List of Billboard 200 number-one albums of 2012

The data are compiled by Nielsen Soundscan based on each album's weekly physical and digital sales.

One of which, Canadian singer Michael Bublé's album Christmas started its peak in late 2011.

[2] Red by Taylor Swift had the second-most weeks at number one with five.

Other albums with extended chart runs include Babel by Mumford & Sons, Tuskegee by Lionel Richie, Blown Away by Carrie Underwood, Born and Raised by John Mayer and Uncaged by Zac Brown Band; each spent two weeks on the top position.

Throughout 2012, only one act achieved multiple number-one albums on the chart: One Direction with Up All Night and Take Me Home.

Adele 's 21 was the best-selling album of 2012. This was her second consecutive year at the top of the U.S. year-end charts. She became the second artist in history to achieve this feat, after Michael Jackson .
Taylor Swift 's Red earned the singer-songwriter her third number-one album. It opened with the biggest sales week of 2012, selling 1.21 million copies in its first week.
Lionel Richie 's Tuskegee gave the singer his third number-one album and the first since 1986's Dancing on the Ceiling .
Country singer Carrie Underwood earned her third number-one album, Blown Away , which became her first to spend more than a week at the top.
Rock singer John Mayer scored his second chart-topping album, Born and Raised , which spent two consecutive weeks at number one.
Babel by British folk rock band Mumford & Sons garnered their first number-one. It topped the chart for three consecutive weeks, and earned 2012's second-biggest sales week after Red .
English-Irish boy band One Direction scored two number-one albums in 2012, Up All Night and Take Me Home .
Pink earned her first number-one album with her sixth effort The Truth About Love , released twelve years since her debut. It has the third biggest debut sales by a female singer in this year, behind MDNA and Red .