These are The Official Charts Company's UK Indie Chart

UK Indie Chart

The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered...

 number-one albums of 2011.

So far, singer Adele

Adele (singer)

Adele Laurie Blue Adkins , known professionally as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter. She was the first recipient of the Brit Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008...

 has topped the chart in 96% of the 37 weeks on the chart so far, with her first two albums, 19

19 (Adele album)

19 received generally positive reviews from critics. The album holds a 68 out of 100 rating based on 19 critical reviews indicating "generally favourable reviews" from metacritic. The album was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize in the category of Best Album...

, started from the first four weeks, and then her second album 21

21 (Adele album)

21 is the second studio album by English recording artist Adele. Released on 24 January 2011 in the United Kingdom and most of Europe, and on 22 February 2011 in North America, the album was named after the age of the singer at the time of its production...

which so far has spent thirty-one non-consecutive weeks at the top, making 21 as the longest running album at number one on the chart since it's started. 19 has also peaked at number two more than twenty five weeks behind 21.

Chart history

Issue date	Album	Artist(s)	Record label	Reference
2 January	19 19 (Adele album) 19 received generally positive reviews from critics. The album holds a 68 out of 100 rating based on 19 critical reviews indicating "generally favourable reviews" from metacritic. The album was nominated for the 2008 Mercury Prize in the category of Best Album...	Adele Adele (singer) Adele Laurie Blue Adkins , known professionally as Adele, is an English singer-songwriter. She was the first recipient of the Brit Awards Critics' Choice and was named the number-one predicted breakthrough act of 2008 in an annual BBC poll of music critics, Sound of 2008...	XL XL Recordings XL Recordings is a British independent record label owned by Richard Russell. It originated as a 1989 offshoot of Beggars Banquet Records.Though only releasing an average of six albums a year, XL Recordings has worked with The Prodigy, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Dizzee Rascal, M.I.A., Vampire...
9 January
16 January
23 January
30 January	21 21 (Adele album) 21 is the second studio album by English recording artist Adele. Released on 24 January 2011 in the United Kingdom and most of Europe, and on 22 February 2011 in North America, the album was named after the age of the singer at the time of its production...
6 February
13 February
20 February
27 February
6 March
13 March
20 March
27 March
3 April
10 April
17 April
24 April
1 May
8 May
15 May
22 May
29 May
5 June
12 June	Suck It and See Suck It and See Suck It and See is the fourth studio album by English indie rock band Arctic Monkeys, released 6 June 2011 in the UK and 7 June in the US, following their 2011 North American tour. The band worked with producer James Ford on this album and promised a more "vintage" style. The music video for "Brick...	Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys Arctic Monkeys are an English indie rock band. Formed in 2002 in High Green, a suburb of Sheffield, the band currently consists of Alex Turner , Jamie Cook , Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders...	Domino
19 June	21	Adele	XL
26 June
3 July
10 July
17 July
24 July
31 July
7 August
14 August
21 August
28 August
4 September
11 September	Playing in the Shadows Playing in the Shadows -Other singles:*"Natural Disaster" was released on 16 October. It debuted at number 37 on the UK charts. Although the single is featured on Example's album, it was released as Laidback Luke's single....	Example	Ministry of Sound
18 September	21	Adele	XL
25 September
2 October
9 October
16 October
23 October	Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds	Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are an English rock band formed in 2010 as the solo moniker of former Oasis lead guitarist/songwriter Noel Gallagher. The band originates from Manchester and includes former Oasis session pianist Mike Rowe, drummer Jeremy Stacey of The Lemon Trees, The Zutons...	Sour Mash Sour mash Sour mash is a process in the distilling industry that uses material from an older batch of mash to start fermentation in the batch currently being made, analogous to the making of sourdough bread. The term sour mash can also be used as the name of the type of mash used in that process, and a...
30 October
6 November
13 November
20 November	21	Adele	XL
27 November

See also

• List of number-one albums of 2011 (UK)
• List of UK Dance Chart number-one albums of 2011
• List of UK Official Download Chart number-one albums of 2011
• List of UK Indie Chart number-one singles of 2011
• List of UK Rock Chart number-one albums of 2011
• List of UK R&B Chart number-one albums of 2011

External links

• Independent Albums Chart at The Official Charts Company
• UK Top 40 Indie Album Chart at BBC Radio 1
  BBC Radio 1
  BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...