2011: Top 25 Albums

First posted 12/31/2011; updated 1/8/2021.

Dave’s Music Database: Top Albums of 2011

Based on a combination of year-end lists (see sources at bottom of page) and overall status in Dave’s Music Database, these are the top 25 albums of 2011: Adele 21 Drake Take Care PJ Harvey Let England Shake Lady Gaga Born This Way Michael Bublé Christmas Bon Iver Bon Iver Jason Aldean My Kinda Party Florence + the Machine Ceremonials St. Vincent Strange Mercy Jay-Z & Kanye West Watch the Throne Ed Sheeran Plus (+) Eric Church Chief Foo Fighters Wasting Light Beyoncé 4 Coldplay Mylo Xyloto The Black Keys El Camino James Blake James Blake Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues Arctic Monkeys Suck It and See The Decemberists The King Is Dead Frank Ocean Nostalgia, Ultra Trey Parker & Matt Stone with Robert Lopez (composers) The Book of Mormon cast album Rihanna Talk That Talk One Direction Up All Night Radiohead The King of Limbs Resources and Related Links: Dave’s Music Database: “Other Year-End Album Awards” About.com AlbumOfTheYear.org All Music Guide Amazon.com American Songwriter AV Club BBC Music Writers BestEverAlbums.com Bigger Than Sound Billboard Billboard (critics’ picks) Clash Fact Filter The Fly Guardian Idolator iTunes Mojo NME Paste Magazine PopBlerd.com PopMatters.com Q magazine Rolling Stone Rough Trade Spectrum Culture Spin magazine Spinner.com Uncut magazine