Welcome to the last Africa Chart of 2011, our annual year end double special: The 50 Top Hits of 2011 as played by Africa's most popular pop radio stations. Our project supports musical border-crossings that put songs and musicians from Africa in competition with worldwide superstar hitmakers. It's been a great year for Africa...more hits, more touring, more live appearances at home and abroad. We look forward to a terrific 2012!

1 BEYONCE Best Thing I Never Had
2 D'BANJ Oliver Twist
3 BRUNO MARS Grenade
4 ICE PRINCE feat. BRYMO Oleku
5 RIHANNA Only Girl (In The World)
6 TIWA SAVAGE Love Me, Love Me
7 JAGUAR Kigeugeu
8 LADY GAGA Born This Way
9 WYRE feat. CECILE She Say Dat
10 KELLY ROWLAND feat. LIL' WAYNE Motivation
11 PROFESSOR feat. OSKIDO Jezebel
12 LIQUIDEEP Alone
13 PROFESSOR feat. SPEEDY Lento
14 PITBULL feat. NE-YO, AFROJACK & NAYER Give Me Everything
15 FLAVOUR feat. ASEM & STONE NWA Baby
16 WIZKID Tease Me
17 NICKI MINAJ feat. DRAKE Moment 4 Life
18 KAS Fimile Be
19 CHRIS BROWN feat. LIL' WAYNE
& BUSTA RHYMES Look At Me Now
20 NAETO C Ten Over Ten
21 R2B's feat. WANDE COAL Kiss Your Hand
22 D'BANJ feat. SNOOP DOGG Mr. Endowed
23 ADELE Rolling In The Deep
24 DRAKE Headlines
25 CABO SNOOP Prakatatumba
26 RIHANNA feat. DRAKE What's My Name?
27 WIZ KHALIFA Black And Yellow
28 JENNIFER LOPEZ feat. PITBULL On The Floor
29 LMFAO feat. LAUREN BENNETT
& GOON ROCK Party Rock Anthem
30 JESSIE J feat. B.O.B Price Tag
31 NONINI & KARMA Barua Hill
32 NE-YO One In A Million
33 CHARACTA feat. PROFESSOR Ex
34 PROFESSOR feat. CHARACTER Imoto
35 KATY PERRY Firework
36 KANYE WEST All Of The Lights
37 M.I. feat. FLAVOR Number One
38 DR. DRE feat. SNOOP DOGG & AKON Kush
39 WILLOW feat. NICKI MINAJ Whip My Hair
40 CHRIS BROWN feat. BENNY BENASSI Beautiful People
41 JAY-Z & KANYE WEST feat. OTIS REDDING Otis
42 SEAN PAUL feat. ALEXIS JORDAN Got 2 Luv U
43 NAETO C 5 & 6
44 ENRIQUE IGLESIAS feat. LUDACRIS Tonight (I'm Lovin' You)
45 BLACK EYED PEAS Just Can't Get Enough
46 DJ KHALED feat. DRAKE, RICK ROSS
& LIL' WAYNE I'm On One
47 BRUNO MARS The Lazy Song
48 WIZKID Wiz Party
49 BLACK EYED PEAS The Time (Dirty Bit)
50 JASON DERULO Don't Wanna Go Home

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Beyonce, worldwide star

8 LADY GAGA Born This Way

I'm honestly surprised if this got any airplay outside of South Africa.

Where's Katy?

Good job Bey!!

Go Kelly!

Yes to Dbanj, Drake and Rihanna

Beyonce, the Queen of Africa!
She can be that queen of that, no problem.