List_of_Billboard_Dance_Club_Songs_number_ones_of_2011
The Billboard Dance Club Songs chart is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles in that category in the United States. The first number-one song of the year was by Swedish House Mafia and English rapper Tinie Tempah, with their collaboration "Miami 2 Ibiza".[1] American singer-songwriter Katy Perry achieved three number-one songs on the chart, which included "Firework", "E.T. and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)".[2][3][4] "E.T." ranked at number one on the 2011 Hot Dance Club Songs year end chart.[5] Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue also topped the chart three times, with the songs "Better than Today",[6] "Higher", a collaboration with Taio Cruz and Travie McCoy,[7] and "Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)".[8] American singer Britney Spears topped the chart three times with "Hold It Against Me",[9] "Till the World Ends"[10] and "I Wanna Go",[11] from her seventh album Femme Fatale. Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez also achieved three number one songs on the chart each, the former with "Run the World (Girls)",[12] "Best Thing I Never Had",[13] and "Countdown",[14] and the latter with "On the Floor",[15] "I'm Into You",[16] and "Papi".[17] off of her seventh studio album "Love?" marking a comeback for the singer.[18] The American band Selena Gomez & the Scene also achieved three number one songs on the chart each with "A Year Without Rain", "Who Says" and "Love You like a Love Song".
Barbadian recording artist Rihanna topped the chart with four songs from three different albums; the first was French DJ David Guetta's song Who's That Chick?, from his album One More Love where Rihanna appeared as a guest vocalist,[19] "S&M" and "California King Bed" from Rihanna's fifth album Loud,[20][21] and "We Found Love"' from her sixth album Talk That Talk.[22] "We Found Love", a collaboration with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris, was the only song to spend more than one week at number one, and topped the chart for two consecutive weeks.[22][23] American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga also achieved four number one songs on the chart with "Born This Way",[24] "Judas",[25] "The Edge of Glory",[26] and "You and I".[27] British singer-songwriter Leona Lewis achieved her first number one on the chart with "Collide", a collaboration with Avicii.[28][29]
These are the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and Singles Sales number-one hits of 2011.
| † | Indicates best charting dance/club single of 2011 Note: Year-End most popular songs played in dance clubs, compiled from reports from a national sample of club DJs. |