Overview of the events of 2011 in British music
List of years in British music
This is a summary of2011 in music in the United Kingdom.
1 January – Musicians honoured in the Queen'sNew Year Honours list include mezzo-sopranoFelicity Palmer (CBE) and composerHoward Goodall (CBE),Richard Thompson (OBE) andAnnie Lennox (OBE).14 April – On his sixtieth birthday,Julian Lloyd Webber gives the première of American composerEric Whitacre 's "The River Cam ", written specially for the occasion.[citation needed 29 April – Thewedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton includes original music byPaul Mealor andJohn Rutter as well as traditional works by British composers such asHubert Parry 's setting of the anthem "I was glad " andWilliam Walton 's "Crown Imperial ".10 –12 June – TheDownload Festival 2011 takes place atDonington Park . The main stage is headlined byDef Leppard ,System of a Down andLinkin Park , the second stage byPendulum ,Alice Cooper andRob Zombie , the Pepsi Max stage byDanzig ,Funeral for a Friend andFrank Turner , the Red Bull Bedroom Jam stage byModestep ,Dangerous! andH.E.A.T. , and the Jägermeister Acoustic stage bySkindred ,Bowling for Soup andDave McPherson .11 June – Musicians honoured in the Queen'sBirthday Honours list includeBryan Ferry (CBE), broadcasterBob Harris (OBE) and jazz singerClaire Martin (OBE).6 September –PJ Harvey wins theMercury Prize for her albumLet England Shake 10 September –Edward Gardner conducts theLast Night of the Proms for the first time. The programme includes works byBéla Bartók andFranz Liszt as well as the traditionalElgar , and the soloist for "Rule Britannia " wasSusan Bullock . A highlight is the première ofPeter Maxwell Davies 'sMusica benevolens .[ 1] 9 October – SirPaul McCartney marries Nancy Shevell.[ 2] 18 October –Ian Brown ,John Squire ,Mani andReni announce the reformation ofthe Stone Roses at London's Soho Hotel.11 December –Little Mix emerge as winners of the2011X Factor series . They are the first group to win in the programme's eight-year history.[ 3] Marcus Collins is named runner-up, whileAmelia Lily andMisha B finish in third and fourth place, respectively.Film and incidental music [ edit ] British music awards [ edit ] The2011 BRIT Awards were hosted byJames Corden on 15 February 2011. The most notable winners wereTinie Tempah andArcade Fire , both winning two awards.[ 6] [ 7]
Classical BRIT Awards [ edit ] The 2011Classical BRIT Awards were held on 12 May 2011 at theRoyal Albert Hall , London and hosted byMyleene Klass .[ 8]
Ivor Novello Awards [ edit ] The 56thIvor Novello Awards were held on 19 May 2011 at theGrosvenor House Hotel , London.[ 9] [ 10]
The 2011Barclaycard Mercury Prize was awarded on 6 September 2011 toPJ Harvey for her albumLet England Shake [ 11] [ 12]
[ edit ] The 2011Popjustice £20 Music Prize was awarded on 6 September 2011 toThe Saturdays for their song "Higher ".[ 13]
British Composer Awards [ edit ] The 2011 British Composer Awards were held on 30 November 2011 atStationers' Hall , London and hosted byBBC Radio 3 presentersSara Mohr-Pietsch and Andrew McGregor, with the awards presented byMichael Berkeley . There was no award in the Sonic Art category in 2011.
Instrumental Solo or Duo:Sonata for Cello & Piano –William Sweeney Chamber:String Quartet No. 2 –Anthony Payne Vocal:Five Larkin Songs –Huw Watkins Choral:Allele –Michael Zev Gordon Wind Band or Brass Band:In Pitch Black – Lucy Pankhurst Orchestral:Fantasias –Julian Anderson Stage Works:A Ring A Lamp A Thing –Orlando Gough Liturgical:Bell Mass – Julian Anderson Contemporary Jazz Composition:The Green Seagull – Tommy Evans Community or Educational Project:Consider the Lilies – John Barber Making Music Award:I can't find brumm... – Richard Bullen International Award:La Mattina –Bent Sørensen Outreach:PK –Graham Fitkin The Record of the Year [ edit ] The 2011Record of the Year was awarded on 10 December 2011 toLady Gaga for her song "Born This Way ".
Chart date Song Artist Sales 1 January "When We Collide " Matt Cardle 262,953 8 January 113,037 15 January "What's My Name? " Rihanna featuringDrake 53,018 22 January "Grenade " Bruno Mars 149,834 29 January 109,960 5 February "We R Who We R " Ke$ha 90,139 12 February "Price Tag " Jessie J featuringB.o.B 84,076 19 February 95,697 26 February "Someone Like You " Adele 111,739 5 March 114,792 12 March 116,347 19 March 95,654 26 March "Don't Hold Your Breath " Nicole Scherzinger 98,090 2 April "Someone Like You" Adele 82,357 9 April "On the Floor " Jennifer Lopez featuringPitbull 133,179 16 April 91,749 23 April "Party Rock Anthem " LMFAO featuringLauren Bennett & GoonRock91,421 30 April 85,744 7 May 73,076 14 May 64,508 21 May "The Lazy Song " Bruno Mars 67,837 28 May "Give Me Everything " Pitbull featuringNe-Yo ,Afrojack &Nayer 71,309 4 June 95,848 11 June 82,210 18 June "Changed the Way You Kiss Me " Example 115,046 25 June 75,252 2 July "Don't Wanna Go Home " Jason Derülo 76,581 9 July 60,316 16 July "Louder " DJ Fresh featuringSian Evans 140,750 23 July "Glad You Came " The Wanted 117,165 30 July 73,769 6 August "She Makes Me Wanna " JLS featuringDev 98,016 13 August "Swagger Jagger " Cher Lloyd 66,316 20 August "Promises " Nero 46,700 27 August "Don't Go " Wretch 32 featuringJosh Kumra 76,495 3 September "Heart Skips a Beat " Olly Murs featuringRizzle Kicks 109,151 10 September "Stay Awake " Example 73,402 17 September "All About Tonight " Pixie Lott 88,893 24 September "What Makes You Beautiful " One Direction 153,965 1 October "No Regrets " Dappy 96,639 8 October "Loca People " Sak Noel 75,161 15 October "We Found Love " Rihanna featuringCalvin Harris 87,573 22 October 106,553 29 October 92,689 5 November "Read All About It " Professor Green featuringEmeli Sandé 153,007 12 November 85,302 19 November "We Found Love" Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris 79,834 26 November 66,941 3 December 79,804 10 December "Wishing on a Star " X Factor Finalists 2011 featuring JLS & One Direction98,932 17 December "Dance with Me Tonight " Olly Murs 46,584 24 December "Cannonball " Little Mix 210,129 31 December "Wherever You Are " Military Wives &Gareth Malone 555,622
Chart date Album Artist Sales 1 January Progress Take That 350,328 8 January Loud Rihanna 76,237 15 January 50,088 22 January 44,827 29 January Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars 86,243 5 February 21 Adele 208,090 12 February 135,585 19 February 134,241 26 February 188,764 5 March 173,718 12 March 180,493 19 March 161,580 26 March 159,895 2 April 156,162 9 April 257,731 16 April 114,476 23 April Wasting Light Foo Fighters 114,557 30 April 21 Adele 91,803 7 May 73,771 14 May 80,922 21 May 70,362 28 May 51,183 4 June Born This Way Lady Gaga 215,639 11 June 67,615 18 June Suck It and See Arctic Monkeys 82,424 25 June Progress Take That 77,720 2 July Born This Way Lady Gaga 47,150 9 July 4 Beyoncé 89,211 16 July 44,929 23 July 21 Adele 43,555 30 July 46,648 6 August Back to Black Amy Winehouse 44,076 13 August 63,070 20 August 43,726 27 August Welcome Reality Nero 30,640 3 September Echoes Will Young 65,773 10 September I'm With You Red Hot Chili Peppers 71,858 17 September Playing in the Shadows Example 56,224 24 September + Ed Sheeran 102,350 1 October Velociraptor! Kasabian 94,088 8 October The Awakening James Morrison 62,181 15 October 36,411 22 October The Ultimate Collection Steps 34,200 29 October Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 122,530 5 November Mylo Xyloto Coldplay 208,343 12 November Ceremonials Florence and the Machine 94,050 19 November Someone To Watch Over Me Susan Boyle 72,745 26 November Christmas Michael Bublé 85,787 3 December Talk That Talk Rihanna 163,819 10 December In Case You Didn't Know Olly Murs 148,532 17 December Lioness: Hidden Treasures Amy Winehouse 194,966 24 December Christmas Michael Bublé 269,665 31 December 317,114
Number-one compilation albums [ edit ] Chart date Album 1 January Now 77 8 January 15 January 22 January 29 January 5 February 12 February 19 February Love Songs – The Ultimate Collection 26 February BRIT Awards 2011 With MasterCard 5 March 12 March Anthems Hip Hop 19 March 26 March Massive R&B – Spring 2011 2 April 9 April 16 April Ultimate Floorfillers 23 April Now 78 30 April 7 May 14 May 21 May 28 May 4 June 11 June 18 June 25 June The Old Grey Whistle Test – 40th 2 July Now 78 9 July Clubland 19 16 July 23 July 30 July 6 August Now 79 13 August 20 August 27 August 3 September 10 September 17 September 24 September 1 October 8 October Now R&B 15 October 22 October Now 79 29 October 5 November Pop Party 9 12 November BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge – Vol 6 19 November Clubland 20 26 November Pop Party 9 3 December Now 80 10 December 17 December 24 December 31 December
Best-selling singles of 2011 [ edit ] [ 14]
Best-selling albums of 2011 [ edit ] [ 17]
No. Title Artist Peak Sales 1 21 Adele 1 3,772,346[ 18] 2 Christmas Michael Bublé 1 1,292,762[ 18] 3 Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars 1 1,214,425[ 18] 4 19 Adele 2[ c] 1,210,417[ 18] 5 Mylo Xyloto Coldplay 1 907,000[ 19] 6 Loud Rihanna 1 876,000[ 19] 7 Born This Way Lady Gaga 1 821,000[ 19] 8 Who You Are Jessie J 2 805,000[ 19] 9 + Ed Sheeran 1 791,000[ 19] 10 Talk That Talk Rihanna 1 655,000[ 19] 11 Lioness: Hidden Treasures Amy Winehouse 1 638,000[ 19] 12 In Case You Didn't Know Olly Murs 1 597,000[ 19] 13 The Lady Killer Cee Lo Green 3 560,000[ 19] 14 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 1 492,000[ 19] 15 Progress Take That 1 484,000[ 19] 16 Up All Night One Direction 2 468,000[ 19] 17 No More Idols Chase and Status 2 461,000[ 19] 18 4 Beyoncé 1 451,000[ 19] 19 Greatest Hits Westlife 4 423,000[ 19] 20 Crazy Love Michael Bublé 3[ d] 410,000[ 19] 21 The Defamation of Strickland Banks Plan B 2[ e] 22 Ceremonials Florence and the Machine 1 23 Echoes Will Young 1 24 Wasting Light Foo Fighters 1 25 Teenage Dream Katy Perry 8[ f] 26 Heaven Rebecca Ferguson 3 27 Sigh No More Mumford & Sons 2 28 Disc-Overy Tinie Tempah 4[ g] 29 Jukebox JLS 2 30 The Fame Lady Gaga 7[ h] 31 Build a Rocket Boys! Elbow 2 32 Back to Black Amy Winehouse 1 33 Someone to Watch Over Me Susan Boyle 1 34 Good Ol' Fashioned Love The Overtones 4 35 Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor Caro Emerald 4 36 The Awakening James Morrison 1 37 Velociraptor! Kasabian 1 38 Seasons of My Soul Rumer 4[ i] 39 Lights Ellie Goulding 5[ j] 40 Fallen Empires Snow Patrol 3 41 Nothing But the Beat David Guetta 2 42 Last Night on Earth Noah and the Whale 8 43 Playing in the Shadows Example 1 44 Bring Him Home Alfie Boe 9 45 Greatest Hits... So Far!!! Pink 12[ k] 46 Alfie Alfie Boe 6 47 Olly Murs Olly Murs 4[ l] 48 Classic Joe McElderry 2 49 Letters Matt Cardle 2 50 Suck It and See Arctic Monkeys 1
Notes:
^ Reached number 1 in 2012 ^ Reached number 1 in 2012 ^ Reached number 1 in 2008 ^ Reached number 1 in 2009 ^ Reached number 1 in 2010 ^ Reached number 1 in 2010 ^ Reached number 1 in 2010 ^ Reached number 1 in 2009 ^ Reached number 3 in 2010 ^ Reached number 1 in 2010 ^ Reached number 5 in 2010 ^ Reached number 2 in 2010 For a record to be certifiedplatinum , it must sell a minimum of 600,000 copies. However, not every song that sells 600,000 copies is given platinum certification and so this is not a complete list of songs that have sold 600,000 copies in 2011. Also note that a song certified platinum could have sold its 600,000th copy long before it is given certification.
4 January Mick Karn – English multi-instrumentalist musician and songwriter, 52Gerry Rafferty – Scottish singer-songwriter, 6314 January –Trish Keenan , singer (Broadcast ), 42 (swine flu ).[ 20] 16 January –Steve Prestwich , British-born Australian drummer and songwriter (Cold Chisel ,Little River Band ), 5626 January –Eddie Mordue , saxophonist, 8328 January 30 January –John Barry , British film composer, 7731 January –Mark Ryan , guitarist (Adam and the Ants ), 513 February –Tony Levin , jazz drummer, 716 February 14 February –George Shearing , jazz pianist, 9127 February –Margaret Eliot , music teacher, 978 March –Richard Campbell , cellist, 5515 March 17 March –J. B. Steane , music critic, 8318 March –Jet Harris , guitarist (The Shadows ), 7120 March –Johnny Pearson , pianist, arranger and TV composer, 8529 March –Robert Tear , operatic tenor, 7231 March –Ishbel MacAskill , Scottish Gaelic singer and heritage campaigner, 7025 April –Poly Styrene – singer, (X-Ray Spex ), 53 (cancer)[ 22] 29 April –David Mason , trumpeter, 857 May –Big George , arranger, 53 (heart attack)[ 23] 19 May –Kathy Kirby , singer, 7229 May –Simon Brint , musician, composer, actor and comedian (Raw Sex), 60 (suicide)10 June –Kenny Hawkes , DJ and music producer, 42 (liver failure)22 June 24 June –Goff Richards , English composer, 669 July –Würzel , guitarist, 6114 July –Eric Delaney , percussionist and bandleader, 8715 July –Cuddly Dudley , rock and roll singer, 8723 July –Amy Winehouse , singer, musician, 27[ 24] 3 August –Andrew McDermott , singer (Threshold ), 45 (kidney failure)15 August –Betty Thatcher , lyricist, 6710 September –Graham Collier , jazz bassist, 7421 September –John Du Cann , guitarist (Atomic Rooster ), 662 October –David Bedford , composer, 745 October –Bert Jansch , singer, musician, 6715 October –Betty Driver , singer and actress, 9118 October –Bob Brunning , blues musician (Fleetwood Mac ), 6821 October –Edmundo Ros , Trinidadian band leader, 10028 October –Beryl Davis , singer, 8729 October – SirJimmy Savile , DJ, 846 November –Gordon Beck , jazz pianist and composer, 7524 November –Ross MacManus , trumpeter, 8426 November –Keef Hartley , drummer and bandleader, 676 December –Tony Fell , music publisher, 7912 December –John Gardner , composer, 94^ BBC Two – BBC Proms, 2011 . Accessed 14 April 2013^ "Sir Paul McCartney marrying for the third time" . BBC News. 9 October 2011. Retrieved5 May 2012 .^ ITV (2011)."Little Mix" .The X Factor . ITV. Retrieved21 December 2011 . ^ "Hommage à Liszt" .Gasteig . 2011. Archived fromthe original on 4 April 2012. Retrieved9 October 2012 .^ 'Neil Brand’s score for Underground: a preview' (28 September 2011) Silent London, silentlondon.co.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2011.^ "Brit Awards 2011: Winners" .BBC News . 15 February 2011. Retrieved25 June 2014 .^ Topping, Alexandra (15 February 2011)."Brit awards 2011: Take That win best British group 21 years after their debut" .The Guardian . Retrieved25 June 2014 . ^ "Violinists dominate Classic Brit Awards" . BBC News. 13 May 2011. Retrieved25 June 2014 .^ Allen, Liam (19 May 2011)."Plan B wins three awards at Ivor Novellos" . BBC News. Retrieved25 June 2014 . ^ Topping, Alexandra (19 May 2011)."Plan B aka Ben Drew takes top honours at Ivor Novello awards" .The Guardian . London, England. Retrieved25 June 2011 . ^ "PJ Harvey wins Mercury Prize for second time" . BBC News. 6 September 2011. Retrieved25 June 2011 .^ Topping, Alexandra (6 September 2011)."PJ Harvey wins Mercury music prize for the second time" .The Guardian . London, England. Retrieved25 June 2014 . ^ "2011 Twenty Quid Music Prize: Congratulations to The Saturdays" .Popjustice . 7 September 2011. Retrieved19 September 2011 .^ "The Official Singles Chart 2011 Top 100".Music Week ^ Williams, Paul (13 January 2012). "Singles".Music Week . London, England: Intent Media. pp. 14– 15. ^a b c d e Myers, Justin (5 July 2015)."Chart Day: Every end of year chart from 2005–2014" .Official Charts Company . ^ "The Official Albums Chart 2011 Top 100".Music Week . London, England: Intent Media. 13 January 2012. p. 14. ^a b c d Williams, Paul (13 January 2012). "Albums".Music Week . London, England: Intent Media. pp. 13– 14. ^a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Lane, Dan (2 January 2012)."The Top 20 biggest selling albums of 2011 revealed!" . Official Charts Company. Retrieved10 February 2016 . ^ Long, Pat (18 January 2011)."Trish Keenan obituary" .The Guardian ^ "Reggae star Smiley Culture stabbed himself during police raid" .BBC News . 2 July 2013.^ "X-Ray Spex's Poly Styrene dies of cancer" .NME . Retrieved26 April 2011 .^ "BBC London radio presenter Big George dies" . BBC News. 8 May 2011.Archived from the original on 12 May 2011. Retrieved8 May 2011 .^ "Amy Winehouse found dead, aged 27" .BBC News . BBC. 23 July 2011.Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved23 July 2011 .
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