"Sandro Silva & Quintino
Notes 1 ^ "One Thousand Voices" is a song by the coaches of the Dutch programme The Voice of Holland: Marco Borsato, Angela Groothuizen, Nick & Simon (Nick Schilder & Simon Keizer) and VanVelzen.
Number-one artists Position Artist Weeks #11 Alexis Jordan 102 Adele 83 Lucenzo 73 Don Omar 74 Gers Pardoel 65 Gotye 55 Kimbra 56 Martin Solveig 46 Dragonette 46 Sak Noel 47 Maroon 5 37 Christina Aguilera 38 Lady Gaga 28 Pitbull 28 Ne-Yo 28 Afrojack 28 Nayer 29 The Voice of Holland 19 Sandro Silva 19 Quintino 1
See also 2011 in music
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