The ARIA Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums and extended plays in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on each album and EP's weekly physical and digital sales. In 2011, sixteen albums claimed the top spot, including Pink's Greatest Hits... So Far!!!, which started its peak position in late 2010. Seven acts achieved their first number-one album in Australia: The Strokes, Britney Spears, Drapht, Adele, Gotye, Florence and the Machine, and Nickelback.
Michael Bublé earned two number-one albums during the year for Crazy Love and Christmas. Adele's 21 was the longest-running number-one album, having topped the ARIA Albums Chart for twenty-three weeks in 2011 and an additional nine weeks in 2012.
Chart history +KeyThe yellow background indicates the #1 album on ARIA's End of Year Albums Chart of 2011. DateAlbumArtist(s)Ref.3 January Greatest Hits... So Far!!! Pink 10 January17 January24 January31 January6 February13 February21 February Crazy Love Michael Bublé 28 February7 March14 March Goodbye Lullaby Avril Lavigne 21 March Glee: The Music, Volume 5 Glee Cast 28 March Angles The Strokes 4 April Femme Fatale Britney Spears 11 April The Life of Riley Drapht 18 April Wasting Light Foo Fighters 25 April2 May 21 Adele 9 May16 May23 May30 May Born This Way Lady Gaga 6 June13 June 21 Adele 20 June27 June4 July11 July18 July25 July1 August8 August15 August22 August29 August Making Mirrors Gotye 5 September 21 Adele 12 September19 September 26 September3 October10 October17 October24 October31 October Mylo Xyloto Coldplay 7 November Ceremonials Florence and the Machine 14 November Someone to Watch Over Me Susan Boyle 21 November28 November Here and Now Nickelback 5 December Christmas Michael Bublé 12 December19 December26 December
Number-one artists Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 Adele 23 2 Michael Bublé 7 2 Pink 7 3 Foo Fighters 2 3 Lady Gaga 2 3 Susan Boyle 2 4 Avril Lavigne 1 4 Glee Cast 1 4 The Strokes 1 4 Britney Spears 1 4 Drapht 1 4 Gotye 1 4 Coldplay 1 4 Florence and the Machine 1 4 Nickelback 1
See also 2011 in music List of number-one singles of 2011 (Australia)
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