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Retroverse Year
2011
One voice and a heartbreak album stop the entire industry — Adele's '21' proves that old-fashioned songwriting still wins when the emotion is real. Kanye and Jay-Z's 'Watch the Throne' keeps hip-hop ambitious while LMFAO and Pitbull turn the club into a global export. The year feels like a tug-of-war between depth and distraction. The year feels like a tug-of-war between depth and distraction, heartbreak and club ecstasy.
Year facts
53Chart weeks
5Featured songs
5Featured albums
5Artists represented
Songs
Songs that shaped the chart
Through the year
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