List of Billboard number-one electronic albums of 2012

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These are the albums that reached number one on the Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart in 2012.

Chart history

Key
Dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates best-performing album of 2012 [1]
Issue dateAlbumArtistReference
January 7 Sorry for Party Rocking Dagger-14-plain.png LMFAO [2]
January 14 [3]
January 21 [4]
January 28 [5]
February 4 [6]
February 11 Bangarang Skrillex [7]
February 18Sorry for Party RockingDagger-14-plain.pngLMFAO [8]
February 25 [9]
March 3 [10]
March 10 [11]
March 17 [12]
March 24 [13]
March 31 [14]
April 7 [15]
April 14 MDNA Madonna [16]
April 21 [17]
April 28 [18]
May 5 [19]
May 12 Club Life: Volume Two Miami Tiësto [20]
May 19 Master of My Make-Believe Santigold [21]
May 26 [22]
June 2BangarangSkrillex [23]
June 9 [24]
June 16 Magic Hour Scissor Sisters [25]
June 23BangarangSkrillex [26]
June 30 In Our Heads Hot Chip [27]
July 7 Evolution Blood on the Dance Floor [28]
July 14BangarangSkrillex [29]
July 21 Wild Ones Flo Rida [30]
July 28 [31]
August 4 [32]
August 11BangarangSkrillex [33]
August 18 [34]
August 25 Now That's What I Call Party Anthems Various artists [35]
September 1 [36]
September 8BangarangSkrillex [37]
September 15 [38]
September 22 [39]
September 29 Bright Black Heaven Blaqk Audio [40]
October 6 Lindsey Stirling Lindsey Stirling [41]
October 13 Album Title Goes Here Deadmau5 [42]
October 20 [43]
October 27 [44]
November 3 [45]
November 10 Until Now Swedish House Mafia [46]
November 17 18 Months Calvin Harris [47]
November 24 [48]
December 1 An omen How to Destroy Angels [49]
December 8Wild OnesFlo Rida [50]
December 15Dance (RED) Save Lives: Presented by TiëstoTiësto [51]
December 22 [52]
December 29Wild OnesFlo Rida [53]

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