The best pop music of 2011: Alexis Petridis's choice

Dave Guetta's ubiquitous productions made Alexis Petridis feel like his dad – thank heavens for PJ HarveyThere were moments when the 2011 singles chart seemed likely to trigger an existential crisis in music fans of a certain age. This summer I turned on the Radio 1 chart and discovered to my mounting horror that everything sounded exactly the same. Oh God, this is it, I thought: I've turned into my dad.But on closer investigation, it became apparent that the chart did sound weirdly homogenous...

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