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.

E-readers were beginning to change how Britain read, and the bestseller charts showed it — lighter, more accessible reads were surging as the Kindle audience grew. The physical chart still favoured comfort reads and popular non-fiction.

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#1 — 21

21

4.7 · 9

#2 — Now That's What I Call Music! 80

Now That's What I Call Music! 80

4.5 · 308

#3 — Christmas

Christmas

4.7 · 9

#4 — 19

19

4.5 · 6

#5 — Mylo Xyloto

Mylo Xyloto

4.4 · 638

#6 — Doo-Wops and Hooligans

Doo-Wops and Hooligans

4.7 · 664

#7 — Wherever You Are

Wherever You Are

4.8 · 589

#8 — Lioness: Hidden Treasures

Lioness: Hidden Treasures

4.5 · 502

#9 — +

+

4.6 · 935

#10 — Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

4.6 · 451

#11 — Up All Night

Up All Night

4.5 · 450

#12 — In Case You Didn't Know

In Case You Didn't Know

4.7 · 382

#13 — Born This Way

Born This Way

4.4 · 450

#14 — Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor

Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor

4.8 · 929

#15 — Build A Rocket Boys!

Build A Rocket Boys!

4.3 · 219

#16 — The Lady Killer

The Lady Killer

4.5 · 207

#17 — Now That's What I Call Music! 79

Now That's What I Call Music! 79

4.6 · 180

#18 — Ceremonials

Ceremonials

4.5 · 410

#19 — Heaven

Heaven

4.6 · 310

#20 — Jukebox

Jukebox

4.5 · 106

#21 — Seasons Of My Soul

Seasons Of My Soul

4.5 · 432

#22 — Alfie

Alfie

4.5 · 272

#23 — Echoes

Echoes

4.7 · 271

#24 — Sigh No More

Sigh No More

4.6 · 695

#25 — Wasting Light

Wasting Light

4.6 · 240

#26 — Fallen Empires

Fallen Empires

4.5 · 122

#27 — 50 Words for Snow

50 Words for Snow

4.2 · 474

#28 — Talk That Talk

Talk That Talk

4.2 · 181

#29 — Who You Are

Who You Are

4.3 · 348

#30 — Pop Party 9

Pop Party 9

4.5 · 75

#31 — Back To Black

Back To Black

4.6 · 5

#32 — Helplessness Blues

Helplessness Blues

4.3 · 98

#33 — Bring Him Home

Bring Him Home

4.6 · 541

#34 — Now That's What I Call Disney 2011

Now That's What I Call Disney 2011

4.7 · 120

#35 — Duets Ii

Duets Ii

4.5 · 309

#36 — Let England Shake

Let England Shake

4.6 · 143

#37 — Velociraptor!

Velociraptor!

4.3 · 171

#38 — Last Night on Earth

Last Night on Earth

4.5 · 99

#39 — The Defamation of Strickland Banks

The Defamation of Strickland Banks

4.5 · 278

#40 — Someone To Watch Over Me

Someone To Watch Over Me

4.4 · 391

#41 — Let Them Talk

Let Them Talk

4.4 · 516

#42 — Loud

Loud

4.5 · 272

#43 — The Awakening

The Awakening

4.7 · 167

#44 — Now That's What I Call Music! 78

Now That's What I Call Music! 78

4.3 · 112

#45 — Battleground

Battleground

4.6 · 94

#46 — Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits

4.6 · 275

#47 — And the Waltz Goes On

And the Waltz Goes On

4.6 · 271

#48 — Wicked Game

Wicked Game

4.6 · 200

#49 — What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

4.4 · 165

#50 — Crazy Love [Hollywood Edition]

Crazy Love [Hollywood Edition]

4.6 · 316

#51 — Bon Iver, Bon Iver

Bon Iver, Bon Iver

4.6 · 121

#52 — Bright Lights

Bright Lights

4.5 · 285

#53 — BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, Volume 6

BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge, Volume 6

4.5 · 51

#54 — Lovestrong

Lovestrong

4.6 · 229

#55 — Suck It And See

Suck It And See

4.3 · 125

#56 — Teenage Dream

Teenage Dream

4.4 · 236

#57 — Letters

Letters

4.5 · 235

#58 — Good Ol' Fashioned Love

Good Ol' Fashioned Love

4.6 · 357

#60 — I'm With You

I'm With You

4.1 · 175

#61 — Mayhem

Mayhem

4.7 · 229

#62 — Progressed

Progressed

4.5 · 116

#63 — Classic

Classic

4.7 · 312

#64 — The King of Limbs

The King of Limbs

3.8 · 150

#65 — Playing in the Shadows

Playing in the Shadows

4.5 · 86

#66 — Sticks + Stones

Sticks + Stones

4.5 · 114

#67 — Concerto: One Night In Central Park

Concerto: One Night In Central Park

4.6 · 138

#68 — The Fame Monster

The Fame Monster

4.6 · 400

#69 — No More Idols

No More Idols

4.5 · 122

#70 — Dreamboats & Petticoats 5 - Coffee Bars and Candy

Dreamboats & Petticoats 5 - Coffee Bars and Candy

4.7 · 217

#71 — +

+

4.6 · 935

#72 — Olly Murs

Olly Murs

4.7 · 270

#73 — XX Twenty Years

XX Twenty Years

4.4 · 89

#74 — You & I

You & I

4.6 · 162

#75 — The Seldom Seen Kid

The Seldom Seen Kid

4.5 · 495

#76 — Tourist History

Tourist History

4.5 · 131

#77 — The Suburbs

The Suburbs

4.4 · 212

#78 — Stereo Typical

Stereo Typical

4.6 · 120

#79 — Nothing But The Beat

Nothing But The Beat

4.5 · 256

#80 — A Creature I Don't Know

A Creature I Don't Know

4.2 · 83

#81 — Need You Now

Need You Now

4.7 · 473

#82 — Ceremonials (2CD Deluxe Edition)

Ceremonials (2CD Deluxe Edition)

4.5 · 410

#83 — I Speak Because I Can

I Speak Because I Can

4.4 · 116

#84 — Paper Airplane

Paper Airplane

4.7 · 109

#85 — Frank

Frank

4.6 · 350

#86 — So Beautiful Or So What

So Beautiful Or So What

4.2 · 82

#87 — Come Around Sundown

Come Around Sundown

4.0 · 223

#88 — Now That's What I Call Classical

Now That's What I Call Classical

4.3 · 84

#89 — Progress Live

Progress Live

4.7 · 70

#90 — You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks

You Can't Teach An Old Dog New Tricks

4.8 · 112

#91 — Daydream

Daydream

4.6 · 98

#92 — Here And Now

Here And Now

4.5 · 137

#93 — Soul City

Soul City

4.8 · 121

#94 — Simply Eva

Simply Eva

4.7 · 129

#95 — Collapse Into Now: Special Edition Digipack

Collapse Into Now: Special Edition Digipack

3.9 · 80

#96 — The Harrow & the Harvest

The Harrow & the Harvest

4.6 · 73

#97 — Soul 2

Soul 2

4.6 · 108

#98 — Rumours

Rumours

4.7

#99 — Angles

Angles

4.1 · 60

#100 — Lungs

Lungs

4.5 · 388

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