2011 in British music charts
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This is a summary of the year 2011 in British music. The average number one single sale is 104,395. The average sales continue to rise from 2007. The average number one album sale is 105,686, this is an improvement from average sales for albums seen in recent years, largely due to the success of Adele's album 21, which sold in excess of 114,000 copies in each of its first eleven weeks at #1.
2011 began, like previous years, with the X Factor winner remaining at number one (this year Matt Cardle with his cover of Biffy Clyro's "Many of Horror", re-titled as "When We Collide"), and many of the year's biggest hits continuing to climb the chart. Notable climbs in the Top 40 included Olly Murs' "Thinking of Me", climbing 2 places to number 10, Jessie J's "Do It Like a Dude" climbing 3 places for a Top 20 placing at number 18, The Wanted's "Lose My Mind", climbing 10 places to its peak of number 19, Tinie Tempah's "Written in the Stars", climbing 10 places to number 25, and 2010's biggest selling single – Eminem and Rihanna's "Love the Way You Lie" – climbing 10 places to number 27. Re-entries to the Top 40 included songs by The Saturdays, Tinie Tempah, Duck Sauce, Olly Murs and B.o.B, re-entering at numbers 35, 36, 38, 39 and 40 respectively.
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