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Adele Tops Billboard Artist And Album Charts For 2012

by Roger Wink, VVN Music on December 17, 2012

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As we come to the end of 2012, it’s time to look back at the biggest records and artists of the year and the authority on all such things is Billboard.

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With the publishing of their year-end charts, we can see where the music business has gone and what the public has purchased. Obviously, they were still very much enamored with Adele who, for the second year in a row, had the biggest album of the year with 21.

It was also a huge year for new artists as six of the ten biggest singles were from first timers including a top three of Gotye, Carly Rae Jepsen and .fun.

In the area of veteran artists, it really was all about the amazing comeback of Lionel Richie. Not only did he have the highest selling album by a veteran artist with Tuskegee (number 9 for the year) but he held the same spot in the world of Country music (number 3) and Adult Contemporary Tracks (Endless Love with Shania Twain was number 30).

Madonna also did well for all the criticism she received for the low sales of her album. MDNA was the third biggest seller for a veteran artist (number 44 for the year) and, when all charts were taken into account, she was the top veteran artist overall at number 23. The album was also number 2 on the Electronic Albums chart. In addition, on the Dance/Club Play Songs, she came in at 33, 41 and 44.  While the album may not have been up to the gold standard set so many times over the years, it was still a moderate success for 2012.


Chart Date 2012

Comprehensive

Top 200 Albums

TW Title Artist
1 21 Adele
2 Christmas Michael Buble
3 Take Care Drake
4 Red Taylor Swift
5 Up All Night One Direction
6 Tailgates and Tanlines Luke Bryan
7 Babel Mumford and Sons
8 Talk the Talk Rihanna
9 Tuskegee Lionel Richie
10 El Camino Black Keys
18 Whitney: The Greatest Hits Whitney Houston
44 MDNA Madonna
50 Wrecking Ball Bruce Springsteen
71 A Different Kind of Truth Van Halen
76 Duets II Tony Bennett
83 Ultimate Hits: Rock and Roll Never Forgets Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band
106 Slipstream Bonnie Raitt
108 Greatest Hits Guns N’ Roses
114 Clockwork Angels Rush
117 Greatest Hits Journey
128 Legend Bob Marley & the Wailers
132 Kisses On the Bottom Paul McCartney
137 Tempest Bob Dylan
142 Chronicle: The 20 Greatest Hits Creedence Clearwater Revival Featuring John Fogerty
145 The Very Best of Neil Diamond Neil Diamond
147 The Bodyguard Whitney Houston
164 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Edition: The Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd Lynyrd Skynyrd
166 Christmas Symphony Mannheim Steamroller with Members of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
170 Merry Christmas, Baby Rod Stewart
174 Immortal Michael Jackson
175 A Charlie Brown Christmas Vince Guaraldi Trio
176 Sinatra: Best of the Best Frank Sinatra
182 Americana Neil Young and Crazy Horse
192 That’s Why God Made the Radio Beach Boys
193 Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd
195 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Edition: The Best of Lionel Richie Lionel Richie
198 Whitney Houston Whitney Houston
200 Licensed to Ill Beastie Boys

Top 100 Artists

TW Artist
1 Adele
2 Rihanna
3 Taylor Swift
4 Drake
5 Justin Bieber
6 Nicki Minaj
7 Katy Perry
8 Maroon 5
9 LMFAO
10 One Direction
23 Madonna
25 Bruce Springsteen
30 Roger Waters
38 Whitney Houston
72 Lionel Richie
76 Van Halen
82 Michael Jackson

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