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The following lists the top 25 albums of 2012 in Australia from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) End of Year Albums Chart. [1]

#TitleArtistHighest pos. reachedWeeks at No. 1
1. The Truth About Love Pink 15 [nb 1]
2. Up All Night One Direction 15 [nb 2]
3. 21 Adele 132 [nb 3]
4. Christmas Michael Bublé 19 [nb 4]
5. + Ed Sheeran 11 [nb 5]
6. My Journey Karise Eden 16 [nb 6]
7. Red Taylor Swift 13 [nb 7]
8. Take Me Home One Direction 12 [nb 8]
9. Armageddon Guy Sebastian 11 [nb 9]
10. Birdy Birdy 11 [nb 10]
11. El Camino The Black Keys 3
12. Babel Mumford & Sons 2
13. Drinking from the Sun Hilltop Hoods 12 [nb 11]
14. Born to Die Lana del Rey 11 [nb 12]
15. The Sapphires: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Soundtrack12 [nb 13]
16. Ceremonials Florence and the Machine 11 [nb 14]
17 Falling & Flying 360 4
18 Bangarang Skrillex 4
19 The Story So Far Keith Urban 11 [nb 15]
20 Merry Christmas, Baby Rod Stewart 3
21 Mylo Xyloto Coldplay 11 [nb 16]
22 The Ol' Razzle Dazzle Missy Higgins 12 [nb 17]
23 Mythology Bee Gees 6
24 Overexposed Maroon 5 4
25 Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars 2

Peak chart positions from 2012 are from the ARIA Charts, overall position on the End of Year Chart is calculated by the ARIA, based on the number of weeks and position that the records reach within the Top 100 albums chart for each week during 2012. [1]

Notes

  1. ↑ The Truth About Love debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 24 September 2012. It stayed at its peak position for five consecutive weeks. [2]
  2. ↑ Up All Night peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 9 April 2012. It stayed at its peak position for five consecutive weeks. [3]
  3. ↑ 21 peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 9 January 2012. It stayed at its peak position for nine weeks. [4]
  4. ↑ Christmas peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 10 December 2012. It stayed at its peak position for five consecutive weeks. [5]
  5. ↑ + peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 13 August 2012. It stayed at its peak position for one week. [5]
  6. ↑ My Journey debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 2 July 2012. It stayed at its peak position for six consecutive weeks. [6]
  7. ↑ Red debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 29 October 2012. It stayed at its peak position for three consecutive weeks [7]
  8. ↑ Take Me Home debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 19 November 2012. It stayed at its peak position for two consecutive weeks [8]
  9. ↑ Armageddon peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 3 December 2012. It stayed at its peak position for one week. [9]
  10. ↑ Birdy peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 3 September 2012. It stayed at its peak position for one week. [10]
  11. ↑ Drinking From the Sun debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 3 September 2012. It stayed at its peak position for two consecutive weeks. [11]
  12. ↑ Born to Die peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 13 February 2012. It stayed at its peak position for one week. [11]
  13. ↑ The Sapphires peaked at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 20 August 2012. It stayed at its peak position for two consecutive weeks. [12]
  14. ↑ Ceremonials debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 7 November 2011. It stayed at its peak position for one week. [5]
  15. ↑ The Story So Far debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 21 May 2012. It stayed at its peak position for one week. [13]
  16. ↑ Mylo Xyloto debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 31 October 2011. It stayed at its peak position for one week. [14]
  17. ↑ The Ol' Razzle Dazzle debuted at number one on the ARIA Albums Chart on 11 June 2012. It stayed at its peak position for two consecutive weeks. [15]

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  2. ↑ "P!nk - The Truth About Love". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  3. ↑ "One Direction - Up All Night". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  4. ↑ "Australian-charts.com - Adele - 21". Archived from the original on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 "Australian charts portal". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Karise Eden - My Journey". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Taylor Swift - Red". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
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  10. ↑ "Australian-charts.com - Birdy - Birdy". Archived from the original on 20 September 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2012.
  11. 1 2 "Hilltop Hoods - Drinking From The Sun". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  12. ↑ "Soundtrack - The Sapphires". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "Keith Urban - The Story So Far". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  14. ↑ "Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
  15. ↑ "Missy Higgins - The Ol' Razzle Dazzle". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 23 June 2022.
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