These are the Polish number one albums of 2012, per the OLiS Chart.
Issue Date | Album | Artist(s) | Reference(s) |
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January 2 | |||
January 9 | Bar la Curva / Plamy na słońcu | ||
January 16 | |||
January 23 | 21 | Adele | |
January 30 | |||
February 6 | To co dobre | ||
February 13 | |||
February 20 | |||
February 27 | |||
March 5 | |||
March 12 | 21 | Adele | |
March 19 | |||
March 26 | This Is Chris Botti | ||
April 2 | Myśliwiecka | ||
April 10 | |||
April 16 | Ostatnia szansa tego rapu | Tabasko | |
April 23 | |||
April 30 | Myśliwiecka | Artur Andrus | |
May 14 | |||
May 21 | Robaki | Luxtorpeda | |
May 28 | Myśliwiecka | Artur Andrus | |
June 4 | |||
June 11 | Gruby brzuch | GrubSon | |
June 18 | Myśliwiecka | Artur Andrus | |
June 25 | |||
July 2 | Jeden z was | Chada | |
July 9 | |||
July 16 | |||
July 23 | |||
July 30 | Myśliwiecka | Artur Andrus | |
August 6 | |||
August 13 | |||
August 20 | |||
August 27 | |||
September 3 | Myśliwiecka | Artur Andrus | |
September 10 | |||
September 17 | ciepło / zimno | ||
September 24 | CNO2 | ||
October 1 | |||
October 8 | |||
October 15 | Jezus Maria Peszek | ||
October 22 | |||
October 29 | |||
November 5 | |||
November 12 | MTV Unplugged | ||
November 19 | Równonoc. Słowiańska dusza | Donatan | |
November 26 | |||
December 3 | |||
December 10 | Jestem... | Bednarek | |
December 17 | |||
December 24 | Zimowe piosenki | Andrzej Piaseczny and Seweryn Krajewski |
Ich Troje is a Polish pop band. Ich Troje was founded in 1996 by songwriter Michał Wiśniewski and composer Jacek Łągwa. Since 2000, Ich Troje has been one of the most successful Polish groups. They have sold more than 1.5 million records since June 2001. Their songs are typically about love, betrayal and break-ups. They represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest twice: with "Keine Grenzen – Żadnych granic" in 2003 and "Follow My Heart" in 2006.
Hey is a Polish rock band founded in Szczecin in 1991 by guitarist Piotr Banach and lead singer Kasia Nosowska. It is one of the most popular Polish music acts of the 1990s.
Lao Che is a Polish rock band formed in 1999 in Płock by former members of the band Koli. Lao Che's musical genre is a crossover of various styles such as ska, ambient, and folk. The band's popularity grew quickly after their Powstanie Warszawskie concept album, which received many prestigious nominations and awards.
KSU is one of the oldest Polish punk rock bands, founded in 1977 in the southeastern town of Ustrzyki Dolne. According to its creator, Eugeniusz Olejarczyk, creation of the band was the fruit of listening of radio stations from Western Europe, in which several punk rock songs were played. Young listeners from Ustrzyki decided to play covers of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, and in 1978 they came up with the name KSU, which comes from car licence plates, issued by the Krosno Voivodeship authorities for vehicles from Ustrzyki Dolne. With new name came new music - KSU began playing songs inspired by Sex Pistols, Damned, and UK Subs.
Monika Maria Brodka is a Polish singer, who rose to fame as the winner of the third season of Polish Pop Idol (Idol) in 2004. She has since released 3 albums, including the 2010 album Granda which received critical acclaim in Poland and abroad. Brodka has received several nominations to the Fryderyk award, while her singles "Ten", "Dziewczyna Mojego Chłopaka", "Miałeś być" and "Znam Cię Na Pamięć" have all topped the official Polish Music Charts.
Armia is Polish punk rock band founded in 1985 by Tomasz Budzyński, Sławomir Gołaszewski and Robert Brylewski. Armia is famous for its use of horn, which was unusual of punk rock bands in late 1980s and 1990s. With poetic lyrics, written by Budzyński, and evolving, creative music Armia has gained popularity and respect over the years, and its concerts now attract numerous fans of rock music.
Hunter was founded in 1985 in Szczytno, in Masuria, Poland.
Happysad is a Polish rock band created in Skarżysko-Kamienna in 2001. Their first album Wszystko jedno was released in 2004. The second album Podróże z i pod prąd was released in 2005. The band plays melodic rock with elements of punk and reggae.
Gabriela Konstancja Kulka-Stajewska is an independent artist, a songwriter, and performer.
Jacek Graniecki, known professionally as Tede and DJ Buhh is a Polish rapper. Also known as Tas De Fleia, TDF, Tedzik, Tedunio, Chory Pastor. He began his career in the band 1 kHz. In 1996 JanMario and Tede created a band named Trzyha, with the group changing their name to Warszafski Deszcz in 1998. In 2000 Tede began his solo career and in 2001 he recorded his first album (S.P.O.R.T).
Łzy are a Polish pop rock band formed in 1996, best known for their early 2000s hits "Agnieszka już dawno...", "Narcyz się nazywam", "Jestem jaka jestem" and "Oczy szeroko zamknięte", among others. The group has released one gold and three platinum certified albums in Poland. Up until 2010, the band's lead vocalist was Anna Wyszkoni who continued a successful solo career. Łzy are known for their sad, melancholic lyrics, exploring loneliness, unhappy love and heartbreak, occasionally touching on controversial subjects, such as suicide, rape, abortion, euthanasia and drugs.
Seweryn Krajewski is a Polish singer and songwriter who rose to fame in the 1960s and 70s with the popular Polish band Czerwone Gitary. After leaving the group in 1997, he recorded several solo albums.
Urszula Beata Kasprzak, usually known simply as Urszula, is a Polish pop and rock singer and also a piano player and accordionist.
Czesław Śpiewa is a Polish-Danish singer and musician, and graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Music.
Blue Café are a Polish musical group with jazz, soul and Latin influences. The band was formed in Łódź in 1998 and had three consecutive hit singles in Poland in 2002-03. They were nominated in the category Best Polish Act at the 2003 MTV Europe Awards, and are also known internationally for representing Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004.
Lunatic Soul is a progressive rock side-project, founded by Riverside vocalist and bass guitarist Mariusz Duda in 2008. Originally conceived to allow him to explore genres outside of rock, the project was described by Duda in 2014 as progressive, ambient, oriental and electronic. Lunatic Soul has released seven albums to date. The most recent album, Through Shaded Woods, was released on November 13, 2020, and has been described by Duda as 'more folky' than previous releases.
Kayah discography consists of eleven studio albums, one live album, two compilation albums, one extended play (EP) and sixty singles.
Sylwia Karolina Grzeszczak is a Polish singer-songwriter and pianist currently signed to EMI Music Poland.
Kamil Bednarek is a Polish reggae and dancehall vocalist, songwriter, composer and musician. He is best known as the runner-up in the third series of Mam talent!.
Anna Wyszkoni is a Polish pop rock singer, composer and songwriter, performing under the diminutive Ania Wyszkoni. Between 1996 and 2010, she was the lead singer in a popular Polish pop rock band Łzy, with whom she released six albums, four of which gold- or platinum-certified, and had multiple hits, such as "Agnieszka już dawno...", "Narcyz się nazywam", "Jestem jaka jestem" and "Oczy szeroko zamknięte", among others. Wyszkoni embarked on a solo career in 2008 and went on to release four albums, two double platinum and one gold. Her biggest solo hits include "Czy ten pan i pani", "Z ciszą pośród czterech ścian", "Lampa i sofa", "Wiem, że jesteś tam", "Zapytaj mnie o to, kochany", "W całość ułożysz mnie", "Biegnij przed siebie" and "Nie chcę cię obchodzić". In 2010, Polish music magazine Machina placed her on their list of "50 best Polish singers". She has sold around 450,000 units as of 2014, including her albums with Łzy.