List of number-one Billboard Alternative Albums of 2012

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These are the U.S. number-one alternative rock albums of 2012, per the Billboard Alternative Albums chart.

<i>Billboard</i> (magazine) American music magazine

Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style, and is also known for its music charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.

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Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.

List

Key
Dagger-14-plain.pngIndicates best-charting alternative album of 2012
Note: Year-end top-selling alternative albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan..
Issue dateAlbumArtistReference
January 7 Here and Now Nickelback [1]
January 14 Ceremonials Florence and the Machine [2]
January 21 El Camino The Black Keys [3]
January 28 [4]
February 4 [5]
February 11 [6]
February 18 Born to Die Lana Del Rey [7]
February 25 [8]
March 3 Mylo Xyloto Coldplay [9]
March 10 Some Nights Fun [10]
March 17 WZRD WZRD [11]
March 24Mylo XylotoColdplay [12]
March 31 Making Mirrors Gotye [13]
April 7 The Hunger Games: Songs from District 12 and Beyond Soundtrack [14]
April 14 Amaryllis Shinedown [15]
April 21 My Head Is an Animal Of Monsters and Men [16]
April 28Making MirrorsGotye [17]
May 5 [18]
May 12 Blunderbuss Jack White [19]
May 19 [20]
May 26 Neck of the Woods Silversun Pickups [21]
June 2 Bloom Beach House [22]
June 9 Not Your Kind of People Garbage [23]
June 16 What We Saw from the Cheap Seats Regina Spektor [24]
June 23Some NightsFun [25]
June 30 Synthetica Metric [26]
July 7 The Idler Wheel... Fiona Apple [27]
July 14 Living Things Linkin Park [28]
July 21 [29]
July 28 [30]
August 4 Collide with the Sky Pierce the Veil [31]
August 11 Handwritten The Gaslight Anthem [32]
August 18Living ThingsLinkin Park [33]
August 25Some NightsFun [34]
September 1 The Mighty Death Pop! Insane Clown Posse [35]
September 8Some NightsFun [36]
September 15 [37]
September 22 Night Visions Imagine Dragons [38]
September 29 Coexist The xx [39]
October 6 Battle Born The Killers [40]
October 13 Babel Dagger-14-plain.png Mumford & Sons [41]
October 20 [42]
October 27 [43]
November 3 [44]
November 10 [45]
November 17 [46]
November 24 [47]
December 1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 Soundtrack [48]
December 8BabelDagger-14-plain.pngMumford & Sons [49]
December 15 [50]
December 22 [51]
December 29 [52]

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