Best-Selling Music of 2011

The top 100 on Amazon UK that year.

A definitive look back at the 2011 Amazon UK chart. Click any cover to find it on Amazon.

Adele's 21 didn't just top 2011 — it defined it, the year's inescapable record by some distance. Compilations clustered close behind with Now That's What I Call Music! 80, while Bruno Mars's Doo-Wops and Hooligans and Ed Sheeran's debut + announced new pop forces. The poignant surprise is Amy Winehouse's posthumous Lioness: Hidden Treasures, released months after her death; alongside it, Military Wives' Wherever You Are and Kate Bush's wintry 50 Words for Snow add unexpected texture. Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds kept the rock veterans present. But 2011 belonged to Adele, whose 19 also lingered — a singular voice dominating British listening.

Born in 2011? See everything that topped the UK charts in 2011 — books, film, games and music.

#1 — 21

21

Rating: 4.7 · 9
#2 — Now That's What I Call Music! 80

Now That's What I Call Music! 80

Rating: 4.5 · 308
#3 — Christmas

Christmas

Rating: 4.7 · 9
#4 — 19

19

Rating: 4.5 · 6
#5 — Mylo Xyloto

Mylo Xyloto

Rating: 4.4 · 638
#6 — Doo-Wops and Hooligans

Doo-Wops and Hooligans

Rating: 4.7 · 664
#7 — Wherever You Are

Wherever You Are

Rating: 4.8 · 589
#8 — Lioness: Hidden Treasures

Lioness: Hidden Treasures

Rating: 4.5 · 502
#9 — +

+

Rating: 4.6 · 935
#10 — Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Rating: 4.6 · 451
#11 — Up All Night

Up All Night

Rating: 4.5 · 450
#12 — In Case You Didn't Know

In Case You Didn't Know

Rating: 4.7 · 382
#13 — Born This Way

Born This Way

Rating: 4.4 · 450
#14 — Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor

Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor

Rating: 4.8 · 929
#15 — Build A Rocket Boys!

Build A Rocket Boys!

Rating: 4.3 · 219
#16 — The Lady Killer

The Lady Killer

Rating: 4.5 · 207
#17 — Now That's What I Call Music! 79

Now That's What I Call Music! 79

Rating: 4.6 · 180
#18 — Ceremonials

Ceremonials

Rating: 4.5 · 410
#19 — Heaven

Heaven

Rating: 4.6 · 310
#20 — Jukebox

Jukebox

Rating: 4.5 · 106
#21 — Seasons Of My Soul

Seasons Of My Soul

Rating: 4.5 · 432
#22 — Alfie

Alfie

Rating: 4.5 · 272
#23 — Echoes

Echoes

Rating: 4.7 · 271
#24 — Sigh No More

Sigh No More

Rating: 4.6 · 695
#25 — Wasting Light

Wasting Light

Rating: 4.6 · 240
#26 — Fallen Empires

Fallen Empires

Rating: 4.5 · 122
#27 — 50 Words for Snow

50 Words for Snow

Rating: 4.2 · 474
#28 — Talk That Talk

Talk That Talk

Rating: 4.2 · 181
#29 — Who You Are

Who You Are

Rating: 4.3 · 348
#30 — Pop Party 9

Pop Party 9

Rating: 4.5 · 75
#31 — Back To Black

Back To Black

Rating: 4.6 · 5
#32 — Helplessness Blues

Helplessness Blues

Rating: 4.3 · 98
#33 — Bring Him Home

Bring Him Home

Rating: 4.6 · 541
#34 — Now That's What I Call Disney 2011

Now That's What I Call Disney 2011

Rating: 4.7 · 120
#35 — Duets Ii

Duets Ii

Rating: 4.5 · 309
#36 — Let England Shake

Let England Shake

Rating: 4.6 · 143
#37 — Velociraptor!

Velociraptor!

Rating: 4.3 · 171
#38 — Last Night on Earth

Last Night on Earth

Rating: 4.5 · 99
#39 — The Defamation of Strickland Banks

The Defamation of Strickland Banks

Rating: 4.5 · 278
#40 — Someone To Watch Over Me

Someone To Watch Over Me

Rating: 4.4 · 391
#41 — Let Them Talk

Let Them Talk

Rating: 4.4 · 516
#42 — Loud

Loud

Rating: 4.5 · 272
#43 — The Awakening

The Awakening

Rating: 4.7 · 167
#44 — Now That's What I Call Music! 78

Now That's What I Call Music! 78

Rating: 4.3 · 112
#45 — Battleground

Battleground

Rating: 4.6 · 94
#46 — Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits

Rating: 4.6 · 275
#47 — And the Waltz Goes On

And the Waltz Goes On

Rating: 4.6 · 271
#48 — Wicked Game

Wicked Game

Rating: 4.6 · 200
#49 — What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

Rating: 4.4 · 165
#50 — Crazy Love [Hollywood Edition]

Crazy Love [Hollywood Edition]

Rating: 4.6 · 316
#51 — Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Rating: 4.6 · 121
#52 — Bright Lights

Bright Lights

Rating: 4.5 · 285
#53 — BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, Volume 6

BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, Volume 6

Rating: 4.5 · 51
#54 — Lovestrong

Lovestrong

Rating: 4.6 · 229
#55 — Suck It And See

Suck It And See

Rating: 4.3 · 125
#56 — Teenage Dream

Teenage Dream

Rating: 4.4 · 236
#57 — Letters

Letters

Rating: 4.5 · 235
#58 — Good Ol' Fashioned Love

Good Ol' Fashioned Love

Rating: 4.6 · 357
#60 — I'm With You

I'm With You

Rating: 4.1 · 175
#61 — Mayhem

Mayhem

Rating: 4.7 · 229
#62 — Progressed

Progressed

Rating: 4.5 · 116
#63 — Classic

Classic

Rating: 4.7 · 312
#64 — The King of Limbs

The King of Limbs

Rating: 3.8 · 150
#65 — Playing in the Shadows

Playing in the Shadows

Rating: 4.5 · 86
#66 — Sticks  + Stones

Sticks + Stones

Rating: 4.5 · 114
#67 — Concerto: One Night In Central Park

Concerto: One Night In Central Park

Rating: 4.6 · 138
#68 — The Fame Monster

The Fame Monster

Rating: 4.6 · 400
#69 — No More Idols

No More Idols

Rating: 4.5 · 122
#70 — Dreamboats & Petticoats 5 - Coffee Bars and Candy

Dreamboats & Petticoats 5 - Coffee Bars and Candy

Rating: 4.7 · 217
#71 — +

+

Rating: 4.6 · 935
#72 — Olly Murs

Olly Murs

Rating: 4.7 · 270
#73 — XX Twenty Years

XX Twenty Years

Rating: 4.4 · 89
#74 — You & I

You & I

Rating: 4.6 · 162
#75 — The Seldom Seen Kid

The Seldom Seen Kid

Rating: 4.5 · 495
#76 — Tourist History

Tourist History

Rating: 4.5 · 131
#77 — The Suburbs

The Suburbs

Rating: 4.4 · 212
#78 — Stereo Typical

Stereo Typical

Rating: 4.6 · 120
#79 — Nothing But The Beat

Nothing But The Beat

Rating: 4.5 · 256
#80 — A Creature I Don't Know

A Creature I Don't Know

Rating: 4.2 · 83
#81 — Need You Now

Need You Now

Rating: 4.7 · 473
#82 — Ceremonials (2CD Deluxe Edition)

Ceremonials (2CD Deluxe Edition)

Rating: 4.5 · 410
#83 — I Speak Because I Can

I Speak Because I Can

Rating: 4.4 · 116
#84 — Paper Airplane

Paper Airplane

Rating: 4.7 · 109
#85 — Frank

Frank

Rating: 4.6 · 350
#86 — So Beautiful Or So What

So Beautiful Or So What

Rating: 4.2 · 82
#87 — Come Around Sundown

Come Around Sundown

Rating: 4.0 · 223
#88 — Now That's What I Call Classical

Now That's What I Call Classical

Rating: 4.3 · 84
#89 — Progress Live

Progress Live

Rating: 4.7 · 70
#90 — You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks

You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks

Rating: 4.8 · 112
#91 — Daydream

Daydream

Rating: 4.6 · 98
#92 — Here And Now

Here And Now

Rating: 4.5 · 137
#93 — Soul City

Soul City

Rating: 4.8 · 121
#94 — Simply Eva

Simply Eva

Rating: 4.7 · 129
#95 — Collapse Into Now: Special Edition Digipack

Collapse Into Now: Special Edition Digipack

Rating: 3.9 · 80
#96 — The Harrow & the Harvest

The Harrow & the Harvest

Rating: 4.6 · 73
#97 — Soul 2

Soul 2

Rating: 4.6 · 108
#98 — Rumours

Rumours

Rating: 4.7
#99 — Angles

Angles

Rating: 4.1 · 60
#100 — Lungs

Lungs

Rating: 4.5 · 388

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