The UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal albums in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 2011, there were 25 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was the Led Zeppelin compilation Mothership, which was released in 2007. The first new number-one album of the year was The Wörld Is Yours, the twentieth studio album by Motörhead. The final number-one album of the year was Here and Now, the seventh studio album by Canadian band Nickelback, which reached number one for the week ending 3 December and remained there for five consecutive weeks until the end of the year.
The most successful album on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart in 2011 was Wasting Light, the seventh studio album by American alternative rock band Foo Fighters, which spent a total of 13 weeks at number one. This included a single run of seven consecutive weeks from 23 April to 4 June and another four-week stint between 16 July and 6 August. Wasting Light was the best-selling rock and metal release of the year, ranking 24th in the UK End of Year Albums Chart. Linkin Park's fourth studio album A Thousand Suns, the 2009 Foo Fighters Greatest Hits compilation and Nickelback's Here and Now each spent five weeks at number one, while the self-titled third studio album by Evanescence was number one for four weeks in 2011. One album, Mothership by Led Zeppelin, spent two weeks at number one on the chart in 2011.
Chart history
+KeyIndicates best-selling rock album of 2011 Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record label(s)Ref.1 JanuaryMothershipLed ZeppelinAtlantic8 JanuaryA Thousand SunsLinkin ParkWarner Bros.15 January22 January29 JanuaryThe Wörld Is YoursMotörheadUDR5 FebruaryThe Here and NowArchitectsCentury Media12 FebruaryA Thousand SunsLinkin ParkWarner Bros.19 February26 FebruaryMothershipLed ZeppelinAtlantic5 MarchBeastDevilDriverRoadrunner12 MarchGreatest HitsFoo FightersRCA19 MarchQueens of the Stone AgeQueens of the Stone AgeRekords26 MarchEndgameRise AgainstInterscope2 AprilAwesome as FuckGreen DayReprise9 AprilThe UnforgivingWithin TemptationRoadrunner16 AprilHopeThe BlackoutCooking Vinyl23 AprilWasting Light Foo FightersRCA30 April7 May14 May21 May28 May4 June11 JuneBetween the Devil & the Deep Blue SeaBlack Stone CherryRoadrunner18 JuneWasting Light Foo FightersRCA25 JuneBlack Country Communion 2Black Country CommunionMascot2 JulyWasting Light Foo FightersRCA9 JulyRevolutions: Live at WembleyBiffy Clyro14th Floor16 JulyWasting Light Foo FightersRCA23 July30 July6 August13 AugustGreatest Hits20 AugustIn WavesTriviumRoadrunner27 AugustIn Gold BloodKids in Glass Houses3 SeptemberGreatest HitsFoo FightersRCA10 September17 September24 SeptemberA Dramatic Turn of EventsDream TheaterRoadrunner1 OctoberHeritageOpeth8 OctoberNeighborhoodsBlink-182Island15 OctoberSinners Never SleepYou Me at SixVirgin22 OctoberEvanescenceEvanescenceVirgin/Wind-up29 October5 November12 NovemberThirteenMegadethRoadrunner19 NovemberFools and Worthless LiarsDeaf HavanaEasy Life26 NovemberEvanescenceEvanescenceVirgin/Wind-up3 DecemberHere and NowNickelbackRoadrunner10 December17 December24 December31 December
See also 2011 in British music List of UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart number ones of 2011
References
External links Official UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40 at the Official Charts Company The Official UK Top 40 Rock Albums at BBC Radio 1