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The Best Music of 2012
Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 2012. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
For a list of the top artists who made their debut recording in 2012, check out this list.
Albums (?) | Wikipedia | |
Alabama Shakes | Boys & Girls | ☆ |
Beach House | Bloom | ☆ |
Bruce Springsteen | Wrecking Ball | ☆ |
Bruno Mars | Unorthodox Jukebox | ☆ |
Death Grips | The Money Store | ☆ |
Django Django | Django Django | ☆ |
Father John Misty | Fear Fun | ☆ |
Fiona Apple | The Idler Wheel... | ☆ |
Frank Ocean | Channel Orange | ☆ |
Fun. | Some Nights | ☆ |
Gary Clark Jr. | Blak and Blu | ☆ |
Godspeed You! Black Emperor | Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! | ☆ |
Grimes | Visions | ☆ |
Imagine Dragons | Night Visions | ☆ |
Jack White | Blunderbuss | ☆ |
Japandroids | Celebration Rock | ☆ |
Kendrick Lamar | Good Kid, M.A.A.D City | ☆ |
Lana Del Rey | Born To Die | ☆ |
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis | The Heist | ☆ |
Mumford & Sons | Babel | ☆ |
Muse | The 2nd Law | ☆ |
Nas | Life is Good | ☆ |
Rush | Clockwork Angels | ☆ |
Soundgarden | King Animal | ☆ |
Tame Impala | Lonerism | ☆ |
Taylor Swift | Red | ☆ |
The Avett Brothers | The Carpenter | ☆ |
The xx | Coexist | ☆ |
Songs (?) | Wikipedia | |
Adele | Skyfall | ☆ |
Alabama Shakes | Hold On | ☆ |
Alicia Keys | Girl on Fire | ☆ |
alt-J | Breezeblocks | ☆ |
Anna Kendrick | Cups ("When I'm Gone") | ☆ |
Arctic Monkeys | R U Mine? | ☆ |
Bruce Springsteen | We Take Care Of Our Own | ☆ |
Bruno Mars | Locked Out of Heaven | ☆ |
Django Django | Default | ☆ |
Drake ft. Rihanna | Take Care | ☆ |
Father John Misty | Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings | ☆ |
First Aid Kit | Emmylou | ☆ |
Frank Ocean | Thinkin' Bout You | ☆ |
Frank Ocean | Pyramids | ☆ |
fun. | Some Nights | ☆ |
Gary Clark Jr. | Bright Lights | ☆ |
Gary Clark Jr. | You Saved Me | ☆ |
Grimes | Oblivion | ☆ |
Grimes | Genesis | ☆ |
Halestorm | Love Bites (So Do I) | ☆ |
Icona Pop (feat. Charli XCX) | I Love It | ☆ |
Imagine Dragons | Radioactive | ☆ |
Imagine Dragons | Demons | ☆ |
Jack White | Sixteen Saltines | ☆ |
Jack White | Love Interruption | ☆ |
Japandroids | Younger Us | ☆ |
Kacey Musgraves | Merry Go 'Round | ☆ |
Kacey Musgraves | Follow Your Arrow | ☆ |
Katy Perry | Wide Awake | ☆ |
Kendrick Lamar | Swimming Pools (Drank) | ☆ |
Kendrick Lamar | B**ch, Don't Kill My Vibe | ☆ |
Lana Del Rey | Summertime Sadness | ☆ |
Lana Del Rey | Blue Jeans | ☆ |
Lana Del Rey | Born to Die | ☆ |
Linkin Park | Burn It Down | ☆ |
M.I.A. | Bad Girls | ☆ |
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Mary Lambert | Same Love | ☆ |
Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz | Thrift Shop | ☆ |
Miguel | Adorn | ☆ |
Mumford & Sons | I Will Wait | ☆ |
Mumford And Sons | Hopeless Wanderer | ☆ |
Muse | Madness | ☆ |
Neon Trees | Everybody Talks | ☆ |
Nicki Minaj | Starships | ☆ |
Pink | Try | ☆ |
Pink & Nate Ruess | Just Give Me a Reason | ☆ |
Psy | Gangnam Style | ☆ |
Rihanna | Diamonds | ☆ |
Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko | Stay | ☆ |
Soundgarden | Been Away Too Long | ☆ |
Swans | Lunacy | ☆ |
Tame Impala | Feels Like We Only Go Backwards | ☆ |
Tame Impala | Elephant | ☆ |
Taylor Swift | We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together | ☆ |
Taylor Swift | All Too Well | ☆ |
Tegan and Sara | Closer | ☆ |
The Black Keys | Gold on the Ceiling | ☆ |
The Lumineers | Ho Hey | ☆ |
The Shins | Simple Song | ☆ |
Train | 50 Ways to Say Goodbye | ☆ |
Train | Drive By | ☆ |
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