List of number-one albums of 2012 (Australia)

The ARIA Albums Chart ranks the best-performing albums and extended plays in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on each album and EP's weekly physical and digital sales.^[2] In 2012, twenty-two albums claimed the top spot, including Adele's 21 and Michael Bublé's Christmas, both of which started their peak positions in 2011. Ten acts achieved their first number-one album in Australia: Foster the People, Lana Del Rey, One Direction, Keith Urban, The Temper Trap, John Mayer, Karise Eden, Ed Sheeran, Birdy and The Amity Affliction.^[3]

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Adele's 21 was the longest-running number-one album of 2012, topping the ARIA Albums Chart for nine weeks.^[1]

One Direction earned two number-one albums during the year for Up All Night and Take Me Home. Taylor Swift's Red topped the charts for three consecutive weeks becoming her second number-one album on the chart. 21 was the longest-running number-one album of 2012, having topped the ARIA Albums Chart for nine weeks.^[1] Eden's My Journey topped the chart for six consecutive weeks, while Michael Bublé's Christmas, One Direction's Up All Night and Pink's The Truth About Love each spent five weeks at the number-one spot.

Chart history

Karise Eden's My Journey topped the ARIA Albums Chart for six consecutive weeks, becoming her first number-one album on the chart.

One Direction earned their first and second number-one album when Up All Night and Take Me Home both topped the ARIA Albums Chart. Up All Night spent five consecutive weeks at number one.

Pink's The Truth About Love topped the ARIA Albums Chart for five consecutive weeks, becoming her fourth number-one album on the chart.

Key

The yellow background indicates the #1 album on ARIA's End of Year Albums Chart of 2012.

Date	Album	Artist(s)	Ref.
2 January	Christmas	Michael Bublé	[4]
9 January	21	Adele	[1]
16 January
23 January
30 January
6 February	Torches	Foster the People	[5]
13 February	Born to Die	Lana Del Rey	[6]
20 February	21	Adele	[1]
27 February
5 March
12 March
19 March	Drinking from the Sun	Hilltop Hoods	[7]
26 March
2 April	MDNA	Madonna	[8]
9 April	Up All Night	One Direction	[9]
16 April
23 April
30 April
7 May
14 May	21	Adele	[1]
21 May	The Story So Far	Keith Urban	[10]
28 May	The Temper Trap	The Temper Trap	[11]
4 June	Born and Raised	John Mayer	[12]
11 June	The Ol' Razzle Dazzle	Missy Higgins	[13]
18 June
25 June	Believe	Justin Bieber	[14]
2 July	My Journey	Karise Eden	[15]
9 July
16 July
23 July
30 July
6 August
13 August	+	Ed Sheeran	[16]
20 August	The Sapphires	Various artists	[17]
27 August
3 September	Birdy	Birdy	[18]
10 September	North	Matchbox Twenty	[19]
17 September	Chasing Ghosts	The Amity Affliction	[20]
24 September	The Truth About Love	Pink	[21]
1 October
8 October
15 October
22 October
29 October	Red	Taylor Swift	[22]
5 November
12 November
19 November	Take Me Home	One Direction	[23]
26 November
3 December	Armageddon	Guy Sebastian	[24]
10 December	Christmas	Michael Bublé	[4]
17 December
24 December
31 December

Number-one artists

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	Adele	9
2	One Direction	7
3	Karise Eden	6
4	Michael Bublé	5
4	Pink	5
5	Taylor Swift	3
6	Hilltop Hoods	2
6	Various artists	2
7	Foster the People	1
7	Lana Del Rey	1
7	Madonna	1
7	Keith Urban	1
7	The Temper Trap	1
7	John Mayer	1
7	Missy Higgins	1
7	Justin Bieber	1
7	Ed Sheeran	1
7	Birdy	1
7	Matchbox Twenty	1
7	The Amity Affliction	1
7	Guy Sebastian	1

See also

• 2012 in music
• List of number-one singles of 2012 (Australia)