US Charts: Billboard's Best Of 2011

Billboard has finally unveiled their year-end charts for 2011, and it comes to no surprise that women dominate the major categories, after all it's obvious that this was the year of Adele, Katy Perry and Rihanna, among other female artists who ruled the US charts this year. The overall big winner though, is British artist Adele.

From Billboard.com

For the first time, a woman earns three of Billboard's biggest year-end charts honors: No. 1 on Top Artists, the No. 1 Billboard 200 Album and the No. 1 Hot 100 song. The woman, of course, is Adele. The album: "21." The song: "Rolling in the Deep" (both on XL/Columbia).

Since Billboard added the top overall artist category to its year-end recaps in 1981, no woman has ever pulled off the triple crown win until this year.

Billboard's year-end music recaps are based on chart performance during the chart year that began with last year's charts dated Dec. 4 and ended with the Nov. 26, 2011 charts.

The Top Artists recap ranks the best-performing acts of the year derived from activity on the Billboard 200 albums tally and the Billboard Hot 100 singles list, as well as streaming, social, touring boxscore and ringtone data.

2011 Top Billboard Categories
Top Artist: Adele
Top New Artist: Wiz Khalifa
Hot 100 Song: Rolling In The Deep by Adele
Hot 100 Artist: Katy Perry
Billboard 200 Album: 21 by Adele
Billboard 200 Artist: Adele
Radio Song: Give Me Everything by Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack & Nayer
Radio Songs Artist: Katy Perry
Digital Song: Rolling In The Deep by Adele
Digital Songs Artists: Katy Perry
Digital Album: 21 by Adele
Digital Albums Artist: Adele

For more Billboard Year-End Charts visit Billboard.com

Beyoncé Live at the 2011 Billboard Music Awards

Billboard's "Artist of the Millennium" recipient, Beyoncé Knowles, rocks the crowd with a visually amazing performance of her latest single Run The World (Girls). Watch below:

Britney Spears, Rihanna Kick Off Billboard Music Awards

From Billboard.com:

Britney Spears and Rihanna kicked off the Billboard Music Awards in head-turning fashion Sunday night (May 22), with a racy live performance of their "S&M" remix complete with bejeweled handcuffs, pole dancing and a playful pillow fight.

Rihanna, whose "S&M" single shot up to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 after she teamed up with Spears for the remix, led the duet in an all-white, bondage-inspired outfit, as silver gloved hands emerged from the floor and dancers surrounded her.

Watch the performance below:

United State Of Pop 2010 (Don't Stop The Pop) › DJ Earworm

Do you want to know what ruled the US Charts in 2010 in just 5 minutes? If you do, take a listen to the now famous DJ Earworm's Top 25 Billboard Hits Mashup, 2010 Edition. An incredible task to say the least, and as usual, everything is on point. But, is it as good as previous mashups? You be the judge.