List of UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart number ones of 2011

These are the Official Charts Company's UK Rock Chart number-one albums of 2011.

Chart history

Linkin Park topped the rock chart with their 2010 release A Thousand Suns.

Foo Fighters reached number one with two albums in 2011.

Evanescence spent four weeks at the top of the chart this year.

Nickelback topped the UK Rock Chart during 2011 with Here and Now.

Key

Best-selling rock album of the year

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Record label	Ref.
2 January	A Thousand Suns	Linkin Park	Warner Bros.	[1]
9 January				[2]
16 January				[3]
23 January	The Wörld Is Yours	Motörhead	EMI	[4]
30 January	The Here and Now	Architects	Century Media	[5]
6 February	A Thousand Suns	Linkin Park	Warner Bros.	[6]
13 February				[7]
20 February	Mothership	Led Zeppelin	Atlantic	[8]
27 February	Beast	DevilDriver	Roadrunner	[9]
6 March	Greatest Hits	Foo Fighters	RCA	[10]
13 March	Queens of the Stone Age	Queens of the Stone Age	Rekords	[11]
20 March	Endgame	Rise Against	Interscope	[12]
27 March	Awesome as Fuck	Green Day	Reprise	[13]
3 April	The Unforgiving	Within Temptation	Roadrunner	[14]
10 April	Hope	The Blackout	Cooking Vinyl	[15]
17 April	Wasting Light	Foo Fighters	RCA	[16]
24 April				[17]
1 May				[18]
8 May				[19]
15 May				[20]
22 May				[21]
29 May				[22]
5 June	Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea	Black Stone Cherry	Roadrunner	[23]
12 June	Wasting Light	Foo Fighters	RCA	[24]
19 June	2	Black Country Communion	Mascot	[25]
26 June	Wasting Light	Foo Fighters	RCA	[26]
3 July	Revolutions: Live at Wembley	Biffy Clyro	14th Floor	[27]
10 July	Wasting Light	Foo Fighters	RCA	[28]
17 July				[29]
24 July				[30]
31 July				[31]
7 August	Greatest Hits			[32]
14 August	In Waves	Trivium	Roadrunner	[33]
21 August	In Gold Blood	Kids in Glass Houses		[34]
28 August	Greatest Hits	Foo Fighters	RCA	[35]
4 September				[36]
11 September				[37]
18 September	A Dramatic Turn of Events	Dream Theater	Roadrunner	[38]
25 September	Heritage	Opeth		[39]
2 October	Neighborhoods	Blink-182	Island	[40]
9 October	Sinners Never Sleep	You Me at Six	Virgin	[41]
16 October	Evanescence	Evanescence	Virgin/Wind-up	[42]
23 October				[43]
30 October				[44]
6 November	TH1RT3EN	Megadeth	Roadrunner	[45]
13 November	Fools and Worthless Liars	Deaf Havana	Easy Life	[46]
20 November	Evanescence	Evanescence	Virgin/Wind-up	[47]
27 November	Here and Now	Nickelback	Roadrunner	[48]
4 December				[49]
11 December				[50]
18 December				[51]
25 December				[52]

Number-one artists

As of 21 November 2011:

Position	Nationality	Artist	Weeks #1
1	USA	Foo Fighters	18
2	USA	Linkin Park	5
2	CAN	Nickelback	5
3	USA	Evanescence	4
4	ENG	Architects	1
4	SCO	Biffy Clyro	1
4	USA	Black Stone Cherry	1
4	ENG  USA	Black Country Communion	1
4	USA	Blink-182	1
4	USA	DevilDriver	1
4	USA	Dream Theater	1
4	USA	Green Day	1
4	WAL	Kids in Glass Houses	1
4	ENG	Led Zeppelin	1
4	SWE	Opeth	1
4	USA	Queens of the Stone Age	1
4	USA	Rise Against	1
4	WAL	The Blackout	1
4	NED	Within Temptation	1
4	ENG	You Me at Six	1

See also

• List of UK Albums Chart number ones of 2011
• List of UK Dance Chart number-one albums of 2011
• List of UK Official Download Chart number-one albums of 2011
• List of UK Indie Chart number-one albums of 2011
• List of UK Rock Chart number-one singles of 2011
• List of UK R&B Chart number-one albums of 2011

References

External links

• Rock and Metal Albums Chart at the Official Charts Company
• UK Top 40 Rock Album Chart at BBC Radio 1