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	2011 Year-End Charts Adele became artist of the year when she topped both 2011 Year-End Billboard 200 chart and 2011 Year-End Hot 100 chart. The most successful country artist of the year is Taylor Swift.
	AMAs Winners 2011 The biggest winner at American Music Awards 2011 Taylor Swift won three awards including Artist of the Year. Adele won three awards and Nicki Minaj beat Kanye West and Lil Wayne in Rap/Hip-Hop categories.
	CMAs Winners 2011 Taylor Swift won the main category Entertainer of the Year and beated Blake Shelton, Jason Aldean, Brad Paisley and Keith Urban. The Band Perry won three categories at Country Music Awards 2011 including New Artist of the Year.
	EMAs Winners 2011 Lady Gaga collected four prizes on the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards ceremony in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Bruno Mars and Justin Bieber were the other big winners who received two prizes each.
	Best album releases Autumn 2011 Best Autumn 2011 releases includes Lou Reed & Metallica: Lulu, Coldplay: Mylo Xyloto, Drake: Take Care, Blink 182: Neighborhoods, Lady Antebellum: Own the Night, Nicole Scherzinger: Killer Love and others.
	2010 American Music Awards Winners The most nominations for AMAs 2010 received Eminem, Lady Antebellum and Justin Bieber. The big winner was Justin Bieber. American Music Awards 2010 took place in Los Angeles, California.
	2011 American Music Awards Nominees Pitbull and Nicki Minaj read the nominations and both also nominated themselves in Rap/Hip-Hop categories. British singer Adele leads the 2011 American Music Awards nominations with four nods.
	Tony Bennett No. 1 album Tony Bennett reached his first No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 charts with "Duets II". 85-years-old Tony Bennett became the oldest living artist to achieve number one. Duets II has sold over 179,000 copies in its first week.
	iHeartRadio Music Festival Coldplay, Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys, Kenny Chesney and many others performed at iHeart Radio Music Festival. The festival was held on 23rd September and 24th September in Las Vegas.
	R.E.M. BreakUp Members of American alternative rock band R.E.M. Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck and Bill Berry (former member) announced breakup on their official website on 21th September 2011.
	MTV EMAs 2010 Winners MTV Europe Music Awards 2011 are coming. So lets remind you who won in 2010. MTV Europe Music Awards 2010 took place in Madrid and the biggest winner of this night was Lady Gaga.
	MTV EMAs 2011 Nominations MTV Europe Music Awards 2011 will be held in the United Kingdom, North Ireland's capital Belfast on 6th November 2011. Lady Gaga gained six nominations.
	Mercury Prize 2011 Mercury Prize is given to the best album from the United Kingdom and Ireland each year. PJ Harvey won her second Mercury Prize with the album "Let's England Shake".
	Adele reached second US No. 1 Adele's "Someone Like You" scored a second No.1 single in the United States. "Someone Like You" reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100.
	Reading and Leeds Festivals 2011 There performed rock, indie, alternative and punk artists or bands at Reading and Leeds Festivals 2011 . Headliners were My Chemical Romance, Pulp, the Strokes and Muse.
	Notting Hill Carnival 2011 The first  Notting Hill Carnival took place on the streets of London in 1964. The Rio de Janeiro-style Carnival is an annual event which lasts two days (Sunday and the August bank holiday Monday).
	MTV VMA 2011 Check out winners of MTV Video Music Awards 2011. The Video Of The Year won Katy Perry with video for Fireworks. Beyoncé announced pregnancy with Jay-Z. Look at pictures of pregnant Beyoncé.
	Accidents at music festivals There were two accidents at music festivals because of storm and strong winds. Five people died at Pukkelpop in Belgium and seven people died at Indiana State Fair in the United States.
	MTV VMA 2010 Let's remind MTV Video Music Awards 2010 winners. It was Lady Gaga's night. She won seven awards for music video "Bad Romance" and one more award for music video "Telephone" featuring Beyoncé.
	Teen Choice Awards 2011 The Teen Choice Awards is an annual show broadcasts on Fox. Teenageres from 13 to 19 vote for they favorites in music, movies, television, sports and fashion. Check out winners in 2011.
	MTV VMA Nominations 2011 This year's nominations brought three main names: Katy Perry, Adele and Kanye West. US pop star Katy Perry leads with ten MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) nominations.