List of number-one Billboard Alternative Albums of 2012

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

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

List

Key

Indicates best-charting alternative album of 2012 Note: Year-end top-selling alternative albums, ranked by sales data as compiled by Nielsen SoundScan..

Issue date	Album	Artist	Reference
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 24	Mylo Xyloto	Coldplay	[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 28	Making Mirrors	Gotye	[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 23	Some Nights	Fun	[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 18	Living Things	Linkin Park	[33]
August 25	Some Nights	Fun	[34]
September 1	The Mighty Death Pop!	Insane Clown Posse	[35]
September 8	Some Nights	Fun	[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	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 8	Babel	Mumford & Sons	[49]
December 15			[50]
December 22			[51]
December 29			[52]

References

External links

• Current Billboard Alternative Albums chart

See also

• 2012 in music