NME Albums and Tracks of the Year, 2011

The NME Album of the Year and Single Of The Year were announced on 23 November 2011. It was the 38th countdown of the most popular albums and tracks of the year, as chosen by music reviewers and independent journalists who work for the magazine and for NME.com. [1][2]

Albums

Note: UK artists

#	Album	Artist	Country of origin
1	Let England Shake	PJ Harvey	United Kingdom
2	The English Riviera	Metronomy	United Kingdom
3	Skying	The Horrors	United Kingdom
4	Smother	Wild Beasts	United Kingdom
5	Smoke Ring for My Halo	Kurt Vile	United States
6	Suck It And See	Arctic Monkeys	United Kingdom
7	Strange Mercy	St. Vincent	United States
8	On a Mission	Katy B	United Kingdom
9	w h o k i l l	tUnE-yArDs	United States
10	Go Tell Fire to the Mountain	WU LYF	United Kingdom
11	Anna Calvi	Anna Calvi	United Kingdom
12	Again into Eyes	S.C.U.M	United Kingdom
13	Zeroes QC	Suuns	Canada
14	What Did You Expect from The Vaccines?	The Vaccines	United Kingdom
15	Wild Flag	Wild Flag	United States
16	A Different Kind of Fix	Bombay Bicycle Club	United Kingdom
17	Gloss Drop	Battles	United States
18	Cat's Eyes	Cat's Eyes	United Kingdom
19	A Creature I Don't Know	Laura Marling	United Kingdom
20	The King of Limbs	Radiohead	United Kingdom
21	Velociraptor!	Kasabian	United Kingdom
22	Last Night on Earth	Noah and the Whale	United Kingdom
23	Yuck	Yuck	United Kingdom
24	Big Talk	Big Talk	United States
25	W	Planningtorock	United Kingdom
26	Father, Son, Holy Ghost	Girls	United States
27	Arabia Mountain	Black Lips	United States
28	Looping State of Mind	The Field	Sweden
29	Dye It Blonde	Smith Westerns	United States
30	Pala	Friendly Fires	United Kingdom
31	Ceremonials	Florence and the Machine	United Kingdom
32	Submarine EP	Alex Turner	United Kingdom
33	Audio, Video, Disco	Justice	France
34	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	Unknown Mortal Orchestra	United States / New Zealand
35	Nine Types of Light	TV on the Radio	United States
36	New Brigade	Iceage	Denmark
37	D	White Denim	United States
38	Biophilia	Björk	Iceland
39	Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds	Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds	United Kingdom
40	Cherish the Light Years	Cold Cave	United States
41	Exmilitary	Death Grips	United States
42	Lupercalia	Patrick Wolf	United Kingdom
43	Wasting Light	Foo Fighters	United States
44	Kaputt	Destroyer	Canada
45	Feel It Break	Austra	Canada
46	Bon Iver	Bon Iver	United States
47	Days	Real Estate	United States
48	Paradise	Slow Club	United Kingdom
49	SBTRKT	SBTRKT	United Kingdom
50	Watch the Throne	Jay-Z & Kanye West	United States

Countries represented

United Kingdom = 25
United States = 18
Canada = 3
Sweden = 1
France = 1
New Zealand = 1
Denmark = 1
Iceland = 1

Singles

Note: UK artists

#	Track	Artist	Country of origin
1	"Video Games"	Lana Del Rey	United States
2	"Yonkers"	Tyler, The Creator	United States
3	"Still Life"	The Horrors	United Kingdom
4	"The Words That Maketh Murder"	PJ Harvey	United Kingdom
5	"Bed Of Nails"	Wild Beasts	United Kingdom
6	"Ice Cream"	Battles	United States
7	"The Bay"	Metronomy	United Kingdom
8	"Bizness"	tUnE-yArDs	United States
9	"I Told You Once"	Howler	United States
10	"Midnight City"	M83	France
11	"The Look"	Metronomy	United Kingdom
12	"Baby's Arms"	Kurt Vile	United States
13	"The Fox"	Niki & The Dove	Sweden
14	"If You Wanna"	The Vaccines	United Kingdom
15	"Never Fade Away"	Spector	United Kingdom
16	"I Want You"	Summer Camp	United Kingdom
17	"Broken Record"	Katy B	United Kingdom
18	"212"	Azealia Banks featuring Lazy Jay	United States / Belgium
19	"Blackout"	Anna Calvi	United Kingdom
20	"Beyond Living"	Milk Music	United States
21	"Pumped Up Kicks"	Foster The People	United States
22	"The Hellcat Spangled Shalalala"	Arctic Monkeys	United Kingdom
23	"Shake It Out"	Florence and the Machine	United Kingdom
24	"The World Is Yours"	Glasvegas	United Kingdom
25	"Under Cover of Darkness"	The Strokes	United States
26	"We Found Love"	Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris	Barbados / United Kingdom
27	"Ritual Union"	Little Dragon	Sweden
28	"Post Break-Up Sex"	The Vaccines	United Kingdom
29	"Shuffle"	Bombay Bicycle Club	United Kingdom
30	"Rolling in the Deep"	Adele	United Kingdom
31	"Money"	The Drums	United States
32	"Liiines"	Ghostpoet	United Kingdom
33	"Piledriver Waltz"	Alex Turner	United Kingdom
34	"Beat and the Pulse"	Austra	Canada
35	"Wildfire"	SBTRKT featuring Little Dragon	United Kingdom / Sweden
36	"My House"	Hercules and Love Affair	United States
37	"Radioactive"	Marina and the Diamonds	United Kingdom
38	"Run The World (Girls)"	Beyoncé	United States
39	"I'm His Girl"	Friends	United States
40	"Civilization"	Justice	France
41	"She Wants"	Metronomy	United Kingdom
42	"(R E A L L O V E)"	Factory Floor	United Kingdom
43	"Reckless (With Your Love)"	Azari & III	Canada
44	"Gabriel"	Joe Goddard featuring Valentina	United Kingdom
45	"Broken Bone"	Iceage	Denmark
46	"Lose It"	Austra	Canada
47	"Muscle Memory"	Dananananaykroyd	United Kingdom
48	"The Great Pan is Dead"	Cold Cave	United States
49	"If I Had A Gun..."	Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds	United Kingdom
50	"AKA... What a Life!"	Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds	United Kingdom

Artists with multiple entries

3 Entries

Metronomy (7, 11, 41)

2 Entries

The Vaccines (14, 28)
Austra (34, 46)
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (49, 50)

Countries represented

United Kingdom = 27
United States = 15
Sweden = 3
Canada = 3
France = 2
Belgium = 1
Barbados = 1
Denmark = 1

References

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[1] ttps://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/2011

[2] ttps://www.nme.com/photos/50-best-tracks-of-2011/253553/1/1