This totally brilliant year from many standpoints has also brought lots of great music to my attention. Here's a bit of statistics from aulismedia.com.

TOP 20 RECORDS:

1. System - Circle of Infinite Radius (Sweden)
2. Keren Ann - 101 (France)
3. Melody Club - Human Harbour (Sweden)
4. Benjamin Biolay - Pourquoi tu pleures (France)
5. The Shiffers - The Incredible Soundtrack Adventure (Italy)
6. 047 - Elva (Sweden)
7. Alex Beaupain - Pourquoi battait mon cœur (France)
8. Mujuice - Downshifting (Russia)
9. Neo Retros - Listen to your leader (Poland)
10. Freezepop - Imaginary Friends (United States)
11. Julien Doré - Bichon (France)
12. Sébastien Tellier - Love Songs (France)
13. Duran Duran - All You Need Is Now (United Kingdom)
14. ZyniC - Fire Walk With Me (Germany)
15. Malajube - La caverne (Québec)
16. Loane - Le Lendemain (France)
17. Scooter - The Big Mash Up (Germany)
18. Firefox AK - Color The Trees (Sweden)
19. Project Jenny, Project Jan - Home Sweet Home (United States)
20. Adventure - Lesser Known (United States)

And so,
France: 6 records
Sweden: 4 records
USA: 3 records
Germany: 2 records
Italy, Russia, Poland, UK and Québec: 1 record each

Congratulations to these countries :)

TOP 20 TRACKS of 2011 in no particular order:

Melody Club - Karma Control
System - Inheritance
Scooter - David Doesn't Eat
M83 - Midnight City
Malajube - Synesthésie
Depeche Mode - Puppets [Röyksopp Remix]
The Mirrors - Into The Heart
Benjamin Biolay - L'amour А Mes Pieds
Alex Beaupain - Pourquoi battait mon cœur
Keren Ann - 101
ZyniC - Dreams In Black and White
Adventure - Rio
Julien Doré - Baie des Anges
Duran Duran - Too Bad You're So Beautiful
Кирпичи - Конь-Людоед
Ladytron - Altitude Blues
Blancmange - I'm Having a Coffee
Mujuice - Милый Друг
Глеб СамойлоFF & The Matrixx - Спасибо
Vincent Liben & Berry - Mademoiselle Liberté

TOP TRACKS FOUND IN 2011 BUT RELEASED EARLIER

Jérôme Minière - le vrai le faux
Найк Борзов - Свежая Кровь
Midnight Juggernauts - Lifeblood Flow
Alexandre Désilets - Le Souffle Court
Take That - Happy Now
Philippe Katerine - Il Veut Faire Un Film
Il Genio - Si per sempre mai
Alfa Rococo - Chasser le malheur
Alphaville - Call Me
Cinnamon Chasers - The Girls Are Getting All the Love
City Reverb - Ghetto Glamour
Vik Sharma - Wacky Racers
Virna Lindt - Shiver
Mareva Galanter - Pourquoi pas moi

... and I should honestly stop even though this list is far from being complete.


And now goes some hardcore statistics.

Top Artists by selected tracks

the more good tracks an artist published in 2011 the higher it is here

System
The Shiffers
Sébastien Tellier
Benjamin Biolay
Keren Ann
Freezepop
Duran Duran
Alex Beaupain
047
Neo Retros
Melody Club
Julien Doré
Arms and Sleepers
Scooter
Cartonnage
ZyniC
Project Jenny, Project Jan
Momofoko
Frankmusic
Malajube

Top Countries by selected tracks of 2011

the more good tracks were published by musicians of a country in 2011 the higher the country is here

United Kingdom
France
United States
Sweden
Germany
Russia
Québec
Italy
Canada
and finally Ukraine sharing its place with Australia

Artists Emerged with their 2011 record

I started to listen to these because of their good record published in this year

The Shiffers
Keren Ann
Alex Beaupain
047
Neo Retros
Melody Club
Julien Doré
Cartonnage
ZyniC
Project Jenny, Project Jan
Momofoko
Rebecca & Fiona
The Maneken


Happy New Year and Merry Christmas everyone reading this. С Новым Годом и Рождеством! Joyeux Noël et Bonne Année à tous.