Top 10 in 2011

This year saw a lot of great music being released. Here are my favorites in no particular order.

Top 10 albums:

Britney Spears - Femme Fatale
Beyonce - 4
Kelly Clarkson - Stronger
Kanye West & Jay-Z - Watch the Throne
Foster the People - Torches
Augustana - Augustana
Colbie Caillat - All of You
Demi Lovato - Unbroken
Fitz & The Tantrums - Pickin' Up the Pieces
Lady Antebellum - Own the Night

Honorable Mentions:

Lenka - Two
Miranda Lambert - Four the Record
Nickelback - Here and Now
Rihanna - Talk That Talk
Seether - Holding Onto Strings Better Left to Fray
Vanessa Carlton - Rabbits on the Run
Weird Al - Alpocalypse
Avril Lavigne - Goodbye Lullaby
Jason Derulo - Future History

Top 10 songs:

Britney Spears - Till The World Ends
Lady Gaga - Edge of Glory
Beyonce - Love on Top
Adele - Rolling in the Deep
Kelly Clarkson - Alone
Foster the People - Pumped Up Kicks
Colbie Caillat - Brighter Than the Sun
Lady Antebellum - We Owned the Night
Britney Spears - I Wanna Go
Lady Gaga - You and I

Other great songs:
Selena Gomez and the Scene - Who Says
Selena Gomez and the Scene - Whiplash
Lady Gaga - Hair
Britney Spears - Hold it Against Me/Inside Out/How I Roll
Miranda Lambert - Baggage Claim/Fastest Girl in Town
Foster the People - Houdini/Call it What You Want/Don't Stop
Kanye West & Jay-Z - No Church in the Wild/Lift Off
Demi Lovato - Hold Up/Skyscraper/My Love's Like a Star
Beyonce - Countdown/Best Thing I Never Had
Augustana - Steal Your Heart
Fitz and the Tantrums - MoneyGrabber
DeadMau5 - Raise Your Weapon
Daughtry - Crawling Back to You
David Cook - The Last Goodbye

Music can surprise you. After listening to Beyonce's first couple of singles I was prepared to be disappointed in the album. But leave it to Bey to save the best for last.
I expected Foster the People to have that one song and nothing else. Surprisingly, their whole album is solid.
It's amazing how women dominated the year. They seemed to release the best stuff.