List of number-one urban albums of 2012 (Australia)

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This is a list of albums that reached number-one on the ARIA Urban Albums Chart in 2012. The ARIA Urban Albums Chart is a weekly chart that ranks the best-performing urban albums in Australia. It is published by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), an organisation that collects music data for the weekly ARIA Charts. To be eligible to appear on the chart, the recording must be an album of a predominantly urban nature. [1]

Contents

Chart history

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Reference
2 January Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars [2]
9 January [3]
16 January [4]
23 January [5]
30 January Falling & Flying 360 [6]
6 February [7]
13 February [8]
20 February Whitney: The Greatest Hits Whitney Houston [9]
27 February The Ultimate Collection [10]
5 March [11]
12 March [12]
19 March Drinking from the Sun Hilltop Hoods [13]
26 March [14]
2 April [15]
9 April [16]
16 April [17]
23 April [18]
30 April [19]
7 May [20]
14 May [21]
21 May [22]
28 MayFalling & Flying360 [23]
4 June101 R&B HitsVarious Artists [24]
11 June [25]
18 June Looking 4 Myself Usher [26]
25 June101 R&B HitsVarious Artists [27]
2 July [28]
9 July Wild Ones Flo Rida [29]
16 July Fortune Chris Brown [30]
23 July [31]
30 JulyR&B Superclub Volume 12Various Artists [32]
6 AugustMinistry of Sound Anthems Hip Hop volume 2 [33]
13 AugustDrinking from the SunHilltop Hoods [34]
20 AugustMinistry of Sound Anthems Hip Hop volume 2Various Artists [35]
27 August [36]
3 September Timomatic Timomatic [37]
10 September [38]
17 SeptemberFalling & Flying360 [39]
24 SeptemberThis Was Tomorrow Seth Sentry [40]
1 October Cruel Summer GOOD Music [41]
8 OctoberThis Was TomorrowSeth Sentry [42]
15 OctoberTimomaticTimomatic [43]
22 October Smokey's Haunt Urthboy [44]
29 October Channel Orange Frank Ocean [45]
5 NovemberCrave Vol. 7 – Mixed by DJ Havana Brown Various Artists [46]
12 NovemberNo Rest for the Sickest Kerser [47]
19 NovemberCrave Vol. 7 – Mixed by DJ Havana BrownVarious Artists [48]
26 November Unapologetic Rihanna [49]
3 December [50]
10 December [51]
17 December The Heist Macklemore & Ryan Lewis [52]
24 DecemberUnapologeticRihanna [53]
31 December [54]

See also

References

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