Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean Albums Among Billboard‘s Top 200 Albums of 2011
Posted By Sarah Wyland On December 29, 2011 @ 12:39 PM In Country Music News | Comments Disabled
[1]Taylor Swift's Speak Now CD. Photo courtesy of Big Machine Records.
Billboard.com [2]has compiled their list of the Top 200 Albums of 2011. Adele’s 21 was named the No. 1 album of the year, but Taylor Swift’s [3] Speak Now album came in at No. 2. Jason Aldean’s [4] My Kinda Party was also in the Top 5, coming in at No. 4. Rascal Flatts [5]‘ Nothing Like This album took the No. 17 spot and Lady Antebellum’s [6] Need You Now came in at No. 19.
Other country albums in the Top 50 include Zac Brown Band’s [7] You Get What You Give at No. 23, Lady Antebellum’s Own The Night [8] at No. 25, The Band Perry’s [9]self-titled debut at No. 30, Sugarland’s [10] The Incredible Machine at No. 33, Keith Urban’s [11] Get Closer at No. 36, Kenny Chesney’s [12] Hemingway’s Whiskey at No. 42, and Brad Paisley’s [13] This Is Country Music [14] at No. 46.
The Year-End top-selling albums are ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.
Top 20 Albums of 2011:
- 21 – Adele
- Speak Now – Taylor Swift
- Born This Way – Lady Gaga
- My Kinda Party – Jason Aldean
- The Gift – Susan Boyle
- Tha Carter IV – Lil Wayne
- Pink Friday – Nicki Minaj
- Sigh No More – Mumford & Sons
- Loud – Rihanna
- Teenage Dream – Katy Perry
- My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy – Kanye West
- Doo-wops & Hooligans – Bruno Mars
- Recovery – Eminem
- Watch The Throne – Jay-Z & Kanye West
- O Holy Night – Jackie Evancho
- Born Free – Kid Rock
- Nothing Like This – Rascal Flatts
- My World 2.0 – Justin Bieber
- Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
- Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Soundtrack – Various Artists
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[2] Billboard.com : http://www.billboard.com/features/top-25-tours-of-2011-1005641362.story#/charts-year-end/the-billboard-200?year=2011&begin=1&order=position
[3] Taylor Swift’s: http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_taylor_swift
[4] Jason Aldean’s: http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_jason_aldean
[5] Rascal Flatts: http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_rascal_flatts
[6] Lady Antebellum’s: http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_lady_antebellum
[7] Zac Brown Band’s: http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_zac_brown_band
[8] Own The Night: http://blog.gactv.com/blog/2011/09/08/gac-album-review-lady-antebellums-own-the-night/
[9] The Band Perry’s : http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_the_band_perry
[10] Sugarland’s: http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_sugarland
[11] Keith Urban’s: http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_keith_urban
[12] Kenny Chesney’s: http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_kenny_chesney
[13] Brad Paisley’s: http://www.gactv.com/gac/ar_az_brad_paisley
[14] This Is Country Music: http://blog.gactv.com/blog/2011/05/18/gac-album-review-brad-paisleys-this-is-country-music/
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