2011 | 2011 ATP Challenger Tour | The Sound of Music | sound recording and reproduction | Puget Sound | 2011 ATP World Tour | 2011 Rugby World Cup | 2011 ITF Women's Circuit | 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami | 2011 Pan American Games | 2011 Christchurch earthquake | 2011 Summer Universiade | 2011 Pacific Games | Long Island Sound | Miss Universe 2011 | sound film | sound | 2011 Copa América | McMurdo Sound | Eurovision Song Contest 2011 | 2011 WTA Tour | 2011 in radio | Ministry of Sound | The Sound of Music (film) | King George Sound | Canadian federal election, 2011 | 2011 Southeast Asian Games | 2011 in paleontology | 2011 Cricket World Cup | Sound recording and reproduction |
In July, XL signed Jai Paul, who was shortlisted for BBC's Sound of 2011, and in September the xx's eponymous debut album won the Barclaycard Mercury Prize, acquiring best British and Irish album of the year.