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List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2012

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The highest-selling albums and EPs in the United States are ranked in the Billboard 200, which is published by Billboard magazine. The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales. In 2012, a total of 32 albums claimed the top position of the chart. One of which, Canadian singer Michael Bublé's album Christmas started its peak in late 2011.[1]

Adele's 21 was the best-selling album of 2012. This was her second consecutive year at the top of the U.S. year-end charts. She became the second artist in history to achieve this feat, after Michael Jackson.

Adele's album 21 was the longest-running number-one album of the year for the second time, staying atop the chart for eleven non-consecutive weeks.[2] Red by Taylor Swift had the second-most weeks at number one with five. Other albums with extended chart runs include Babel by Mumford & Sons, Tuskegee by Lionel Richie, Blown Away by Carrie Underwood, Born and Raised by John Mayer and Uncaged by Zac Brown Band; each spent two weeks on the top position. Throughout 2012, only one act achieved multiple number-one albums on the chart: One Direction with Up All Night and Take Me Home. Swift's album Red sold 1.21 million copies in its first week, making it the album with the highest weekly sales in 2012.[3] 21 was the biggest-selling album of 2012, with 4,410,000 copies sold.[4]

Chart history

Taylor Swift's Red earned the singer-songwriter her third number-one album. It opened with the biggest sales week of 2012, selling 1.21 million copies in its first week.
Lionel Richie's Tuskegee gave the singer his third number-one album and the first since 1986's Dancing on the Ceiling.
Country singer Carrie Underwood earned her third number-one album, Blown Away, which became her first to spend more than a week at the top.
Rock singer John Mayer scored his second chart-topping album, Born and Raised, which spent two consecutive weeks at number one.
Babel by British folk rock band Mumford & Sons garnered their first number-one. It topped the chart for three consecutive weeks, and earned 2012's second-biggest sales week after Red.
English-Irish boy band One Direction scored two number-one albums in 2012, Up All Night and Take Me Home.
Pink earned her first number-one album with her sixth effort The Truth About Love, released twelve years since her debut. It has the third biggest debut sales by a female singer in this year, behind MDNA and Red.
Key
†Indicates best performing album of 2012
Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)SalesRef.
January 7ChristmasMichael Bublé467,000[5][6]
January 1421 †Adele144,000[7][8]
January 21124,000[9][10]
January 28104,000[11][12]
February 495,000[13][14]
February 11116,000[15][16]
February 18122,000[17][18]
February 25237,000[19][20]
March 3730,000[21][22]
March 10297,000[23][24]
March 17247,000[25][26]
March 24Wrecking BallBruce Springsteen196,000[27][28]
March 31Up All NightOne Direction176,000[29][30]
April 7The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and BeyondVarious artists175,000[31][32]
April 14MDNAMadonna359,000[33][34]
April 21Pink Friday: Roman ReloadedNicki Minaj253,000[35][36]
April 28TuskegeeLionel Richie129,000[37][38]
May 5114,000[39][40]
May 12BlunderbussJack White138,000[41][42]
May 19Blown AwayCarrie Underwood267,000[43][44]
May 26120,000[45][46]
June 2TrespassingAdam Lambert77,000[47][48]
June 9Born and RaisedJohn Mayer219,000[49][50]
June 1665,000[51][52]
June 2321 †Adele75,000[53][54]
June 30Looking 4 MyselfUsher128,000[55][56]
July 7BelieveJustin Bieber374,000[57][58]
July 14Living ThingsLinkin Park223,000[59][60]
July 21FortuneChris Brown134,000[61][62]
July 28UncagedZac Brown Band234,000[63][64]
August 4Life Is GoodNas149,000[65][66]
August 11UncagedZac Brown Band48,000[67][68]
August 18God Forgives, I Don'tRick Ross218,000[69][70]
August 25Now 43Various artists111,000[71][72]
September 1Based on a T.R.U. Story2 Chainz75,000[73][74]
September 8Chapter VTrey Songz135,000[75][76]
September 15Eye on ItTobyMac69,000[77][78]
September 22NorthMatchbox Twenty95,000[79][80]
September 29Away from the WorldDave Matthews Band266,000[81][82]
October 6The Truth About LovePink280,000[83][84]
October 13BabelMumford & Sons600,000[85][86]
October 20169,000[87][88]
October 2796,000[89][90]
November 3Night TrainJason Aldean409,000[91][92]
November 10RedTaylor Swift1,208,000[93][94]
November 17344,000[95][96]
November 24196,000[97][98]
December 1Take Me HomeOne Direction540,000[99][100]
December 8UnapologeticRihanna238,000[101][102]
December 15Girl on FireAlicia Keys159,000[103][104]
December 22RedTaylor Swift167,000[105][106]
December 29208,000[107][108]

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References

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