# List of Billboard number-one dance songs of 2011

These are the Billboard magazine's number-one dance songs of 2011 on the Dance Club Songs, the Dance Singles Sales, and the Dance/Mix Show Airplay. The Hot Dance Club Songs was first published in 1976, ranking the most popular songs on dance club based on reports from a national sample of club DJs. The Dance/Mix Show Airplay was first published in 2003, ranking the songs based on dance radio airplay and mix-show plays on top 40 radio and select rhythmic radio as measured by Mediabase.
The first club play number-one song of the year was by Swedish House Mafia and English rapper Tinie Tempah, with their collaboration "Miami 2 Ibiza". American singer-songwriter Katy Perry achieved three number-one songs on the chart, which included "Firework", "E.T. and "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)". "E.T." ranked at number one on the 2011 Hot Dance Club Songs year end chart. Australian singer-songwriter Kylie Minogue also topped the chart three times, with the songs "Better than Today", "Higher", a collaboration with Taio Cruz and Travie McCoy, and "Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)". American singer Britney Spears topped the chart three times with "Hold It Against Me", "Till the World Ends" and "I Wanna Go", from her seventh album Femme Fatale. Beyoncé and Jennifer Lopez also achieved three number one songs on the chart each, the former with "Run the World (Girls)", "Best Thing I Never Had", and "Countdown", and the latter with "On the Floor", "I'm Into You", and "Papi". off of her seventh studio album "Love?" marking a comeback for the singer. The American band Selena Gomez & the Scene also achieved three number one songs on the chart each with "A Year Without Rain", "Who Says" and "Love You like a Love Song".
Barbadian recording artist Rihanna topped the chart with four songs from three different albums; the first was French DJ David Guetta's song Who's That Chick?, from his album One More Love where Rihanna appeared as a guest vocalist, "S&M" and "California King Bed" from Rihanna's fifth album Loud, and "We Found Love"' from her sixth album Talk That Talk. "We Found Love", a collaboration with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris, was the only song to spend more than one week at number one, and topped the chart for two consecutive weeks. American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga also achieved four number one songs on the chart with "Born This Way", "Judas", "The Edge of Glory", and "You and I". British singer-songwriter Leona Lewis achieved her first number one on the chart with "Collide", a collaboration with Avicii.

## Club play and sales

Key :
| † | Indicates best charting dance/club single of 2011 |
These are the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play and Singles Sales number-one hits of 2011.
| Issue date | Club Play | Artist(s) | Singles Sales | Artist(s) |
| January 1 | "Miami 2 Ibiza" | Swedish House Mafia vs. Tinie Tempah | "Stereo Love" | Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina |
| January 8 | "Louder (Put Your Hands Up)" | Chris Willis | "Stereo Love" | Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina |
| January 15 | "One Hot Pleasure" | Erika Jayne | "Stereo Love" | Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina |
| January 22 | "Firework" | Katy Perry | "Stereo Love" | Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina |
| January 29 | "You Haven't Seen the Last of Me" | Cher | "The Time (Dirty Bit)" | The Black Eyed Peas |
| February 5 | "Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)" | Enrique Iglesias featuring Ludacris and DJ Frank E | "Stereo Love" | Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina |
| February 12 | "Who's That Chick?" | David Guetta featuring Rihanna | "Stereo Love" | Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina |
| February 19 | "A Year Without Rain" | Selena Gomez & the Scene | "Stereo Love" | Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina |
| February 26 | "Hello" | Martin Solveig and Dragonette | "Grenade" | Bruno Mars |
| March 5 | "Better than Today" | Kylie Minogue | "Stereo Love" | Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina |
| March 12 | "Move on Fast" | Ono | "Stereo Love" | Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina |
| March 19 | "Hold It Against Me" | Britney Spears | "Nobody" | Wonder Girls |
| March 26 | "Higher" | Taio Cruz featuring Kylie Minogue and Travie McCoy | "E.T." | Katy Perry |
| April 2 | "S&M" | Rihanna | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| April 9 | "On the Floor" | Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| April 16 | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| April 23 | "E.T." † | Katy Perry | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| April 30 | "Good Girl" | Alexis Jordan | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| May 7 | "Army of Love" | Kerli | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| May 14 | "Dancing Tonight" | Kat DeLuna | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| May 21 | "Beautiful People" | Chris Brown featuring Benny Benassi | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| May 28 | "Till the World Ends" | Britney Spears | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| June 4 | "Original Sin" | INXS featuring Rob Thomas & introducing DJ Yaleidys | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| June 11 | "Hollywood Tonight" | Michael Jackson | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| June 18 | "Fade" | Kristine W | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| June 25 | "Judas" | Lady Gaga | "Iron" | Woodkid |
| July 2 | "Call Your Girlfriend" | Robyn | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| July 9 | "Run the World (Girls)" | Beyoncé | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| July 16 | "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" | Katy Perry | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| July 23 | "I'm Into You" | Jennifer Lopez featuring Lil Wayne | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| July 30 | "Who Says" | Selena Gomez & the Scene | "The Edge of Glory" | Lady Gaga |
| August 6 | "Save the World" | Swedish House Mafia | "The Edge of Glory" | Lady Gaga |
| August 13 | "The Edge of Glory" | Lady Gaga | "Fire In Your Eyes" | B. Taylor Featuring Pauley Perrette |
| August 20 | "Dirty Dancer" | Enrique Iglesias with Usher featuring Lil Wayne | "On My Mind" | Cody Simpson |
| August 27 | "I Wanna Go" | Britney Spears | "On My Mind" | Cody Simpson |
| September 3 | "Put Your Hands Up (If You Feel Love)" | Kylie Minogue | "On My Mind" | Cody Simpson |
| September 10 | "Best Thing I Never Had" | Beyoncé | "Feel So Close" | Calvin Harris |
| September 17 | "Talking to the Universe" | Ono | "On My Mind" | Cody Simpson |
| September 24 | "California King Bed" | Rihanna | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| October 1 | "Collide" | Leona Lewis and Avicii | "On My Mind" | Cody Simpson |
| October 8 | "I'm Still Hot" | Luciana | "You and I" | Lady Gaga |
| October 15 | "Wepa" | Gloria Estefan | "Audio, Video, Disco" | Justice |
| October 22 | "In the Dark" | Dev | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga |
| October 29 | "You and I" | Lady Gaga | "Video Games" | Lana Del Rey |
| November 5 | "Papi" | Jennifer Lopez | "Video Games" | Lana Del Rey |
| November 12 | "Show Me" | Jessica Sutta | "Video Games" | Lana Del Rey |
| November 19 | "We Found Love" | Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris | "Video Games" | Lana Del Rey |
| November 26 | "We Found Love" | Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris | "Video Games" | Lana Del Rey |
| December 3 | "Sexy and I Know It" | LMFAO | "Video Games" | Lana Del Rey |
| December 10 | "Love You like a Love Song" | Selena Gomez & the Scene | "Video Games" | Lana Del Rey |
| December 17 | "I Like How It Feels" | Enrique Iglesias featuring Pitbull and The WAV.s | "Video Games" | Lana Del Rey |
| December 24 | "Countdown" | Beyoncé | "Video Games" | Lana Del Rey |
| December 31 | "Levels" | Avicii | "Video Games" | Lana Del Rey |

## Airplay

| Issue date | Song | Artist(s) | Remixer(s) |
| January 1 | "Take Over Control" | Afrojack featuring Eva Simons | |
| January 8 | "Firework" | Katy Perry | Jump Smokers, Wideboys, Fred Falke |
| January 15 | "Firework" | Katy Perry | Jump Smokers, Wideboys, Fred Falke |
| January 22 | "Take Over Control" | Afrojack featuring Eva Simons | |
| January 29 | "Take Over Control" | Afrojack featuring Eva Simons | |
| February 5 | "Take Over Control" | Afrojack featuring Eva Simons | |
| February 12 | "Hello" | Martin Solveig featuring Dragonette | Sidney Samson, Michael Woods, Dada Life, Bassjacker |
| February 19 | "Hello" | Martin Solveig featuring Dragonette | Sidney Samson, Michael Woods, Dada Life, Bassjacker |
| February 26 | "Hello" | Martin Solveig featuring Dragonette | Sidney Samson, Michael Woods, Dada Life, Bassjacker |
| March 5 | "Hello" | Martin Solveig featuring Dragonette | Sidney Samson, Michael Woods, Dada Life, Bassjacker |
| March 12 | "Hold It Against Me" | Britney Spears | Adrian Lux & Nause, Jump Smokers, Ocelot, Smoke 'N Mirrors, Funk Generation, Tracy Young, Abe Clements |
| March 19 | "Hold It Against Me" | Britney Spears | Adrian Lux & Nause, Jump Smokers, Ocelot, Smoke 'N Mirrors, Funk Generation, Tracy Young, Abe Clements |
| March 26 | "Hold It Against Me" | Britney Spears | Adrian Lux & Nause, Jump Smokers, Ocelot, Smoke 'N Mirrors, Funk Generation, Tracy Young, Abe Clements |
| April 2 | "On the Floor" | Jennifer Lopez featuring Pitbull | Mixin Marc & Tony Svejda, Ralphi Rosario, CCW, Low Sunday |
| April 9 | "Born This Way" | Lady Gaga | Chew Fu, Dada Life, Grum, Bimbo Jones, Michael Woods, LA Riots, DJ White Shadow, Twin Shadow, Zedd |
| April 16 | "S&M" | Rihanna | Dave Audé, Sidney Samson, Joe Bermudez |
| April 23 | "More" | Usher | Gareth Wyn, Billionaire, Olli Collins & Fred Portelli |
| April 30 | "E.T." | Katy Perry featuring Kanye West | Dave Audé, Benny Benassi, Johnson Somerset & John Monkman, Tiësto |
| May 7 | "Mr. Saxobeat" | Alexandra Stan | |
| May 14 | "E.T." | Katy Perry featuring Kanye West | |
| May 21 | "Addiction" | Medina | |
| May 28 | "Mr. Saxobeat" | Alexandra Stan | |
| June 4 | "Mr. Saxobeat" | Alexandra Stan | |
| June 11 | "Mr. Saxobeat" | Alexandra Stan | |
| June 18 | "Mr. Saxobeat" | Alexandra Stan | |
| June 25 | "Mr. Saxobeat" | Alexandra Stan | |
| July 2 | "Mr. Saxobeat" | Alexandra Stan | |
| July 9 | "Party Rock Anthem" | LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock | Wideboys, Benny Benassi, Christopher Lawrence, Russ Chimes, DJ Enferno, Kim Fai, Arion, Alyn |
| July 16 | "Party Rock Anthem" | LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock | Wideboys, Benny Benassi, Christopher Lawrence, Russ Chimes, DJ Enferno, Kim Fai, Arion, Alyn |
| July 23 | "Party Rock Anthem" | LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock | Wideboys, Benny Benassi, Christopher Lawrence, Russ Chimes, DJ Enferno, Kim Fai, Arion, Alyn |
| July 30 | "Party Rock Anthem" | LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock | Wideboys, Benny Benassi, Christopher Lawrence, Russ Chimes, DJ Enferno, Kim Fai, Arion, Alyn |
| August 6 | "Party Rock Anthem" | LMFAO Featuring Lauren Bennett & GoonRock | Wideboys, Benny Benassi, Christopher Lawrence, Russ Chimes, DJ Enferno, Kim Fai, Arion, Alyn |
| August 13 | "What a Feeling" | Alex Gaudino Featuring Kelly Rowland | Hardwell, Sunship, Nicky Romero |
| August 20 | "I Wanna Go" | Britney Spears | |
| August 27 | "Save the World" | Swedish House Mafia | |
| September 3 | "Save the World" | Swedish House Mafia | |
| September 10 | "Cinema" | Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go | Skrillex |
| September 17 | "Save the World" | Swedish House Mafia | |
| September 24 | "Pumped Up Kicks" | Foster the People | The Knocks, Gigamesh |
| October 1 | "Save the World" | Swedish House Mafia | |
| October 8 | "Save the World" | Swedish House Mafia | |
| October 15 | "Save the World" | Swedish House Mafia | |
| October 22 | "Save the World" | Swedish House Mafia | |
| October 29 | "Without You" | David Guetta featuring Usher | |
| November 5 | "In The Air" | Morgan Page, Sultan + Ned Shepard, and BT Featuring Angela McCluskey | |
| November 12 | "Without You" | David Guetta featuring Usher | |
| November 19 | "We Found Love" | Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris | |
| November 26 | "We Found Love" | Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris | |
| December 3 | "We Found Love" | Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris | |
| December 10 | "We Found Love" | Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris | |
| December 17 | "We Found Love" | Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris | |
| December 24 | "We Found Love" | Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris | |
| December 31 | "We Found Love" | Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris | |