⇦ 2011

2013 ⇨

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	☆
Alicia Keys	Girl on Fire	☆
Beach House	Bloom	☆
Bruce Springsteen	Wrecking Ball	☆
Bruno Mars	Unorthodox Jukebox	☆
Calvin Harris	18 Months	☆
Carrie Underwood	Blown Away	☆
Dave Matthews Band	Away from the World	☆
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	☆
Passion Pit	Gossamer	☆
Pink	The Truth About Love	☆
Rihanna	Unapologetic	☆
Rush	Clockwork Angels	☆
Soundgarden	King Animal	☆
Swans	The Seer	☆
Tame Impala	Lonerism	☆
Taylor Swift	Red	☆
The Avett Brothers	The Carpenter	☆
The Lumineers	The Lumineers	☆
The xx	Coexist	☆

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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	☆
Bruno Mars	When I Was Your Man	☆
Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch	Sweet Nothing	☆
Capital Cities	Kangaroo Court	☆
Dave Matthews Band	Mercy	☆
Django Django	Default	☆
Drake ft. Rihanna	Take Care	☆
Father John Misty	Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings	☆
First Aid Kit	Emmylou	☆
Florida Georgia Line	Cruise	☆
Frank Ocean	Thinkin' Bout You	☆
Frank Ocean	Pyramids	☆
Frank Ocean	Lost	☆
fun.	Some Nights	☆
fun.	Carry On	☆
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	☆
Katy Perry	Wide Awake	☆
Kendrick Lamar	Swimming Pools (Drank)	☆
Kendrick Lamar	B**ch, Don't Kill My Vibe	☆
Kendrick Lamar	Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst	☆
Kendrick Lamar featuring Jay Rock	Money Trees	☆
Kitty Pryde	Okay, Cupid	☆
Lana Del Rey	Summertime Sadness	☆
Lana Del Rey	Blue Jeans	☆
Lana Del Rey	Born to Die	☆
Lana Del Rey	National Anthem	☆
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 & Sons	Babel	☆
Mumford & Sons	Broken Crown	☆
Mumford And Sons	Hopeless Wanderer	☆
Muse	Madness	☆
Muse	Survival	☆
Neon Trees	Everybody Talks	☆
Nicki Minaj	Starships	☆
Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen	Good Time	☆
Pink	Try	☆
Pink & Nate Ruess	Just Give Me a Reason	☆
Psy	Gangnam Style	☆
Rihanna	Diamonds	☆
Rihanna feat. Mikky Ekko	Stay	☆
Rush	The Garden	☆
Sky Ferreira	Everything Is Embarrassing	☆
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	☆
Taylor Swift	I Knew You Were Trouble	☆
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	☆
Train featuring Ashley Monroe	Bruises	☆

⇦ 2011

2013 ⇨