JANUARY
Top hit
Firework · Katy Perry
Top album
Speak Now · Taylor Swift
Enter the Year
Year
2011
Streaming Rewrites the Rules
Virality enters the vocabulary — yet month by month, the story stays human.
Voices of the year
Albums that mattered
The songs
Through the year
Tap a month to explore what people were playing.
FEBRUARY
Top hit
Grenade · Bruno Mars
Top album
Pink Friday · Nicki Minaj
MARCH
Top hit
Born This Way · Lady Gaga
Top album
Never Say Never: The Remixes (EP) · Justin Bieber
APRIL
Top hit
Born This Way · Lady Gaga
Top album
21 · Adele
MAY
Top hit
E.T. · Katy Perry
Top album
21 · Adele
JUNE
Top hit
Rolling In The Deep · Adele
Top album
21 · Adele
JULY
Top hit
Rolling In The Deep · Adele
Top album
Hell: The Sequel (EP) · Bad Meets Evil
AUGUST
Top hit
Party Rock Anthem · Lmfao
Top album
21 · Adele
SEPTEMBER
Top hit
Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.) · Katy Perry
Top album
Watch The Throne · Jay Z Kanye West
OCTOBER
Top hit
Moves Like Jagger · Maroon 5
Top album
Own The Night · Lady Antebellum
NOVEMBER
Top hit
Someone Like You · Adele
Top album
21 · Adele
DECEMBER
Top hit
We Found Love · Rihanna
Top album
Take Care · Drake