2012 in American music

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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2012 in music in the United States.

Notable events

January

• 7 – Katy Perry's single "The One That Got Away" reaches #1 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart, making her album, Teenage Dream , the first album in history to have seven songs from the same album reach #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart. It is also only the third album in history to have six singles from the same album reach the top five on the Billboard Hot 100 . ^[1]
• 20 – Etta James dies of leukemia at age 73.

February

• 4 – Adele's single "Set Fire to the Rain" reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making her album, 21 , the first album in history to have three #1 songs from the same album by a British female artist.
• 5 – During Super Bowl XLVI Kelly Clarkson performed the National Anthem, and Madonna, LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A., and Cee Lo Green performed during the halftime show. The twelve-minute performance becomes the most watched television event of all time, gathering a record 118 million viewers, six more than the game itself. Subsequently, "Give Me All Your Luvin'" becomes Madonna's 38th top ten hit and her 41st #1 hit on the dance charts.
• 11 – Pop icon Whitney Houston is found dead at the age of 48 in her Los Angeles hotel room hours before a pre-Grammy party hosted by Clive Davis. Further investigations reveal cocaine in her system, but the cause of death is ruled as heart disease and drowning. Sales of her albums spike, and "I Will Always Love You" re-enters the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100.
• 12 – The 54th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Adele won six awards for her album 21 , including Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year (the latter two for "Rolling in the Deep"). Bon Iver wins Best New Artist. Kanye West and the Foo Fighters swept in their respective categories, with Kanye winning 4 Grammys and the Foo Fighters taking 5.
• 28 – Terrorizer released their first studio album in six years, Hordes of Zombies .
• 28 – Corrosion of Conformity released their first studio album in seven years, Corrosion of Conformity .
• 29 – Davy Jones of the band The Monkees dies in Florida after suffering a severe heart attack at the age of 66.

March

• 3 – Adele becomes the first female artist to have three singles in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time, and the first female artist to have two albums in the top five of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously.
  • Katy Perry's single "Part of Me" debuts at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 , becoming only the 20th song in history to debut atop the chart. It is her seventh consecutive top five single on the chart.
• 26 – Madonna released her twelfth studio album MDNA, which becomes her eighth #1 album on the Billboard 200, debuting with 359,000 copies sold in the second week.
• 26 – Joan Osborne released her first studio album in four years, Bring It on Home .

April

• 1 – The Academy of Country Music Awards took place in Las Vegas. This was the last year Reba McEntire hosted until 2018.
• 4 – Justin Bieber's single, "Boyfriend", has the second-highest first week sales of a new single, debuting at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, later on surpassed by Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" with 623,000 sales making Bieber the third highest first week sale.
• 10 – Counting Crows released their first album in four years, Underwater Sunshine (or What We Did on Our Summer Vacation) .
• 26 – Chiodos' original lead singer, Craig Owens, rejoins the band after being let go in September 2009, replacing Brandon Bolmer, who departed Chiodos in March. Drummer Derrick Frost also rejoins the band, replacing Tanner Wayne, who left with Bolmer in March.
• 28 – Gotye became the first Belgian-Australian solo artist to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Somebody That I Used To Know".
• 29 – Kevin Richardson rejoined the Backstreet Boys permanently, after roughly six years of departure.

May

• 1 – Pennywise releases All or Nothing , their first album to feature Ignite singer Zoli Téglás on lead vocals, following the August 2009 departure of original lead singer Jim Lindberg.
• 4 – Rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies of cancer at the age of 47.
• 8 – Jermaine Paul wins the second season of The Voice . Juliet Simms is named runner-up. Tony Lucca and Chris Mann finishing third and fourth place respectively.
• 15 – Garbage released their first studio album in seven years, Not Your Kind of People .
  • Tenacious D released her first studio album in six years, Rize of the Fenix .
• 17 – Donna Summer, known as "The Queen of Disco", dies of cancer at age 63.
• 20 – The Billboard Music Awards took place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
• 23 – Phillip Phillips is crowned winner of the eleventh season of American Idol while Jessica Sanchez is named runner-up.
• 29 – Doc Watson dies after complications from abdominal surgery at age 89.

August

• 1 – No Use for a Name frontman Tony Sly dies at the age of 41 of a drug overdose. ^[2]
• 2 – Blink-182 celebrate their 20th anniversary as a band with a worldwide tour simply called 20th Anniversary Tour .
• 7 – Sixpence None the Richer released her first studio album in four years, Lost in Transition .
• 4 – Ministry reunited at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany.
• 9 – The Monkees announce that Michael Nesmith rejoined the band for a twelve city tour of the U.S..
• 12 – Katy Perry's "Wide Awake" peaks at No. 2, becoming her ninth and final Top 10 single from the Teenage Dream era.
• 28 – TobyMac debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with his sixth full-length studio album Eye on It . The album was the first Christian release since 1997 to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

September

• 4 – Matchbox Twenty released their first studio album in ten years, North .
• 6 – The MTV Video Music Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
• 11 – DMX released his first studio album in six years, Undisputed .
• 21 – Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day has a meltdown at the iHeartRadio Festival when the tour promoters cut their performance short to extend time for Usher's performance. During their performance of Basket Case, he decides to stop the song and goes on a profanity-filled rant, even going as to say that he's "not Justin Bieber". Billie then smashes his guitar alongside Mike Dirnt, flips off the officials and throws the microphone. He enters rehab the next day.
• 25 – No Doubt released their first studio album in eleven years, Push and Shove .

October

• 16 – Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard released his solo debut, Former Lives .
• 22 – Taylor Swift released her anticipated album, Red . The album sold 1,208,000 copies in its first week in the U.S, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, the second highest debut for a female artist.
• 30 – The Coup released their first studio album in six years, Sorry to Bother You .

November

• 1 – The CMA Awards took place at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood hosted for the fifth year in a row.

December

• 18 – Cassadee Pope wins the third season of The Voice . Terry McDermott is named runner-up. Nicholas David finishing third place.
• 19 - Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins was charged with multiple sexual offences against minors, infants and animals. In December 2013, he was sentenced to 29 years of imprisonment plus six years of extended supervision on licence.

Bands formed

• 3rdeyegirl
• Body/Head
• The Chainsmokers
• Chelsea Light Moving
• The Collective
• Dan + Shay
• Device
• Emblem3
• Fifth Harmony
• Flying Colors
• The Griswolds
• Haim
• Honeyblood
• Magic!
• Milky Chance
• MisterWives
• On An On
• Perfect Pussy
• Preoccupations
• PVRIS
• Rixton
• Slaves
• Union J
• Them Are Us Too
• The Vamps
• The Winery Dogs
• X Ambassadors

Bands reformed

• 98 Degrees
• The Afghan Whigs
• At the Drive-In
• The Beach Boys (classic lineup)
• Black Tambourine (single performance)
• Cannibal Ox
• Coal Chamber
• Desaparecidos
• Die Kreuzen
• Firehose (tour only)
• Garbage
• Grandaddy
• Jonas Brothers
• Matchbox Twenty
• The Monkees
• I Mother Earth
• Nasum
• No Doubt
• The Obsessed
• Phantom Planet (five shows only)
• The Procussions
• Refused
• The Replacements
• SikTh
• Treble Charger
• Van Halen

Bands on hiatus

• Staind

• The Black Eyed Peas
• Gorillaz
• Every Avenue
• Foo Fighters
• Incubus
• Oceano ^[3]
• Rage Against the Machine
• Scissor Sisters
• She Wants Revenge
• Thrice ^[4]
• Thursday
• LMFAO ^[5]
• Ludo

Bands disbanded

• Beastie Boys
• Behind Crimson Eyes
• The Books
• Buffalo Springfield
• The Carrier
• Creed
• Das Racist
• David Crowder Band
• Defiance
• Diddy-Dirty Money
• D.R.U.G.S.
• The Dubliners
• Girls
• Handsome Furs
• Hole
• INXS
• It Dies Today
• Jack's Mannequin
• Jet
• Made Out of Babies
• Matchbook Romance
• MC5
• Meg & Dia
• Pretty Ricky
• Radio 4
• Revis
• Rock Bottom Remainders
• Selena Gomez & the Scene
• Sherwood
• Sons and Daughters
• A Static Lullaby
• This Time Next Year
• Vains of Jenna
• Ween
• Women
• WU LYF

Albums released in 2012

List of 2012 albums

January

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
10	Live from the Kitchen	Yo Gotti [6]	Hip hop
	These Times	SafetySuit [7]	Alternative rock pop rock
	Socratic	Socratic	Pop-punk
17	Beautiful Things	Anthony Green [8]	Indie
	Kidz Bop 21	Kidz Bop Kids [9]	Pop
24	100 Proof	Kellie Pickler [10]	Country
	Attack on Memory	Cloud Nothings	Indie rock garage rock alternative rock
	The Church of Rock and Roll	Foxy Shazam [11]	Hard rock glam rock
	Emotional Traffic	Tim McGraw	Country
	Human Again	Ingrid Michaelson [12]	Indie pop
	iSoundtrack II	iCarly [13]	Pop
	Let's Go Eat the Factory	Guided by Voices [14]	Indie rock
	Resolution	Lamb of God [15] [16]	Groove metal thrash metal
	Something	Chairlift [17]	Synthpop art pop new wave post-punk
	The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy	Nada Surf [18]	Alternative rock
	We're Here with You	Julien K [19]	Electronic rock alternative rock industrial rock synth-pop
	Wishing Well	Cheyenne Marie Mize [20]	Folk rock
31	Beyond Magnetic (EP)	Metallica [21]	Heavy metal thrash metal speed metal
	Born to Die	Lana Del Rey [22]	Alternative pop baroque pop indie pop sadcore trip hop
	Invicta	Hit the Lights [23]	Pop punk indie rock alternative rock

February

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
7	Blues Funeral	Mark Lanegan [24]	Alternative rock blues rock
	A Different Kind of Truth	Van Halen [25]	Hard rock heavy metal
	Go Fly a Kite	Ben Kweller [26]	Power pop alt-country folk rock
	Home	Dierks Bentley [27]	Country
	Scars & Stories	The Fray [28]	Alternative rock pop rock soft rock
	Tramp	Sharon Van Etten [29]	Indie folk
14	Continued Silence EP	Imagine Dragons [30]	Alternative rock indie rock pop rock pop
	King or the Fool	Tony Williams [31]	R&B
	Muscle Car Chronicles	Curren$y [32]	Hip hop alternative hip hop
	Ski Beatz 24 Hour Karate School Presents Twilight	Ski Beatz [33]	Hip hop
21	Breakfast	Chiddy Bang [34]	Hip hop
	Careless World: Rise of the Last King	Tyga [35]	Hip hop
	Electric Sea	Buckethead [36]	Ambient classical folk
	On the Impossible Past	The Menzingers [37]	Punk rock heartland rock emo indie rock
	Reign of Terror	Sleigh Bells [38]	Noise pop indie rock
	Some Nights	fun. [39]	Indie pop rock
24	History Speaks	Deep Sea Diver	Indie rock
28	Black Belt Theatre	Planet Asia [32]	Hip hop
	Black Radio	Robert Glasper Experiment [40]	Jazz jazz rap hip hop R&B soul
	Corrosion of Conformity	Corrosion of Conformity [41]	Stoner rock sludge metal
	The Day After Tomorrow	Maino [42]	Hip hop
	Ghostory	School of Seven Bells [43]	Indie rock dream pop shoegaze indietronica
	God Save the King	Copywrite [44]	Hip hop
	Hordes of Zombies	Terrorizer [45]	Deathgrind
	The Minimal Wave Tapes Vol. 2	Stones Throw Records & Minimal Wave Records [32]
	No Trespassing	Too $hort [46]	Hip hop
	PIL2	Ja Rule [47]	Hip hop
	WZRD	WZRD [48]	Alternative rock

March

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
6	Break it Yourself	Andrew Bird [49]	Indie rock baroque pop
	Hit Me Like a Man EP	The Pretty Reckless	Alternative rock hard rock post-grunge
	Mia Pharaoh	Miniature Tigers [50]	Neo-psychedelia dream pop synthpop indie pop
	Milk Famous	White Rabbits [51]	Indie rock
	Now	Fireflight [52]	Christian rock hard rock post-grunge
	Rapper's Best Friend 2	The Alchemist [32]	Hip hop
	Rigmarole	Pep Love [32]	Hip hop
	Threads	Now, Now [53]	Indie rock
	Wrecking Ball	Bruce Springsteen [54]	Heartland rock folk rock
13	Anarchy, My Dear	Say Anything [55]	Alternative rock pop punk
	Felony Flats	Anya Marina [56]	Indie rock indie pop alternative rock
	Letters from Birmingham	Ruben Studdard [57]	R&B pop soul
	Port of Morrow	The Shins [58]	Rock
	Q.B. O.G.: The Best of MC Shan	MC Shan [32]	Hip hop R&B
	South Bronx Teachings: A Collection of Boogie Down Productions	Boogie Down Productions [32]	Hip hop
	Torture	Cannibal Corpse [59]	Death metal
20	Building	Brian Larsen [60]	Rock Pop Rock
	The General Strike	Anti-Flag [61]	Punk rock
	Mixed Emotions	Tanlines [62]	electronic indie rock
	The Odd Future Tape Vol. 2	Odd Future [32]	Hip hop
	Radio Music Society	Esperanza Spalding [63]	Contemporary jazz
	Unexpected Arrival	Diggy [64]	Hip hop R&B
27	Amaryllis	Shinedown [65]	Hard rock alternative metal post-grunge
	The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1	E-40 [66]	Hip hop
	The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2
	The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 3
	Covered	Macy Gray [67]	R&B soul rock
	The Electric Age	Overkill [68]	Thrash metal
	Kids in the Street	The All-American Rejects [69]	Alternative rock power pop
	Kolexxxion	Bumpy Knuckles & DJ Premier [70]	Hip hop
	MDNA	Madonna [71]	Dance-pop electropop electro house Eurodance EDM Euro house
	The Next Logical Progression	Gift of Gab [67]	Hip hop
	The Night the Sun Came Up	Dev [72]	Electropop dance-pop
	Noctourniquet	The Mars Volta [73]	Progressive rock experimental rock
	Take Me to Your Leader	¡Mayday! [74]	Hip hop rap rock alternative rock alternative hip hop
	Relapse	Ministry [75]	Industrial metal thrash metal
	Seeds	Georgia Anne Muldrow & Madlib [32]
	Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection	Katy Perry [76]	Pop pop rock
	Tuskegee	Lionel Richie [77]	Country R&B pop
	Vulnerable	The Used [78]	Emo post-hardcore alternative rock

April

Date	Album	Artist
3	Bottoms Up	Obie Trice [79]
	Changed	Rascal Flatts [80]
	Forget the Storm	Tyler Hilton [81]
	I Love You, It's Cool	Bear in Heaven
	The Lumineers	The Lumineers [82]
	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded	Nicki Minaj
	Plans Within Plans	MxPx [83]
	Sick-Wid-It Block Op	Laroo & Turf Talk [84]
	Weapons	Lostprophets [85]
10	Bridges	Moka Only & Ayatollah [67]
	Dead Sara	Dead Sara
	The Fatal Feast	Municipal Waste [86]
	The Good Life	Trip Lee
	The Liquid Crystal Project III	J. Rawls [87]
	New Life	Monica [88]
	Slipstream	Bonnie Raitt [89]
	Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)	Counting Crows [90]
	Vava Voom	Bassnectar [87]
14	Balloon Cement	Buckethead [91]
17	California 37	Train [92]
	I Missed Us	SWV [93]
	Looking for More	Lauren & Kara [94]
	Love is a Four Letter Word	Jason Mraz [95]
	Pluto	Future [96]
	Picture Show	Neon Trees [97]
	Raw	Blanco & Nipsey Hussle [87]
24	Blunderbuss	Jack White [98]
	Generation Freakshow	Feeder [99]
	Lillie: F-65	Saint Vitus [100]
	Loaded	Mickey Avalon
	Mondo	Electric Guest
	The Money Store	Death Grips [101]
	Speak in Code	Eve 6 [102]
	This Machine	The Dandy Warhols [103]
	Up All Night	Kip Moore

May

Date	Album	Artist
1	All or Nothing	Pennywise [104]
	Blown Away	Carrie Underwood [105]
	Born Villain	Marilyn Manson [106]
	Interludes After Midnight	Blockhead [87]
	Little Broken Hearts	Norah Jones [107]
	Master of My Make-Believe	Santigold [108] [109]
	Sound the Drum	The Mowgli's
	Strange Clouds	B.o.B [110]
8	Babylon	Matt Skiba and the Sekrets [111]
	Hello	Karmin [112]
	In the Belly of the Brazen Bull	The Cribs [113]
	Jacaranda	Trevor Rabin [114] [115] [116]
	Journey Through the Shadows	The Parlotones [117]
	The Looking Away	Animal Kingdom [118]
	Lovers	The Royalty [119]
	Neck of the Woods	Silversun Pickups [120]
	Strangeland	Keane [121]
	This Is How I Feel	Tank [122]
	Underground Superstars	Punchline & DJ Soulclap [123]
15	Exister	Hot Water Music [124]
	Fire From the Sky	Shadows Fall [125]
	Go! Pop! Bang!	Rye Rye [126]
	Me.Me.	Plushgun [127]
	Not Your Kind of People	Garbage [128]
	The Only Place	Best Coast [129]
	R.A.P. Music	Killer Mike [67]
	Rize of the Fenix	Tenacious D [130]
	Taster's Choice Vol. 6	J Rocc [87]
	Trespassing	Adam Lambert [131]
	The Temper Trap	The Temper Trap [132]
22	2012	2012 (Statik Selektah & Termanology) [133]
	3's	Smile Empty Soul [134]
	Apocalyptic Love	Slash & Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators [135]
	Beneath the Scars	12 Stones [136]
	Born and Raised	John Mayer [137]
	Cancer 4 Cure	El-P [138]
	Gestalt	The Spill Canvas [139]
	He Still Think He Raw	Casual [140]
	Listen Up!	Haley Reinhart [141]
	Once Upon Another Time (EP)	Sara Bareilles [142]
	Thank You Camellia	Kris Allen [143]
	The Wolf You Feed	The Riverboat Gamblers
29	Anxiety	Ladyhawke [144]
	From Day 1	Travis Porter [145]
	Heaven	The Walkmen [146]
	Here	Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros [147]
	Magic Hour	Scissor Sisters
	What We Saw from the Cheap Seats	Regina Spektor

June

Date	Album	Artist
4	Manifest!	Friends
5	Celebration Rock	Japandroids [148]
	Dope Sick	Mad Child [67]
	Hope (EP)	Hawthorne Heights [149]
	The Industrialist	Fear Factory [150]
	Jennette McCurdy	Jennette McCurdy [151]
	K.I.C.K. P.U.S.H.	One Be Lo [140]
	Lex Hives	The Hives [152]
	Life Will Write The Words	The Rocket Summer [153]
	Live from the Underground	Big K.R.I.T. [154]
	Love & Danger	Kool Keith [87]
	Machines That Make Civilization Fun	Bigg Jus [140]
	OhNoMite	Oh No [155]
	Prisoners	The Agonist [156]
	Safe Travels	Jukebox the Ghost
	Sand & Snow	A Silent Film [157]
	The Stoned Immaculate	Curren$y [158]
	That's Why God Made the Radio	The Beach Boys [159]
	Thirty Miles West	Alan Jackson
12	Comet	The Bouncing Souls [160]
	Dedication (EP)	Rome [161]
	Dirty Bass	Far East Movement [162]
	Go	Motion City Soundtrack [163] [164]
	Looking 4 Myself	Usher [165]
	People Hear What They See	Oddisee [140]
	The Photo Album	Wordsworth [87]
	Since Our Departure	Dinner and a Suit
	Through the Glass (EP)	Atlas Genius
	Triple F Life: Fans, Friends & Family	Waka Flocka Flame [166]
	Up & Away	Kid Ink [167]
19	Attractive Sin	Del the Funky Homosapien & Parallel Thought [87]
	Believe	Justin Bieber
	Cabin by the Sea	The Dirty Heads [168]
	The Idler Wheel...	Fiona Apple [169] [170]
	The Last Outlaw	Pastor Troy [140]
	Let It Go	House Shoes [171]
	Rejuvenation	Juvenile [140]
	Oceania	The Smashing Pumpkins [172]
	Rugby Thompson	Smoke DZA [173]
	Still Doubted?	Lil Wyte [174]
	The View from the Bottom	Lit [175]
	Walk the Moon	Walk the Moon [176]
25	Gone	Vacationer [177]
26	Challenger	Memphis May Fire
	Days Go By	The Offspring [178]
	The Grustle	Lil Scrappy [179]
	Invisible Stars	Everclear [180]
	Living Things	Linkin Park [181]
	Overexposed	Maroon 5 [182]
	Professor @ Large	Large Professor [140]
	PTX, Volume 1	Pentatonix [183]
	Self Made Vol. 2	Maybach Music Group [184]
	Write Me Back	R. Kelly [185]

July

Date	Album	Artist
3	Fortune	Chris Brown [186] [187]
	H.N.I.C. Part 3	Prodigy [188]
	Wild Ones	Flo Rida [189]
10	Channel Orange	Frank Ocean [190]
	Cookies 'n Cream	Blanco & Yukmouth [87]
	Harakiri	Serj Tankian [191]
	In Currents	The Early November [192]
	Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp	Public Enemy [193]
	Murdered Love	P.O.D. [194] [195]
	Skelethon	Aesop Rock [196]
	Uncaged	Zac Brown Band [197]
	Voyeur	Saint Motel [198]
17	All I Was	Mark Tremonti [199]
	Band of Brothers	Hellyeah [200]
	Beautiful Friction	The Fixx [201]
	Collide with the Sky	Pierce the Veil [202]
	Delayed Reaction	Soul Asylum [203]
	Kidz Bop 22	Kidz Bop Kids
	Life Is Good	Nas [204]
	Milo Greene	Milo Greene [205]
	Rebirth	Jimmy Cliff [206]
	Russian Roulette	The Alchemist [207]
	Snowgoons Dynasty	Snowgoons [208]
	Songs of Patience	Alberta Cross [209] [210]
	Spark Seeker	Matisyahu [211]
	Weight & Glory	KB
24	Dance Again... the Hits	Jennifer Lopez [212]
	Gossamer	Passion Pit [213]
	Handwritten	The Gaslight Anthem [214]
	REBELutionary	Reks & Numonics [215]
31	C.A.R.	Serengeti [216]
	Dark Roots of Earth	Testament [217]
	God Forgives, I Don't	Rick Ross [184]
	Lap of Lux	Sir Michael Rocks [218]
	Masters of the Dark Arts	La Coka Nostra [219]
	Nicole & Natalie	Nina Sky [220]

August

Date	Album	Artist
7	Lost in Transition	Sixpence None the Richer
	The New Frontier	Kokane & Traffik [221]
	Perfectly Imperfect	Elle Varner [222]
9	The Shores of Molokai	Buckethead [223]
14	Based on a T.R.U. Story	2 Chainz [224]
	Blood	In This Moment [225]
	Freaky Tales	Insane Clown Posse [226]
	The Mighty Death Pop!	Insane Clown Posse [227]
	Mike E. Clark's Extra Pop Emporium	Mike E. Clark & Insane Clown Posse [226]
	Smothered, Covered & Chunked	Insane Clown Posse [226]
	Southern Air	Yellowcard [228]
	Top of the World	Slightly Stoopid [229]
20	The Glorious Dead	The Heavy [230]
21	Chapter V	Trey Songz [231]
	Four	Bloc Party [232]
	Fragrant World	Yeasayer [233]
	Hot Cakes	The Darkness [234]
	Kiss the Ring	DJ Khaled [235]
	Last of a Dyin' Breed	Lynyrd Skynyrd [236]
	The Midsummer Station	Owl City [237]
	Year of the Dragon	Busta Rhymes [238]
28	Beautiful Surprise	Tamia [239]
	The Circle in the Square	Flobots
	Eye on It	TobyMac [240]
	Havoc and Bright Lights	Alanis Morissette [241] [242]
	Infinity Overhead	Minus the Bear [243]
	Off the Record (EP)	Torae [244]
	Sublime Currency	Abandoned Pools [245]
	This Time	Beanie Sigel [246]
	Violent Waves	Circa Survive [247]
	Welcome to: Our House	Slaughterhouse [248]

September

Date	Album	Artist
4	4th Street Feeling	Melissa Etheridge
	Beacon	Two Door Cinema Club [249]
	Centipede Hz	Animal Collective [250]
	Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them	Blu & Exile [251]
	Gravity	Lecrae [252]
	Night Visions	Imagine Dragons [253]
	North	Matchbox Twenty [254]
	The North	Stars
	Push Rewind	Chris Wallace [255]
	Silver Age	Bob Mould
	The Sheepdogs	The Sheepdogs [256]
11	Away from the World	Dave Matthews Band
	Bright Black Heaven	Blaqk Audio
	Coexist	The xx [257]
	Dead Silence	Billy Talent [258]
	Elysium	Pet Shop Boys [259]
	Fight or Flight	Hoobastank
	Old World Romance	Sea Wolf [260]
	Self Entitled	NOFX [261] [262] [263]
	Tempest	Bob Dylan [264]
	Theatre Is Evil	Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra
	Tornado	Little Big Town [265]
	Undisputed	DMX [266]
18	Bad 25	Michael Jackson [267]
	Battle Born	The Killers [268]
	Charmer	Aimee Mann [269]
	Cinematics	Set It Off
	Close the Distance	Go Radio
	Cruel Summer	GOOD Music [270]
	Down IV Part I - The Purple EP	Down [271]
	Enjoy the Company	The Whigs [272]
	First of a Living Breed	Homeboy Sandman [273]
	Hallelujah! I'm a Bum	Local H [274] [275]
	Libertine	Liv Kristine [276]
	Mirage Rock	Band of Horses [277]
	Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color	Brother Ali [278]
	Shields	Grizzly Bear [279]
	Somethin' 'Bout Kreay	Kreayshawn [280]
	The Sound of the Life of the Mind	Ben Folds Five [267]
	Tomorrowland	Ryan Bingham
	Tomahawk Technique	Sean Paul [281]
	The Truth About Love	P!nk [282]
20	March of the Slunks	Buckethead [283]
	Racks [284]
	The Silent Picture Book [285]
25	Aftermath Of The Lowdown	Richie Sambora
	Fame and Fortune	Lucy Fleming [286]
	Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1	Lupe Fiasco [287]
	Hayley Sings	Rachael MacFarlane [288]
	Payback	Danny! [289]
	Push and Shove	No Doubt [290]
	Ricanstruction: The Black Rosary	Chino XL [67]
	Strapped	The Soft Pack [291]
	This Generation	Murs & Fashawn [292]
	¡Uno!	Green Day [286]

October

Date	Album	Artist
1	No Love Deep Web	Death Grips [293]
2	The Bumpy Johnson Album	Prodigy [294]
	Cedar + Gold	Tristan Prettyman [295]
	Come of Age	The Vaccines [296]
	Kaleidoscope Dream	Miguel [297]
	Lightning	Matt & Kim [298]
	Officially Miss Guided	OMG Girlz [299]
	Paradise	Cody Simpson
	Quality Street Music	DJ Drama [300]
	Transit of Venus	Three Days Grace [301]
	Until the Quiet Comes	Flying Lotus
9	119	Trash Talk [302]
	The Afterman: Ascension	Coheed and Cambria [303]
	All We Love We Leave Behind	Converge [304]
	Diluvia	Freelance Whales
	Don't Panic	All Time Low
	Glad All Over	The Wallflowers [305]
	The Heist	Macklemore and Ryan Lewis [306]
	Lace Up	MGK [307]
	Lonerism	Tame Impala
	Monster	KISS [308]
	Mugshot Music	Showbiz and A.G. [309]
	Napalm	Xzibit [310]
	Numbers	MellowHype [302]
	Pines	A Fine Frenzy [311]
	Twins	Ty Segall
16	'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!	Godspeed You! Black Emperor
	Country, God, or the Girl	K'naan [312]
	Christmas with Scotty McCreery	Scotty McCreery
	Deleted Scenes	Blueprint [294]
	Dusk Till Dawn	Bobby V [313]
	Former Lives	Ben Gibbard
	GMB	Pac Div [289]
	Information Retrieved	Pinback
	Negroes on Ice	Prince Paul [294]
	Night Train	Jason Aldean [314]
	Sing to Me (EP)	Savannah Outen
	Sunken Condos	Donald Fagen
	Two Eleven	Brandy [315]
	A Very Merry Perri Christmas (EP)	Christina Perri
	A Very Special Christmas 25th Anniversary	Big Machine Records [316]
	A Very Special Christmas: Bringing Peace on Earth	World Records [316]
	Vital	Anberlin
22	Cobra Juicy	Black Moth Super Rainbow [317]
	Christmas in the Sand	Colbie Caillat
	God of the Serengeti	Vinnie Paz [318]
	good kid, m.A.A.d city	Kendrick Lamar [319]
	Hello My Name Is...	Bridgit Mendler [320]
	III	Shiny Toy Guns [321]
	Les Is More	Ryan Leslie [322]
	On This Winter's Night	Lady Antebellum
	Red	Taylor Swift
23	Kids Raising Kids	Kopecky Family Band
30	Cee Lo's Magic Moment	Cee Lo Green [323]
	Dreams & Nightmares	Meek Mill [324]
	Mic Tyson	Sean Price [325]
	New Horizons	Flyleaf [326]
	Ramblings of an Angry Old Man	Craig G [327]
	Sorry to Bother You	The Coup [328]

November

Date	Album	Artist
5	Glee: The Music Presents Glease	Glee Cast [329]
6	Fizzyology	Lil' Fame & Termanology [330]
	The Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2: Bread and Circuses	Saigon [331]
	History: Function Music	E-40 & Too Short [332]
	History: Mob Music [332]
	Life Behind Machines	Allister
	Music from Another Dimension!	Aerosmith [333]
	R.E.D.	Ne-Yo [334]
9	Lotus	Christina Aguilera
13	¡Dos!	Green Day [286]
	King Animal	Soundgarden [335]
	Koi No Yokan	Deftones [336]
	Paradise	Lana Del Rey [337]
	PTXmas	Pentatonix [338]
	Reloaded	Roc Marciano [289]
	Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage	Susan Boyle [339]
	The Solution	Buckshot & 9th Wonder [340]
	Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors	Big Boi [341]
	The World's Most Hardest MC Project	Styles P [342]
	Wu Block	Wu-Tang Clan & D-Block Records [343]
16	Midnight Special	Uncle Kracker
	Rebel Soul	Kid Rock [344]
19	Global Warming	Pitbull [345]
	The Greatest Hits	3 Doors Down [346]
	Greatest Hits • Chapter One	Kelly Clarkson [347] [348]
	The World from the Side of the Moon	Phillip Phillips
	Truth Be Told, Part 1	Greyson Chance
	Woman to Woman	Keyshia Cole [349]
20	Twelve Reasons to Die	Ghostface Killah [350]
	Long Live the Hustle	DJ Scream [351]
	Prisoner of Conscious	Talib Kweli [352]
23	The Evolution of Man	Example [353]
27	The Art of War III	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony [354]
	Diamond in the Ruff	Freeway
	Girl on Fire	Alicia Keys [355]
	Glee: The Music, Season 4, Vol. 1	Glee Cast [356]
	These Are the Times	Neako [294]

December

Date	Album	Artist
4	O.N.I.F.C.	Wiz Khalifa [357]
	Warrior	Kesha [358]
11	Almería	Lifehouse [359]
	Jesus Piece	Game [360]
	The Music of Nashville: Season 1, Volume 1	Nashville cast
	¡Tré!	Green Day [361]
	Unorthodox Jukebox	Bruno Mars [362]
	Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors	Big Boi
18	Finally Rich	Chief Keef [363]
	Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head	T.I. [364]

Top songs on record

See also: List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2012, List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2012, and Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2012

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Songs

• "Call Me Maybe" – Carly Rae Jepsen (9 weeks)
• "Diamonds" – Rihanna (3 weeks)
• "Locked Out of Heaven" – Bruno Mars (2 weeks in 2012, 4 weeks in 2013)
• "One More Night" – Maroon 5 (9 weeks)
• "Part of Me" - Katy Perry (1 week)
• "Set Fire to the Rain" – Adele (2 weeks)
• "Sexy and I Know It" – LMFAO (2 weeks)
• "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye feat. Kimbra (8 weeks)
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" – Kelly Clarkson (3 weeks)
• "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" – Taylor Swift (3 weeks)
• "We Are Young" – fun. feat. Janelle Monáe (6 weeks)
• "We Found Love" – Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris (2 weeks in 2012, 8 weeks in 2011)
• "Whistle" – Flo Rida (2 weeks)

Billboard Hot 100 Top 20 Hits

All songs that reached the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart during the year, complete with peak chart placement.

• "5 O'Clock" – T-Pain feat. Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen (#13 in 2012, #10 in 2011)
• "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" – Train (#20)
• "Adorn" – Miguel (#17)
• "As Long as You Love Me" – Justin Bieber feat. Big Sean (#6)
• "Ass Back Home" – Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch (#12)
• "Back in Time" – Pitbull (#11)
• "Beauty and a Beat" – Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj (#7)
• "Begin Again" – Taylor Swift (#7)
• "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" – Pink (#5)
• "Blown Away" – Carrie Underwood (#20)
• "Both of Us" – B.o.B feat. Taylor Swift (#18)
• "Boyfriend" – Justin Bieber (#2)
• "Brokenhearted" – Karmin (#16)
• "Call Me Maybe" – Carly Rae Jepsen (#1)
• "Catch My Breath" – Kelly Clarkson (#19)
• "Climax" – Usher (#17)
• "Clique" – Kanye West, Jay-Z and Big Sean (#12)
• "Cruise" – Florida Georgia Line (#16)
• "Dance (A$$)" – Big Sean feat. Nicki Minaj (#10)
• "Dance Again" – Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull (#17)
• "Diamonds" – Rihanna (#1)
• "Die in Your Arms" – Justin Bieber (#17)
• "Die Young" – Kesha (#2)
• "Domino" – Jessie J (#6)
• "Don't Wake Me Up" – Chris Brown (#10)
• "Don't You Worry Child" – Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin (#12)
• "Drive By" – Train (#10)
• "Drunk on You" – Luke Bryan (#16)
• "Everybody Talks" – Neon Trees (#6)
• "Eyes Open" – Taylor Swift (#19)
• "Feel So Close" – Calvin Harris (#12)
• "Gangnam Style" – PSY (#2)
• "Girl on Fire" – Alicia Keys feat. Nicki Minaj (#11)
• "Give Me All Your Luvin'" – Madonna feat. Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. (#10)
• "Give Your Heart a Break" – Demi Lovato (#16)
• "Glad You Came" – The Wanted (#3)
• "Good Feeling" – Flo Rida (#3)
• "Good Girl" – Carrie Underwood (#18)
• "Good Time" – Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen (#8)
• "Headlines" – Drake (#15 in 2012, #13 in 2011)
• "Ho Hey" – The Lumineers (#3)
• "Home" – Phillip Phillips (#7)
• "I Cry" – Flo Rida (#6)
• "I Knew You Were Trouble" – Taylor Swift (#3)
• "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston (#3 in 2012, #1 in 1992)
• "I Won't Give Up" – Jason Mraz (#8)
• "International Love" – Pitbull feat. Chris Brown (#13)
• "It Will Rain" – Bruno Mars (#3)
• "It's Time" – Imagine Dragons (#19)
• "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" – Ne-Yo (#6)
• "Let's Go" – Calvin Harris feat. Ne-Yo (#17)
• "Lights" – Ellie Goulding (#2)
• "Live While We're Young" – One Direction (#3)
• "Locked Out of Heaven" – Bruno Mars (#1)
• "Mercy" – Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz (#13)
• "Mistletoe" – Justin Bieber (#19 in 2012, #11 in 2011)
• "Moves like Jagger" – Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera (#11 in 2012, #1 in 2011)
• "Mr. Know It All" – Kelly Clarkson (#20 in 2012, #10 in 2011)
• "Niggas in Paris" – Jay-Z and Kanye West (#5)
• "Not Over You" – Gavin DeGraw (#18)
• "One More Night" – Maroon 5 (#1)
• "Paradise" – Coldplay (#20 in 2012, #15 in 2011)
• "Part of Me" – Katy Perry (#1)
• "Party Rock Anthem" – LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock (#6 in 2012, #1 in 2011)
• "Payphone" – Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa (#2)
• "Pound the Alarm" – Nicki Minaj (#15)
• "Pumped Up Kicks" – Foster the People (#19 in 2012, #3 in 2011)
• "Rack City" – Tyga (#7)
• "Red" – Taylor Swift (#6)
• "Red Solo Cup" – Toby Keith (#15)
• "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele (#5 in 2012, #1 in 2011)
• "Ronan" – Taylor Swift (#16)
• "Rumour Has It" – Adele (#16)
• "Scream" – Usher (#9)
• "Scream & Shout" – will.i.am feat. Britney Spears (#12)
• "Set Fire to the Rain" – Adele (#1)
• "Sexy and I Know It" – LMFAO (#1)
• "Skyfall" – Adele (#8)
• "So Good" – B.o.B (#11)
• "Some Nights" – fun. (#3)
• "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye feat. Kimbra (#1)
• "Someone like You – Adele (#7 in 2012, #1 in 2011)
• "Springsteen" – Eric Church (#19)
• "Starships" – Nicki Minaj (#5)
• "State of Grace" – Taylor Swift (#13)
• "Stereo Hearts" – Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine (#10 in 2012, #4 in 2011)
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" – Kelly Clarkson (#1)
• "Swimming Pools (Drank)" – Kendrick Lamar (#17)
• "Take a Little Ride" – Jason Aldean (#12)
• "Take Care" – Drake feat. Rihanna (#7)
• "The A Team" – Ed Sheeran (#17)
• "The Motto" – Drake feat. Lil Wayne (#14)
• "The One That Got Away" – Katy Perry (#3)
• "Thrift Shop" – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz (#13)
• "Titanium" – David Guetta feat. Sia (#7)
• "Too Close" – Alex Clare (#7)
• "Try" – Pink (#14)
• "Turn Me On" – David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj (#4)
• "Turn Up the Music" – Chris Brown (#10)
• "Want U Back" – Cher Lloyd (#12)
• "Wanted" – Hunter Hayes (#16)
• "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" – Taylor Swift (#1)
• "We Are Young" – fun. feat. Janelle Monáe (#1)
• "We Found Love" – Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris (#1)
• "What Makes You Beautiful" – One Direction (#4)
• "Where Have You Been" – Rihanna (#5)
• "Whistle" – Flo Rida (#1)
• "Wide Awake" – Katy Perry (#2)
• "Wild Ones" – Flo Rida feat. Sia (#5)
• "Without You" – David Guetta feat. Usher (#14 in 2012, #4 in 2011)
• "Work Hard, Play Hard" – Wiz Khalifa (#17)
• "Work Out" – J. Cole (#13)
• "Young, Wild & Free" – Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars (#7)

Deaths

• January 1 – Fred Milano, 72, singer (The Belmonts)
• January 2 – Larry Reinhardt, 63, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly)
• January 17 – Johnny Otis, 90, singer
• January 20
  • Etta James, 73, singer
  • John Levy, 99, bassist and manager
• January 21 - Gerre Hancock, 77, organist and composer
• January 25 - Mark Reale, 56, guitarist and songwriter (Riot)
• January 26 – Clare Fischer, 83, composer, arranger, keyboardist
• January 29 - Kell Osborne, 72, singer
• February 1 – David Peaston, 54, gospel singer
• February 5 – Al De Lory, 82, keyboard player, producer, and conductor
• February 7 – Robert Maxwell, 90, harpist and songwriter
• February 8 – Jimmy Sabater, 75, singer and timbales player
• February 11 - Whitney Houston, 48, singer
• February 12 – Zina Bethune, 66, actress, dancer, and choreographer
• February 13 – Russell Arms, 92, actor and singer
• February 22
  • Mike Melvoin, 74, pianist and composer (The Wrecking Crew)
  • Billy Strange, 81, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Wrecking Crew)
• February 29 - Davy Jones, 66, British singer, percussionist (The Monkees)
• March 6 - Robert B. Sherman, 86, American songwriter (The Sherman Brothers)
• March 24 - Marion Marlowe, 83, singer and actress
• March 28 - Earl Scruggs, 88, bluegrass musician (Flatt and Scruggs)
• April 19
  • Greg Ham, 58, Australian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist (Men at Work)
  • Levon Helm, 71, American singer, drummer (The Band)
• May 4 - Adam "MCA" Yauch, 47, rapper, bassist (Beastie Boys)
• May 5 - Joe Russell, 72, singer (The Persuasions)
• May 8 - Everett Lilly, 87, singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lilly Brothers)
• May 12 - Snooky Young, 92, American trumpet player (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and Count Basie Orchestra)
• May 13 - Donald "Duck" Dunn, 70, bassist (Booker T. & the M.G.'s)
• May 15 - Joe Sell, 33, guitarist (Lucky Boys Confusion)
• May 16 - Chuck Brown, 75, guitarist and singer
• May 17 - Donna Summer, 63, singer
• May 29 - Doc Watson, 89, singer
• June 4 - Herb Reed, 83, vocalist and founder of The Platters
• June 7 - Bob Welch, 66, guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
• June 10 - Jimmy Elledge, 69, country musician
• June 21 - Richard Adler, 90, composer and producer
• June 27 - Don Grady, 68, drummer (The Yellow Balloon), musician and actor
• July 1 - Ossie Hibbert, 61, Jamaican-American keyboard player and producer (The Aggrovators and The Revolutionaries)
• July 3 - Andy Griffith, 86, actor, singer
• July 7 - Dennis Flemion, 75, drummer (The Frogs)
• July 13 - Ginny Tyler, 86, voice actress and singer
• July 16 - Kitty Wells, 92, country music singer
• July 17 - Ms. Melodie, 43, rapper
• July 24 - Larry Hoppen, 61, singer and guitarist (Orleans)
• July 27 - Tony Martin, 98, singer and actor
• July 31
  • Bobby Edwards, 86, country music singer
  • Tony Sly, 41, singer (No Use for a Name)
• August 1 - Douglas Townsend, 90, composer and musicologist
• August 2
  • Jimmy Jones, 75, singer-songwriter
  • Marguerite Piazza, 92, soprano
• August 6 - Marvin Hamlisch, 68, composer and conductor
• August 18 - Scott McKenzie, 73, singer ("San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)")
• September 1 - Hal David, 91, lyricist ("Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head")
• September 5 - Joe South, 72, singer-songwriter ("Down in the Boondocks", "Games People Play", "Hush", "Rose Garden")
• September 25 - Andy Williams, 84, singer ("Moon River", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year")
• September 27 - R. B. Greaves, 68, singer
• October 1 - Sahara Davenport, 27, drag queen singer
• October 7 - Wiley Reed, 68, American-Australian singer-songwriter and pianist
• October 21 - Tim Johnson, 52, country music songwriter
• October 24 - Bill Dees, 73, musician and songwriter ("Oh, Pretty Woman", "It's Over")
• October 26 - Natina Reed, 31, singer/rapper (Blaque) and actress (Bring It On)
• October 27 - Terry Callier, 67, singer-songwriter
• November 1
  • Jan Crutchfield, 74, singer and songwriter
  • Mitch Lucker, 28, singer, lead vocalist of Suicide Silence
• November 12
  • Anthony di Bonaventura, 83, pianist and academic
  • Bob French, 74, drummer and radio host
• November 17 - Billy Scott, 70, R&B singer
• November 25 - Earl Carroll, 75, American singer (The Cadillacs, The Coasters)
• November 27 - Mickey Baker, 87, guitarist (Mickey & Sylvia)
• December 1 - Dee Harvey, 47, R&B singer
• December 5 - Dave Brubeck, 91, pianist
• December 9 - Jenni Rivera, 43, singer
• December 12 - Eddie "Guitar" Burns, 84, singer-songwriter and guitarist
• December 19 - Inez Andrews, 83, gospel singer and songwriter
• December 20 - Jimmy McCracklin, 91, singer, songwriter and pianist
• December 21 - Lee Dorman, 70, bassist (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond)
• December 22 - Marva Whitney, 68, singer
• December 24
  • Ray Collins, 76, singer (The Mothers of Invention)
  • Capital STEEZ, 19, hip-hop artist
• December 26 - Fontella Bass, 72, singer ("Rescue Me")

See also

• 2012 in music
• List of 2012 albums
• 2012 in heavy metal music
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 2012

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