Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean Albums Among Billboards Top 200 Albums of 2011

Taylor Swift's Speak Now CD. Photo courtesy of Big Machine Records.

Billboard.com has compiled their list of the Top 200 Albums of 2011. Adeles 21 was named the No. 1 album of the year, but Taylor Swifts Speak Now album came in at No. 2. Jason Aldeans My Kinda Party was also in the Top 5, coming in at No. 4. Rascal Flatts Nothing Like This album took the No. 17 spot and Lady Antebellums Need You Now came in at No. 19.

Other country albums in the Top 50 include Zac Brown Bands You Get What You Give at No. 23, Lady Antebellums Own The Night at No. 25, The Band Perrys self-titled debut at No. 30, Sugarlands The Incredible Machine at No. 33, Keith Urbans Get Closer at No. 36, Kenny Chesneys Hemingways Whiskey at No. 42, and Brad Paisleys This Is Country Music at No. 46.

The Year-End top-selling albums are ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan.

Top 20 Albums of 2011:

  • 21 Adele
  • Speak Now Taylor Swift
  • Born This Way Lady Gaga
  • My Kinda Party Jason Aldean
  • The Gift Susan Boyle
  • Tha Carter IV Lil Wayne
  • Pink Friday Nicki Minaj
  • Sigh No More Mumford & Sons
  • Loud Rihanna
  • Teenage Dream Katy Perry
  • My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Kanye West
  • Doo-wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars
  • Recovery Eminem
  • Watch The Throne Jay-Z & Kanye West
  • O Holy Night Jackie Evancho
  • Born Free Kid Rock
  • Nothing Like This Rascal Flatts
  • My World 2.0 Justin Bieber
  • Need You Now Lady Antebellum
  • Glee: The Music, The Christmas Album Soundtrack Various Artists
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