OnRadioNow BBC ARCHIVE · SINCE 2006

Years / 2011

◦ THE YEAR IN MUSIC

2011

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241,102 plays logged across the four stations in 2011.

Radio 1 59,831 plays in 2011

TOP SONGS

1

I Need A Dollar Aloe Blacc

×239

2

Feel So Close Calvin Harris

×226

3

Me And You Nero

×224

4

Changed The Way You Kiss Me Example

×222

5

Save The World Swedish House Mafia

×219

6

The Edge Of Glory Lady Gaga

×217

7

Paradise Coldplay

×214

8

Set Fire To The Rain Adele

×206

9

Pumped Up Kicks Foster The People

×205

10

Rolling In The Deep Adele

×205

TOP ARTISTS

01

748

02

722

03

704

04

672

05

614

06

573

07

548

08

540

Radio 2 59,907 plays in 2011

TOP SONGS

1

Cry Baby Cee Lo Green

×151

2

Moves Like Jagger Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera

×147

3

Set Fire To The Rain Adele

×147

4

Heart of Stone Jonathan Jeremiah

×142

5

You'll Be Mine The Pierces

×137

6

I Won't Let You Go James Morrison

×130

7

Jealousy Will Young

×127

8

Paradise Coldplay

×124

9

A.K.A... What A Life! Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

×124

10

Tonight's the Kind of Night Noah and the Whale

×122

TOP ARTISTS

01

497

02

446

03

438

04

435

05

431

06

418

07

393

08

354

1Xtra 50,120 plays in 2011

TOP SONGS

1

Swim Good Frank Ocean

×275

2

Neva Soft Ms. Dynamite

×265

3

Black and Yellow Wiz Khalifa

×257

4

Superbass Nicki Minaj

×243

5

Super Bass Nicki Minaj

×242

6

Earthquake (Feat. Tinie Tempah) Labrinth

×235

7

Heaven Emeli Sandé

×233

8

Heaven Emeli SandÃ©

×224

9

No Regrets Dappy

×194

10

She Ain't You Chris Brown

×193

TOP ARTISTS

01

985

02

732

03

622

04

588

05

561

06

509

07

493

08

491

6 Music 71,244 plays in 2011

TOP SONGS

1

Do It Again Holy Ghost!

×129

2

Neat Little Rows Elbow

×124

3

Buy Nothing Day The Go! Team

×116

4

Don't Sit Down, 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair Arctic Monkeys

×113

5

Video Games Lana Del Rey

×112

6

Post Break-Up Sex The Vaccines

×110

7

Blue Cassette Friendly Fires

×109

8

Midnight City M83

×108

9

Lonely Boy The Black Keys

×108

10

Sensations In The Dark Gruff Rhys

×107

TOP ARTISTS

01

375

02

371

03

367

04

347

05

326

06

309

07

308

08

306