Another none stop year for Rihanna this one clearly better than last one and it was the year of her having tons of duets
first 'What's My Name' feat. Drake, with Kanye West on 'All of the Lights', 'Fly' with Nicky Minaj and on the re-released of her album Loud which sold around 3 million copies in 2011 a remix of 'S&M' feat. Britney Spears and 'Cheers' with Avril Lavigne who also made a cameo on it's video.
'S&M' feat. Britney was the only top 10 worldwide smash but she also had 2 other local singles 'Man Dawn' and 'California King' she just released her 6th album and 1st single 'We Found Love' topped charts all over the world giving her the record for a solo artist to have 20 top-ten singles in the history of the US Billboard Hot 100. She tour North America and Europe with the Loud Tour and as awards she won: 1 Grammy Award
3 Billboard Music Awards
1 Brit Award
1 American Music Award
1 BET Award
Breaktrough of the yearPeter Gene Hernandez better known as Bruno Mars smash the world with big hits of his debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans that has 4 million records sold worldwide becoming the 3rd best selling album of the year.
'Granade' went to #1 all over the globe and 'The Lazy Song' was an instant top 10 hit specially it music video becoming the 3rd most watched video of the year with more than 250 million views and no matter the epic 'Just the Way You Are' was released last year internationally the song continue and turn into a huge hit this one.
Before having the Doo-Wops & Hooligans Tour in small places of Europe, Asia, Australia and Northamerica he opened for Maroon 5, as awards he won his first Grammy Award and: 2 Teen Choice Awards
1 MTV EMA
1 American Music Award
1 Billboard Award
1 MTV Japan
2011 for this cat was all about she tying Michel Jackson's record for five 1's on the Billboard Hot 100. She even receive an special Achievement Award at the 2011 American Music Awards, she continue with her album Teenage Dream which sold 2 million copies this year worldwide and release other 4 singles of it 'Firework', 'E.T.' feat. Kanye West, 'Last Friday Night' and 'The One That Got Away'.
She start the California Dreams Tour that visited Europe, Australia, Japan, North America and Latin America, she became the 3rd most followed person on Twitter and days before the year end she announce her divorce from Russell Brand as awards she won: 2 Billboard Music Awards
2 MTV Video Music Awards
2 People Choice Award
1 Juno Award
1 MTV Europe Music Award
1 Teen Choice Award
2010 Bieber Fever turn even bigger in 2011! starting with his high profile reletionship with girlfriend Selena Gomez and selling around 6 million worldwide of all his albums which include 2 new releses the christmas album Under the Mistletoe that sold 1.6 million and with the smash movie, single and album Never say Never he sold around 1.2 million copies WW, hit the world's top 10 with the song while the movie nearly matched the record for the biggest opening weekend for a concert-film ever! grossing around $100 million worldwide.
Other singles were 'Next To You' feat. Chris Brown, 'U Smie' and 'Mistletoe' the future christmas classic that got around 70 million hits on Youtube in only 2 months even 2010 favorites continue hitin like 'Somebody To Love', he also have one of the top grossing tours with My World Tour that visited Europe, Asia, Australia, North America and South America (in which he had a huge impact) grossing around $80 million for the full 2010-2011 tour.
He is the youngest star ranked at #2 on the Forbes list with earnings of $53 million same as the #2 most followed person on Twitter, this year he was also the artist with most awards and appear in ALL award shows just to receive them, winning: 6 Billbioard Music Awards
4 Teen Choice Awards
3 Juno Awards
2 MTV Europe Music Awards
2 Kids Choice Awards
1 MTV Movie Award
1 MTV Vide Music Award
1 Brit Award
1 Bambi Award
1 Much Music Award
1 NRJ Music Award
1 Country Music Award
QUEEN OF POP was a bit bigger in 2010 but there's no dobut 2011 was also the year of Gaga, mother monster release her third album Born This Way which debut at #1 around the globe selling 2 million copies only on it's first week so far it has reach 6 million becoming the 2nd best selling album of the year worldwide realeasing 5 singles so far
starting with the #1 smash hit song of the year 'Born This Way', 'Judas' which music video was one of the most watched videos with 120 million views, the epic 'Edge of Glory', 'You and I' in which we can see gaga as a man with her alter ego Joe Calderon and 'Marry the Night'.
Her awesome Monster Ball Tour continue after almost 3 years and 200 shows visiting the world doing just a last leg in the US, Canada and closing her tour in Mexico grossing around $200 million for the full 09-2011 shows, an HBO / DVD concert special was relesed later.
Gaga was the #1 most followed person on Twitter, #1 on Forbes list with almost $100 million on earnings and #1 most searched celeb of Google, winning another big bunch of awards around the world: 3 Grammy Awards
4 MTV Europe Music Awards
3 MTV Japan Awards
3 Billboard Music Awards
2 MTV Video Music Awards
1 Bambi Award
1 Much Music Award
1 NRJ Award
1 TRL Award Italy
