For only the fourth time since UU-BRU Internet Radio debuted in 1978 has an act claimed the top two positions on the year end survey as Adele joins the exclusive club including John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John (1978), Donna Summer (1979) and Shania Twain (1998). The British singer's second album, "21", dominated the charts throughout the year with "Someone Like You" becoming the year's runaway hit and "Rolling In The Deep" finishing at #2. Even though Adele claimed top female act honors, the hottest female stars of 2008 and 2009, Katy Perry (#12, #13, #37) and Lady Gaga (#5, #20, #25), continued to turn out the hits, each placing three songs in the year end top forty. The year's top male act, Jason Aldean, emerged as a major star in 2011 with his "My Kinda Party" album yielding five top ten hits during the year including "Don't You Wanna Stay", his crossover smash with Kelly Clarkson. Despite just missing number one during it's chart run, the song finished as the #3 hit of the year. Jason Aldean is still looking for his first chart topper, but original American Idol champ Kelly Clarkson made it to the top late in the year with "Mr. Know It All" (#22). For the second consecutive year Zac Brown Band were the top group and scored the year's top album, placing four songs within the year end top forty (#4, #18, #21, #35). The Band Perry made their chart debut in June 2010 with "If I Die Young" (#36), which did not reach it's chart peak until over a year later, becoming the first song to spend 70 weeks on the chart and establishing the sibling trio as the top new act of 2011. After revealing his battle with Alzheimer's disease, veteran country pop star Glen Campbell made a dramatic return to the charts with his critically acclaimed "Ghost On The Canvas (#11) .
