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

Adele holds off Kate Bush's new album to stay at Number One

From NME.com:

Kate Bush has entered the albums chart at Number Two as Adele's '21' spent its 16th week at the top spot tonight (May 22).

'Director's Cut', a collection of re-recorded tracks from two of Bush's previous albums, looked on course to hit the summit earlier this week.

However, it eventually fell short of toppling the Tottenham soul singer, whose 2008 debut '19' stayed at Number Three.

There were other new entries for Friendly Fires - in at Number 6 with 'Pala' - and Moby, whose new record 'Destroyed' debuted at Number 35.

In the singles chart, Cuban-American rapper Pitbull scored his first official Number One with 'Give Me Everything', a collaboration with Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer which climbed from last week's Number 2.

Swedish House Mafia debuted at Number 10 with their new single 'Save The World', while Jedward were new at Number 40 with their Eurovision Song Contest entry 'Lipstick'.

Lady Gaga scored a new entry at Number 13 with 'Hair' and made chart history in the process, becoming the first female artist since Ruby Murray in 1955 to clock up four Top 20 singles in one week.

'The Edge Of Glory' (Number 6), 'Judas' (Number 8) and 'Born This Way' (Number 16) were the other three entries in the chart.

The Top 10 UK albums are:

1. Adele - '21'
2. Kate Bush - 'Director's Cut'
3. Adele - '19'
4. Hugh Laurie - 'Let Them Talk'
5. Bruno Mars - 'Doo Wops & Hooligans'
6. Friendly Fires - 'Pala'
7. Chase & Status - 'No More Idols'
8. Jessie J - 'Who You Are'
9. Foo Fighters - 'Wasting Light'
10. Caro Emerald - 'Deleted Scenes From The Cutting Room'

The Top 10 UK singles are:

1. Pitbull feat. Ne-Yo, Afrojack and Nayer - 'Give Me Everything'
2. Bruno Mars - 'The Lazy Song'
3. LMFAO feat. GoonRock and Lauren Bennett - 'Party Rock Anthem'
4. Aloe Blacc - 'I Need A Dollar'
5. Chris Brown feat. Benny Benassi - 'Beautiful People'
6. Lady Gaga - 'The Edge Of Glory'
7. David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj and Flo Rida - 'Where Them Girls At?'
8. Lady Gaga - 'Judas'
9. Snoop Dogg - 'Sweat (David Guetta Remix)'
10. Swedish House Mafia - 'Save The World'