List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2011

Eighteen acts gained their first number-one single in the Dutch Top 40 in 2011, either as lead or featured act: Martin Solveig, Dragonette, Adele, Alexis Jordan, Ne-Yo, Afrojack, Nayer, Sak Noel, Don Omar, Lucenzo, Maroon 5, Christina Aguilera, The Voice of Holland, Gotye, Kimbra, Gers Pardoel, Sandro Silva and Quintino.

Lady Gaga's single "Born This Way" debuted at number one in the Top 40 this year.

Three singles spent only one week at the number-one position: "Set Fire to the Rain", "One Thousand Voices" and "Epic".

In 1974, the English band Mud managed to achieve this with the singles "Dynamite" and "Tiger Feet".

The other artists are Belgian Australian, Canadian, French, New Zealander, Portuguese, Puerto Rican, Spanish and British.

With her singles " Rolling in the Deep " and " Set Fire to the Rain ", Adele became the first artist since 1974 to hold the number-one position in the Dutch Top 40 with two songs consecutively.
Lady Gaga became, with her single " Born This Way ", the first artist since 2009 that debuted at the number-one position in the Dutch Top 40.
Alexis Jordan scored her first number-one hit in the Dutch Top 40 this year. Her song " Happiness " spent ten weeks at the top of the chart, making it the song that stayed the most weeks on number one this year.
Pitbull scored his second number-one hit in the Dutch Top 40 this year with his song " Give Me Everything " (which features Ne-Yo , Afrojack and Nayer ).
Maroon 5 and Christina Aguilera (pictured) scored their first number-one hit this year with the song " Moves Like Jagger ".