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The following is a list of notable events and releases that happened in 2012 in music in the United States.

Notable events

January

• January 7 – Katy Perry's single "The One That Got Away" reaches #1 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart, making her album, Teenage Dream, the first album in history to have seven songs from the same album reach #1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Songs chart. It is also only the third album in history to have six singles from the same album reach the top five on the Billboard Hot 100.^[1]
• January 20 - Etta James dies of leukemia at age 73.

February

• February 4 - Adele's single "Set Fire to the Rain" reaches #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making her album, 21, the first album in history to have three #1 songs from the same album by a British female artist.
• February 5 - During Super Bowl XLVI Kelly Clarkson performs the "National Anthem" and artists Madonna, LMFAO, Nicki Minaj, M.I.A., and Cee Lo Green perform at the halftime show. The twelve-minute performance becomes the most watched television event of all time, gathering a record 118 million viewers, six more than the game itself. Subsequently, "Give Me All Your Luvin'" becomes Madonna's 38th top ten hit and her 41st #1 hit on the dance charts.
• February 11 - Pop icon Whitney Houston is found dead at the age of 48 in her Los Angeles hotel room hours before a pre-Grammy party hosted by Clive Davis. Further investigations reveal cocaine in her system, but the cause of death is ruled as heart disease and drowning. Sales of her albums spike, and "I Will Always Love You" re-enters the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100.
• February 12 - Adele wins six Grammy awards for her album 21, including Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year. Bon Iver wins Best New Artist. Kanye West and the Foo Fighters swept in their respective categories, with Kanye winning 4 Grammys and the Foo Fighters taking 5.
• February 29 - Davy Jones of the band The Monkees dies in Florida after suffering a severe heart attack at the age of 66.

March

• March 3 - Adele becomes the first female artist to have three singles in the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 at the same time, and the first female artist to have two albums in the top five of the Billboard 200 and two singles in the top five of the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously.
• March 3 - Katy Perry's single "Part of Me" debuts at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming only the 20th song in history to debut atop the chart. It is her seventh consecutive top five single on the chart.
• March 26 - Madonna releases her twelfth studio album MDNA, which becomes her eighth #1 album on the Billboard 200, debuting with 359,000 copies sold in the second week.

April

• April 4 - Justin Bieber's single, "Boyfriend", has the second-highest first week sales of a new single, debuting at #2 on the Billboard Hot 100, later on surpassed by Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" with 623,000 sales making Bieber the third highest first week sale.
• April 26 - Chiodos' original lead singer, Craig Owens, rejoins the band after being let go in September 2009, replacing Brandon Bolmer, who departed Chiodos in March.
• April 28 - Gotye became the first Belgian-Australian solo artist to hit #1 on Billboard with Somebody That I Used To Know.
• April 29 - Kevin Richardson rejoined the Backstreet Boys permanently, after roughly six years of departure.

May

• May 1 - Pennywise releases All or Nothing, their first album to feature Ignite singer Zoli Téglás on lead vocals, following the August 2009 departure of original lead singer Jim Lindberg.
• May 4 - Rapper Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies of cancer at the age of 47.
• May 17 - Donna Summer dies of cancer at age 63.
• May 20 - Bee Gees member Robin Gibb dies at the age of 62 after losing his battle with cancer. As a result, his brother Barry Gibb became the last Bee Gee.
• May 23 - Phillip Phillips is crowned winner of American Idol (season 11) while Jessica Sanchez is named the runner-up.
• May 29 - Doc Watson dies after complications from abdominal surgery at age 89.

June

• June 15 - Justin Bieber tops the charts and goes platinum for the fourth time after the release of his third studio album Believe.
• June 29 - Chris Brown goes to number 1 on the charts a second time after the release of his fifth studio album Fortune.

August

• August 1
  • No Use for a Name frontman Tony Sly dies at the age of 41 of a drug overdose.^[2]
  • Snoop Dogg officially changes his name to Snoop Lion.
• August 2 - Blink-182 celebrate their 20th anniversary as a band with a worldwide tour simply called 20th Anniversary Tour.
• August 4 - Ministry reunited at the Wacken Open Air festival in Germany.
• August 9 - The Monkees announce that Michael Nesmith will rejoin the band for a 12 city tour of the U.S.
• August 28 - TobyMac debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 with his sixth full-length studio album Eye on It. The album was the first Christian release since 1997 to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

September

• On September 21, 2012, Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day gets angry at the iHeartRadio Festival for the tour promoters cutting their performance short to extend time for Usher's performance, then says lots of F Bombs, then smashes guitar and enters rehab the next day.

October

• October 22- Taylor Swift released her anticipated album, Red. The album sold 1,208,000 copies in its first week in the U.S, debuting at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, the second highest debut for a female artist.

December

• December 11 - Cimorelli comes back with the release of their third EP Believe It

Bands formed

• The Collective
• Emblem3
• Fifth Harmony
• Haim
• Union J
• Device

Bands reformed

• 98 Degrees
• The Afghan Whigs
• At the Drive-In
• The Beach Boys (classic lineup)
• Black Tambourine (single performance)
• Cannibal Ox
• Coal Chamber
• Desaparecidos
• Die Kreuzen
• fIREHOSE (tour only)
• Garbage
• Grandaddy
• Jonas Brothers
• Matchbox Twenty
• The Monkees
• I Mother Earth
• Nasum
• No Doubt
• The Obsessed
• Phantom Planet (five shows only)
• Pink Floyd
• The Procussions
• Refused
• The Replacements
• SikTh
• Spice Girls (single performance)
• Treble Charger
• Van Halen

Bands on hiatus

• Staind

• Beastie Boys
• The Black Eyed Peas
• Gorillaz
• Foo Fighters
• Incubus
• Oceano^[3]
• Rage Against the Machine
• Scissor Sisters
• Selena Gomez & the Scene^[4]
• She Wants Revenge
• Thrice^[5]
• Thursday
• LMFAO^[6]

Bands disbanded

• Bee Gees
• Behind Crimson Eyes
• The Carrier
• Chumbawamba
• Das Racist
• David Crowder Band
• Defiance
• Diddy-Dirty Money
• INXS
• It Dies Today
• Jet
• Made Out of Babies
• Revis
• A Static Lullaby
• Swedish House Mafia
• This Time Next Year
• Ween
• Westlife

Albums released in 2012

List of albums released in 2012

January

Date	Album	Artist
10	Given to the Wild	The Maccabees[7]
	Imaginaerum	Nightwish[8]
	These Times	SafetySuit[9]
	Fallen Empires (US release)	Snow Patrol[10]
	Live from the Kitchen	Yo Gotti[11]
17	Voyageur	Kathleen Edwards[12]
	A Flash Flood of Colour	Enter Shikari
	Beautiful Things	Anthony Green[13]
	Kidz Bop 21	Kidz Bop Kids[14]
	Evolve or Be Extinct	Wiley[15]
24	Something	Chairlift[16]
	The Church of Rock and Roll	Foxy Shazam[17]
	Let's Go Eat the Factory	Guided by Voices[18]
	iSoundtrack II	iCarly (Music From and Inspired by the Hit TV Show)[19]
	We're Here with You	Julien K[20]
	Dark Adrenaline	Lacuna Coil[21]
	Resolution	Lamb of God[22][23]
	Emotional Traffic	Tim McGraw[24]
	Human Again	Ingrid Michaelson[25]
	Wishing Well	Cheyenne Marie Mize[26]
	The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy	Nada Surf[27]
	100 Proof	Kellie Pickler[28]
31	Out of Frequency	The Asteroids Galaxy Tour[29]
	Old Ideas	Leonard Cohen[30]
	Born to Die	Lana Del Rey[31]
	Invicta	Hit the Lights[32]
	Beyond Magnetic (EP)	Metallica[33]

February

Date	Album	Artist
7	Le Voyage dans la lune	Air[34]
	Home	Dierks Bentley[35]
	Scars & Stories	The Fray[36]
	Go Fly a Kite	Ben Kweller[37]
	Blues Funeral	Mark Lanegan[38]
	Kisses on the Bottom	Paul McCartney[39]
	Tramp	Sharon Van Etten[40]
	A Different Kind of Truth	Van Halen[41]
	Bones	Young Guns[42]
14	Muscle Car Chronicles	Curren$y[43]
	Continued Silence (EP)	Imagine Dragons[44]
	A Sleep & a Forgetting	Islands[45]
	Ski Beatz 24 Hour Karate School Presents Twilight	Ski Beatz[46]
	Buscamos Sonrisas	El Sueño de Morfeo[47]
	Symptoms	Useless ID[48]
	King or the Fool	Tony Williams[49]
21	Sweet Sour	Band of Skulls[50]
	Electric Sea	Buckethead[51]
	Breakfast	Chiddy Bang[52]
	Some Nights	fun.[53]
	On the Impossible Past	The Menzingers[54]
	Reign of Terror	Sleigh Bells[55]
	Careless World: Rise of the Last King	Tyga[56]
	Neverworld's End	Xandria[57]
28	God Save the King	Copywrite[58]
	Corrosion of Conformity	Corrosion of Conformity[59]
	Roses	The Cranberries[60][61]
	All of Me	Estelle[62]
	Black Radio	Robert Glasper Experiment[63]
	PIL2	Ja Rule[64]
	The Day After Tomorrow	Maino[65]
	Black Belt Theatre	Planet Asia[43]
	Ghostory	School of Seven Bells[66]
	The Minimal Wave Tapes Vol. 2	Stones Throw Records & Minimal Wave Records[43]
	Hordes of Zombies	Terrorizer[67]
	No Trespassing	Too $hort[68]
	WZRD	WZRD[69]

March

Date	Album	Artist
5	Morning Parade	Morning Parade[70]
6	Rapper's Best Friend 2	The Alchemist[43]
	Hit Me Like a Man EP	The Pretty Reckless
	Break it Yourself	Andrew Bird[71]
	Now	Fireflight[72]
	Start the Revolution Without Me (North American release of The Future is Medieval)	Kaiser Chiefs[73]
	Mia Pharaoh	Miniature Tigers[74]
	Threads	Now, Now[75]
	Rigmarole	Pep Love[43]
	Wrecking Ball	Bruce Springsteen[76]
	Milk Famous	White Rabbits[77]
13	South Bronx Teachings: A Collection of Boogie Down Productions	Boogie Down Productions[43]
	Torture	Cannibal Corpse[78]
	Requiem for the Indifferent	Epica[79]
	Felony Flats	Anya Marina[80]
	Q.B. O.G.: The Best of MC Shan	MC Shan[43]
	Up All Night	One Direction[81]
	Anarchy, My Dear	Say Anything[82]
	Port of Morrow	The Shins[83]
	Letters from Birmingham	Ruben Studdard[84]
	Sounds from Nowheresville	The Ting Tings[85]
	Ssss	VCMG[86]
20	The General Strike	Anti-Flag[87]
	Unexpected Arrival	Diggy[88]
	The MF Life	Melanie Fiona[89]
	Building	Brian Larsen[90]
	Soul Is Heavy	Nneka[43]
	The Odd Future Tape Vol. 2	Odd Future[43]
	Radio Music Society	Esperanza Spalding[91]
	Mixed Emotions	Tanlines [92]
27	Kids in the Street	The All-American Rejects[93]
	Kolexxxion	Bumpy Knuckles & DJ Premier[94]
	Holy Weather	Civil Twilight[95]
	The Night the Sun Came Up	Dev[96]
	The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1	E-40[97]
	The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2[97]
	The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 3[97]
	The Next Logical Progression	Gift of Gab[98]
	Covered	Macy Gray[98]
	MDNA	Madonna[99]
	Noctourniquet	The Mars Volta[100]
	Take Me to Your Leader	¡Mayday![101]
	Happy to You	Miike Snow[102]
	Relapse	Ministry[103]
	Seeds	Georgia Anne Muldrow & Madlib[43]
	The Electric Age	Overkill[104]
	Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection	Katy Perry[105]
	Tuskegee	Lionel Richie[106]
	Amaryllis	Shinedown[107]
	Vulnerable	The Used[108]

April

Date	Album	Artist
3	Forget the Storm	Tyler Hilton[109]
	Sick-Wid-It Block Op	Laroo & Turf Talk[110]
	Weapons	Lostprophets[111]
	The Lumineers	The Lumineers[112]
	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded	Nicki Minaj
	Plans Within Plans	MxPx[113]
	Curve	Our Lady Peace[114]
	Bottoms Up	Obie Trice[115]
	Changed	Rascal Flatts[116]
10	Vava Voom	Bassnectar[117]
	Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)	Counting Crows[118]
	The Good Life	Trip Lee
	The Liquid Crystal Project III	J. Rawls[117]
	New Life	Monica[119]
	The Fatal Feast	Municipal Waste[120]
	Bridges	Moka Only & Ayatollah[98]
	Slipstream	Bonnie Raitt[121]
14	Balloon Cement	Buckethead[122]
17	Raw	Blanco & Nipsey Hussle[117]
	The Power Within	DragonForce[123]
	Pluto	Future[124]
	Looking for More	Lauren & Kara[125]
	Love is a Four Letter Word	Jason Mraz[126]
	Picture Show	Neon Trees[127]
	I Missed Us	SWV[128]
	The End Is Where We Begin	Thousand Foot Krutch[72]
	California 37	Train[129]
24	This Machine	The Dandy Warhols[130]
	The Money Store	Death Grips[131]
	Speak in Code	Eve 6[132]
	Generation Freakshow	Feeder[133]
	Up All Night	Kip Moore
	Lillie: F-65	Saint Vitus[134]
	Blunderbuss	Jack White[135]

May

Date	Album	Artist
1	Interludes After Midnight	Blockhead[117]
	Strange Clouds	B.o.B[136]
	Little Broken Hearts	Norah Jones[137]
	Born Villain	Marilyn Manson[138]
	All or Nothing	Pennywise[139]
	Master of My Make-Believe	Santigold[140][141]
	Blown Away	Carrie Underwood[142]
8	The Looking Away	Animal Kingdom[143]
	In the Belly of the Brazen Bull	The Cribs[144]
	Hello	Karmin[145]
	Strangeland	Keane[146]
	Babylon	Matt Skiba and the Sekrets[147]
	Journey Through the Shadows	The Parlotones[148]
	Underground Superstars	Punchline & DJ Soulclap[149]
	Jacaranda	Trevor Rabin[150][151][152]
	Lovers	The Royalty[153]
	Neck of the Woods	Silversun Pickups[154]
	This Is How I Feel	Tank[155]
15	The Only Place	Best Coast[156]
	Not Your Kind of People	Garbage[157]
	Exister	Hot Water Music[158]
	Taster's Choice Vol. 6	J Rocc[117]
	R.A.P. Music	Killer Mike[98]
	Trespassing	Adam Lambert[159]
	Me.Me.	Plushgun[160]
	Go! Pop! Bang!	Rye Rye[161]
	Fire From the Sky	Shadows Fall[162]
	The Temper Trap	The Temper Trap[163]
	Rize of the Fenix	Tenacious D[164]
22	Beneath the Scars	12 Stones[165]
	Thank You Camellia	Kris Allen[166]
	Once Upon Another Time (EP)	Sara Bareilles [167]
	He Still Think He Raw	Casual[168]
	Cancer 4 Cure	El-P[169]
	Born and Raised	John Mayer[170]
	Listen Up!	Haley Reinhart[171]
	Apocalyptic Love	Slash & Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators[172]
	3's	Smile Empty Soul[173]
	Gestalt	The Spill Canvas[174]
	2012	2012 (Statik Selektah & Termanology)[175]
29	Here	Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros[176]
	Heaven	Rebecca Ferguson[177]
	Anxiety	Ladyhawke[178]
	Magic Hour	Scissor Sisters
	From Day 1	Travis Porter[179]
	Heaven	The Walkmen[180]
	What We Saw from the Cheap Seats	Regina Spektor

June

Date	Album	Artist
3	...I'm the Little Temptress!	Lucy Fleming
5	Prisoners	The Agonist[181]
	That's Why God Made the Radio	The Beach Boys[182]
	Live from the Underground	Big K.R.I.T.[183]
	Machines That Make Civilization Fun	Bigg Jus[168]
	The Stoned Immaculate	Curren$y[184]
	The Industrialist	Fear Factory[185]
	Hope (EP)	Hawthorne Heights[186]
	Lex Hives	The Hives[187]
	Celebration Rock	Japandroids [188]
	Love & Danger	Kool Keith[117]
	Dope Sick	Mad Child[98]
	Jennette McCurdy	Jennette McCurdy[189]
	OhNoMite	Oh No[190]
	K.I.C.K. P.U.S.H.	One Be Lo[168]
	Life Will Write The Words	The Rocket Summer[191]
	Sand & Snow	A Silent Film[192]
12	Through the Glass (EP)	Atlas Genius
	Comet	The Bouncing Souls[193]
	Dirty Bass	Far East Movement[194]
	In Our Heads	Hot Chip[195][196]
	Up & Away	Kid Ink[197]
	Synthetica	Metric[198]
	Go	Motion City Soundtrack[199][200]
	People Hear What They See	Oddisee[168]
	Dedication (EP)	Rome[201]
	Looking 4 Myself	Usher[202]
	Triple F Life: Fans, Friends & Family	Waka Flocka Flame[203]
	The Photo Album	Wordsworth[117]
19	The Idler Wheel...	Fiona Apple[204][205]
	Believe	Justin Bieber
	Attractive Sin	Del the Funky Homosapien & Parallel Thought[117]
	Cabin by the Sea	The Dirty Heads[206]
	Let It Go	House Shoes[207]
	Rejuvenation	Juvenile[168]
	Still Doubted?	Lil Wyte[208]
	The View from the Bottom	Lit[209]
	The Last Outlaw	Pastor Troy[168]
	Oceania	The Smashing Pumpkins[210]
	Rugby Thompson	Smoke DZA[211]
	Walk the Moon	Walk the Moon[212]
25	Gone	Vacationer [213]
26	Invisible Stars	Everclear[214]
	Write Me Back	R. Kelly[215]
	Professor @ Large	Large Professor[168]
	Living Things	Linkin Park[216]
	The Grustle	Lil Scrappy[217]
	Overexposed	Maroon 5[218]
	Self Made Vol. 2	Maybach Music Group[219]
	Days Go By	The Offspring[220]

July

Date	Album	Artist
3	Fortune	Chris Brown[221][222]
	Wild Ones	Flo Rida[223]
	H.N.I.C. Part 3	Prodigy[224]
10	Skelethon	Aesop Rock[225]
	Cookies 'n Cream	Blanco & Yukmouth[117]
	In Currents	The Early November[226]
	Channel Orange	Frank Ocean[227]
	Murdered Love	P.O.D.[228][229]
	Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp	Public Enemy[230]
	Harakiri	Serj Tankian[231]
	Uncaged	Zac Brown Band[232]
17	Songs of Patience	Alberta Cross[233][234]
	Russian Roulette	The Alchemist[235]
	When the Lights Go Out (EP)	Havana Brown[236]
	Rebirth	Jimmy Cliff[237]
	Beautiful Friction	The Fixx[238]
	Band of Brothers	Hellyeah [239]
	Spark Seeker	Matisyahu[240]
	Life Is Good	Nas[241]
	Kidz Bop 22	Kidz Bop Kids
	Collide with the Sky	Pierce the Veil[242]
	Snowgoons Dynasty	Snowgoons[243]
	Weight & Glory	KB
	Delayed Reaction	Soul Asylum[244]
	All I Was	Mark Tremonti[245]
	Milo Greene	Milo Greene[246]
24	Handwritten	The Gaslight Anthem[247]
	Dance Again... the Hits	Jennifer Lopez[248]
	Gossamer	Passion Pit[249]
	REBELutionary	Reks & Numonics[250]
31	The RICANstruction: The Black Rosary	Chino XL[98]
	Masters of the Dark Arts	La Coka Nostra[251]
	Nicole & Natalie	Nina Sky[252]
	God Forgives, I Don't	Rick Ross[219]
	C.A.R.	Serengeti[253]
	Lap of Lux	Sir Michael Rocks[254]
	Dark Roots of Earth	Testament[255]

August

Date	Album	Artist
7	The New Frontier	Kokane & Traffik[256]
	Perfectly Imperfect	Elle Varner[257]
9	The Shores of Molokai	Buckethead [258]
14	Based on a T.R.U. Story	2 Chainz[259]
	The Mighty Death Pop!	Insane Clown Posse[260]
	Smothered, Covered & Chunked[261]
	Freaky Tales [261]
	Blood	In This Moment[262]
	Mike E. Clark's Extra Pop Emporium	Mike E. Clark & Insane Clown Posse[261]
	Top of the World	Slightly Stoopid[263]
	Southern Air	Yellowcard[264]
20	The Glorious Dead	The Heavy[265]
21	Four	Bloc Party[266]
	Year of the Dragon	Busta Rhymes[267]
	Hot Cakes	The Darkness[268]
	Kiss the Ring	DJ Khaled[269]
	Last of a Dyin' Breed	Lynyrd Skynyrd[270]
	The Midsummer Station	Owl City[271]
	Chapter V	Trey Songz[272]
	Fragrant World	Yeasayer[273]
28	Sublime Currency	Abandoned Pools[274]
	Violent Waves	Circa Survive[275]
	Havoc and Bright Lights	Alanis Morissette[276][277]
	This Time	Beanie Sigel[278]
	Welcome to: Our House	Slaughterhouse[279]
	Beautiful Surprise	Tamia[280]
	Off the Record (EP)	Torae[281]
	Eye on It	TobyMac[282]

September

Date	Album	Artist
4	Centipede Hz	Animal Collective[283]
	Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them	Blu & Exile[284]
	4th Street Feeling	Melissa Etheridge
	Night Visions	Imagine Dragons[285]
	Gravity	Lecrae[286]
	North	Matchbox Twenty[287]
	The Sheepdogs	The Sheepdogs[288]
	The North	Stars
	Beacon	Two Door Cinema Club[289]
	Push Rewind	Chris Wallace[290]
11	Away from the World	Dave Matthews Band
	Tempest	Bob Dylan[291]
	Undisputed	DMX[292]
	Fight or Flight	Hoobastank
	Tornado	Little Big Town[293]
	Self Entitled	NOFX[294][295][296]
	Theatre Is Evil	Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra
	Elysium	Pet Shop Boys[297]
	Old World Romance	Sea Wolf[298]
	Dead Silence	Billy Talent[299]
	Coexist	The xx[300]
18	Mirage Rock	Band of Horses [301]
	The Sound of the Life of the Mind	Ben Folds Five [302]
	Tomorrowland	Ryan Bingham
	Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color	Brother Ali[303]
	Down IV Part I - The Purple EP	Down[304]
	The Spirit Indestructible	Nelly Furtado[305]
	Cruel Summer	GOOD Music[306]
	Shields	Grizzly Bear[307]
	First of a Living Breed	Homeboy Sandman[308]
	Michael Jackson [302]
	Kiss	Carly Rae Jepsen
	Battle Born	The Killers [309]
	Somethin' 'Bout Kreay	Kreayshawn[310]
	Libertine	Liv Kristine[311]
	Hallelujah! I'm a Bum	Local H[312][313]
	Charmer	Aimee Mann[314]
	Tomahawk Technique	Sean Paul[315]
	The Truth About Love	P!nk[316]
	Enjoy the Company	The Whigs[317]
20	Racks	Buckethead [318]
	March of the Slunks [319]
	The Silent Picture Book[320]
25	Payback	Danny![321]\
	¡Uno!	Green Day[322]
	Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1	Lupe Fiasco[323]
	Hayley Sings	Rachael MacFarlane[324]
	Fame and Fortune	Lucy Fleming[322]
	Babel	Mumford & Sons[325]\
	This Generation	Murs & Fashawn[326]
	Push and Shove	No Doubt[327]
	Aftermath Of The Lowdown	Richie Sambora
	Strapped	The Soft Pack [328]

October

Date	Album	Artist
1	No Love Deep Web	Death Grips[329]
2	Quality Street Music	DJ Drama[330]
	Until the Quiet Comes	Flying Lotus
	Sticks & Stones	Cher Lloyd
	Lightning	Matt & Kim[331]
	Kaleidoscope Dream	Miguel[332]
	The 2nd Law	Muse[333]
	The Bumpy Johnson Album	Prodigy[334]
	Officially Miss Guided	OMG Girlz[335]
	Cedar + Gold	Tristan Prettyman[336]
	Paradise	Cody Simpson
	Transit of Venus	Three Days Grace[337]
	Come of Age	The Vaccines[338]
	Clarity	Zedd
9	Pines	A Fine Frenzy[339]
	Don't Panic	All Time Low
	The Afterman: Ascension	Coheed and Cambria[340]
	All We Love We Leave Behind	Converge[341]
	Halcyon	Ellie Goulding
	Monster	KISS[342]
	The Heist	Macklemore and Ryan Lewis[343]
	Numbers	MellowHype[344]
	Lace Up	MGK[345]
	#3	The Script[346]
	Mugshot Music	Showbiz and A.G.[347]
	Lonerism	Tame Impala
	119	Trash Talk[344]
	Glad All Over	The Wallflowers[348]
	Napalm	Xzibit[349]
16	Night Train	Jason Aldean[350]
	Vital	Anberlin
	A Very Special Christmas 25th Anniversary	Big Machine Records[351]
	Deleted Scenes	Blueprint[334]
	Dusk Till Dawn	Bobby V[352]
	Two Eleven	Brandy[353]
	Sunken Condos	Donald Fagen
	'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!	Godspeed You! Black Emperor
	Country, God, or the Girl	K'naan[354]
	Christmas with Scotty McCreery	Scotty McCreery
	Sing to Me (EP)	Savannah Outen
	GMB	Pac Div[321]
	A Very Merry Perri Christmas (EP)	Christina Perri
	Negroes on Ice	Prince Paul[334]
	A Very Special Christmas: Bringing Peace on Earth	World Records[351]
22	Cobra Juicy	Black Moth Super Rainbow[355]
	Christmas in the Sand	Colbie Caillat
	On This Winter's Night	Lady Antebellum
	good kid, m.A.A.d city	Kendrick Lamar[356]
	Les Is More	Ryan Leslie[357]
	Hello My Name Is...	Bridgit Mendler[358]
	God of the Serengeti	Vinnie Paz[359]
	III	Shiny Toy Guns[360]
	Red	Taylor Swift
30	Sorry to Bother You	The Coup[361]
	Ramblings of an Angry Old Man	Craig G[362]
	New Horizons	Flyleaf[363]
	Cee Lo's Magic Moment	Cee Lo Green[364]
	Dreams & Nightmares	Meek Mill[365]
	Mic Tyson	Sean Price[366]

November

Date	Album	Artist
5	Glee: The Music Presents Glease	Glee Cast[367]
6	Music from Another Dimension!	Aerosmith[368]
	History: Function Music	E-40 & Too Short[369]
	History: Mob Music [369]
	Fizzyology	Lil' Fame & Termanology[370]
	R.E.D.	Ne-Yo[371]
	The Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2: Bread and Circuses	Saigon[372]
13	Lotus	Christina Aguilera[373]
	Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors	Big Boi[374]
	Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage	Susan Boyle[375]
	The Solution	Buckshot & 9th Wonder[376]
	Koi No Yokan	Deftones[377]
	Paradise	Lana Del Rey[378]
	Diamond in the Ruff	Freeway[379]
	¡Dos!	Green Day[322]
	Reloaded	Roc Marciano[321]
	Take Me Home	One Direction[380]
	King Animal	Soundgarden[381]
	The World's Most Hardest MC Project	Styles P[382]
	Trilogy	The Weeknd[383]
	Wu Block	Wu-Tang Clan & D-Block Records[384]
16	Rebel Soul	Kid Rock[385]
19	Greatest Hits • Chapter One	Kelly Clarkson[386][387]
	The Greatest Hits	3 Doors Down[388]
	Woman to Woman	Keyshia Cole[389]
	The World from the Side of the Moon	Phillip Phillips
	Global Warming	Pitbull[390]
	Unapologetic	Rihanna[391]
20	Twelve Reasons to Die	Ghostface Killah[392]
	Long Live the Hustle	DJ Scream[393]
	Prisoner of Conscious	Talib Kweli[394]
23	The Evolution of Man	Example[395]
27	The Art of War III	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony[396]
	Girl on Fire	Alicia Keys[397]
	These Are the Times	Neako[334]
	Glee: The Music, Season 4, Vol. 1	Glee Cast[398]

December

Date	Album	Artist
4	Warrior	Kesha[399]
	O.N.I.F.C.	Wiz Khalifa[400]
11	Unorthodox Jukebox	Bruno Mars[401]
	Jesus Piece	Game[402]
	¡Tré!	Green Day [403]
	Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors	Big Boi
	Almería	Lifehouse[404]
	The Music of Nashville: Season 1, Volume 1	Nashville cast
18	Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head	T.I.[405]
	Finally Rich	Chief Keef[406]

Top hits on record

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 Hits

• "Sexy and I Know It" – LMFAO (2 weeks)
• "We Found Love" – Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris (2 weeks in 2012, 8 weeks in 2011)
• "Set Fire to the Rain" – Adele (2 weeks)
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" – Kelly Clarkson (3 weeks)
• "Part of Me" - Katy Perry (1 week)
• "We Are Young" – fun. feat. Janelle Monáe (6 weeks)
• "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye feat. Kimbra (8 weeks)
• "Call Me Maybe" – Carly Rae Jepsen (9 weeks)
• "Whistle" – Flo Rida (2 weeks)
• "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" – Taylor Swift (3 weeks)
• "One More Night" – Maroon 5 (9 weeks)
• "Diamonds" – Rihanna (3 weeks)
• "Locked Out of Heaven" – Bruno Mars (2 weeks in 2012, 4 weeks in 2013)

Billboard Hot 100 Hits – Singles which have ranked within Top 20

• "5 O'Clock" – T-Pain feat. Wiz Khalifa and Lily Allen (#13 in 2012, #10 in 2011)
• "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" – Train (#20)
• "Adorn" – Miguel (#17)
• "As Long as You Love Me" – Justin Bieber feat. Big Sean (#6)
• "Ass Back Home" – Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch (#12)
• "Back in Time" – Pitbull (#11)
• "Beauty and a Beat" – Justin Bieber feat. Nicki Minaj (#7)
• "Begin Again" – Taylor Swift (#7)
• "Blow Me (One Last Kiss)" – Pink (#5)
• "Blown Away" – Carrie Underwood (#20)
• "Both of Us" – B.o.B feat. Taylor Swift (#18)
• "Boyfriend" – Justin Bieber (#2)
• "Brokenhearted" – Karmin (#16)
• "Call Me Maybe" – Carly Rae Jepsen (#1)
• "Climax" – Usher (#17)
• "Clique" – Kanye West, Jay-Z and Big Sean (#12)
• "Cruise" – Florida Georgia Line (#16)
• "Dance (A$$)" – Big Sean feat. Nicki Minaj (#10)
• "Dance Again" – Jennifer Lopez feat. Pitbull (#17)
• "Diamonds" – Rihanna (#1)
• "Die in Your Arms" – Justin Bieber (#17)
• "Die Young" – Kesha (#2)
• "Domino" – Jessie J (#6)
• "Don't Wake Me Up" – Chris Brown (#10)
• "Don't You Worry Child" – Swedish House Mafia feat. John Martin (#12)
• "Drive By" – Train (#10)
• "Drunk on You" – Luke Bryan (#16)
• "Everybody Talks" – Neon Trees (#6)
• "Eyes Open" – Taylor Swift (#19)
• "Feel So Close" – Calvin Harris (#12)
• "Gangnam Style" – PSY (#2)
• "Girl on Fire" – Alicia Keys feat. Nicki Minaj (#11)
• "Give Me All Your Luvin'" – Madonna feat. Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. (#10)
• "Give Your Heart a Break" – Demi Lovato (#16)
• "Glad You Came" – The Wanted (#3)
• "Good Feeling" – Flo Rida (#3)
• "Good Girl" – Carrie Underwood (#18)
• "Good Time" – Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen (#8)
• "Headlines" – Drake (#15 in 2012, #13 in 2011)
• "Ho Hey" – The Lumineers (#3)
• "Home" – Phillip Phillips (#7)
• "I Cry" – Flo Rida (#6)
• "I Knew You Were Trouble." – Taylor Swift (#3)
• "I Will Always Love You" – Whitney Houston (#3 in 2012, #1 in 1992)
• "I Won't Give Up" – Jason Mraz (#8)
• "International Love" – Pitbull feat. Chris Brown (#13)
• "It Will Rain" – Bruno Mars (#3)
• "It's Time" – Imagine Dragons (#19)
• "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" – Ne-Yo (#6)
• "Let's Go" – Calvin Harris feat. Ne-Yo (#17)
• "Lights" – Ellie Goulding (#2)
• "Live While We're Young" – One Direction (#3)
• "Locked Out of Heaven" – Bruno Mars (#1)
• "Mercy" – Kanye West feat. Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz (#13)
• "Mistletoe" – Justin Bieber (#19 in 2012, #11 in 2011)
• "Moves like Jagger" – Maroon 5 feat. Christina Aguilera (#11 in 2012, #1 in 2011)
• "Mr. Know It All" – Kelly Clarkson (#20 in 2012, #10 in 2011)
• "Niggas in Paris" – Jay-Z and Kanye West (#5)
• "Not Over You" – Gavin DeGraw (#18)
• "One More Night" – Maroon 5 (#1)
• "Paradise" – Coldplay (#20 in 2012, #15 in 2011)
• "Part of Me" – Katy Perry (#1)
• "Party Rock Anthem" – LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock (#6 in 2012, #1 in 2011)
• "Payphone" – Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa (#2)
• "Pound the Alarm" – Nicki Minaj (#15)
• "Pumped Up Kicks" – Foster the People (#19 in 2012, #3 in 2011)
• "Rack City" – Tyga (#7)
• "Red" – Taylor Swift (#6)
• "Red Solo Cup" – Toby Keith (#15)
• "Rolling in the Deep" – Adele (#5 in 2012, #1 in 2011)
• "Ronan" – Taylor Swift (#16)
• "Rumour Has It" – Adele (#16)
• "Scream" – Usher (#9)
• "Scream & Shout" – will.i.am feat. Britney Spears (#12)
• "Set Fire to the Rain" – Adele (#1)
• "Sexy and I Know It" – LMFAO (#1)
• "Skyfall" – Adele (#8)
• "So Good" – B.o.B (#11)
• "Some Nights" – fun. (#3)
• "Somebody That I Used to Know" – Gotye feat. Kimbra (#1)
• "Someone like You – Adele (#7 in 2012, #1 in 2011)
• "Springsteen" – Eric Church (#19)
• "Starships" – Nicki Minaj (#5)
• "State of Grace" – Taylor Swift (#13)
• "Stereo Hearts" – Gym Class Heroes feat. Adam Levine (#10 in 2012, #4 in 2011)
• "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" – Kelly Clarkson (#1)
• "Swimming Pools (Drank)" – Kendrick Lamar (#17)
• "Take a Little Ride" – Jason Aldean (#12)
• "Take Care" – Drake feat. Rihanna (#7)
• "The A Team" – Ed Sheeran (#17)
• "The Motto" – Drake feat. Lil Wayne (#14)
• "The One That Got Away" – Katy Perry (#3)
• "Thrift Shop" – Macklemore and Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz (#13)
• "Titanium" – David Guetta feat. Sia (#7)
• "Too Close" – Alex Clare (#7)
• "Try" – Pink (#14)
• "Turn Me On" – David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj (#4)
• "Turn Up the Music" – Chris Brown (#10)
• "Want U Back" – Cher Lloyd (#12)
• "Wanted" – Hunter Hayes (#16)
• "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" – Taylor Swift (#1)
• "We Are Young" – fun. feat. Janelle Monáe (#1)
• "We Found Love" – Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris (#1)
• "What Makes You Beautiful" – One Direction (#4)
• "Where Have You Been" – Rihanna (#5)
• "Whistle" – Flo Rida (#1)
• "Wide Awake" – Katy Perry (#2)
• "Wild Ones" – Flo Rida feat. Sia (#5)
• "Without You" – David Guetta feat. Usher (#14 in 2012, #4 in 2011)
• "Work Hard, Play Hard" – Wiz Khalifa (#17)
• "Work Out" – J. Cole (#13)
• "Young, Wild & Free" – Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars (#7)

Deaths

• January 1 – Fred Milano, 72, singer (The Belmonts)
• January 2 – Larry Reinhardt, 63, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly)
• January 17 – Johnny Otis, 90, singer
• January 20
  • Etta James, 73, singer
  • John Levy, 99, bassist and manager
• January 21 - Gerre Hancock, 77, organist and composer
• January 25 - Mark Reale, 56, guitarist and songwriter (Riot)
• January 26 – Clare Fischer, 83, composer, arranger, keyboardist
• January 29 - Kell Osborne, 72, singer
• February 1 – David Peaston, 54, gospel singer
• February 5 – Al De Lory, 82, keyboard player, producer, and conductor
• February 7 – Robert Maxwell, 90, harpist and songwriter
• February 8 – Jimmy Sabater, 75, singer and timbales player
• February 11 - Whitney Houston, 48, singer
• February 12 – Zina Bethune, 66, actress, dancer, and choreographer
• February 13 – Russell Arms, 92, actor and singer
• February 22
  • Mike Melvoin, 74, pianist and composer (The Wrecking Crew)
  • Billy Strange, 81, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (The Wrecking Crew)
• February 29 - Davy Jones, 66, British singer, percussionist (The Monkees)
• March 6 - Robert B. Sherman, 86, American songwriter (The Sherman Brothers)
• March 24 - Marion Marlowe, 83, singer and actress
• March 28 - Earl Scruggs, 88, bluegrass musician (Flatt and Scruggs)
• April 19
  • Greg Ham, 58, Australian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist (Men at Work)
  • Levon Helm, 71, American singer, drummer (The Band)
• May 4 - Adam "MCA" Yauch, 47, rapper, bassist (Beastie Boys)
• May 5 - Joe Russell, 72, singer (The Persuasions)
• May 8 - Everett Lilly, 87, singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lilly Brothers)
• May 12 - Snooky Young, 92, American trumpet player (The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra and Count Basie Orchestra)
• May 13 - Donald "Duck" Dunn, 70, bassist (Booker T. & the M.G.'s)
• May 15 - Joe Sell, 33, guitarist (Lucky Boys Confusion)
• May 16 - Chuck Brown, 75, guitarist and singer
• May 17 - Donna Summer, 63, singer
• May 29 - Doc Watson, 89, singer
• June 4 - Herb Reed, 83, vocalist and founder of The Platters
• June 7 - Bob Welch, 66, guitarist (Fleetwood Mac)
• June 10 - Jimmy Elledge, 69, country musician
• June 21 - Richard Adler, 90, composer and producer
• June 27 - Don Grady, 68, drummer (The Yellow Balloon), musician and actor
• July 1 - Ossie Hibbert, 61, Jamaican-American keyboard player and producer (The Aggrovators and The Revolutionaries)
• July 3 - Andy Griffith, 86, actor, singer
• July 7 - Dennis Flemion, 75, drummer (The Frogs)
• July 13 - Ginny Tyler, 86, voice actress and singer
• July 16 - Kitty Wells, 92, country music singer
• July 17 - Ms. Melodie, 43, rapper
• July 24 - Larry Hoppen, 61, singer and guitarist (Orleans)
• July 27 - Tony Martin, 98, singer and actor
• July 31
  • Bobby Edwards, 86, country music singer
  • Tony Sly, 41, singer (No Use for a Name)
• August 1 - Douglas Townsend, 90, composer and musicologist
• August 2
  • Jimmy Jones, 75, singer-songwriter
  • Marguerite Piazza, 92, soprano
• August 6 - Marvin Hamlisch, 68, composer and conductor
• August 18 - Scott McKenzie, 73, singer ("San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair)")
• September 1 - Hal David, 91, lyricist ("Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head")
• September 5 - Joe South, 72, singer-songwriter ("Down in the Boondocks", "Games People Play", "Hush", "Rose Garden")
• September 25 - Andy Williams, 84, singer ("Moon River", "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year")
• September 27 - R. B. Greaves, 68, singer
• October 7 - Wiley Reed, 68, American-Australian singer-songwriter and pianist
• October 1 - Sahara Davenport, 27, drag queen singer
• October 21 - Tim Johnson, 52, country music songwriter
• October 24 - Bill Dees, 73, musician and songwriter ("Oh, Pretty Woman", "It's Over")
• October 26 - Natina Reed, 32, singer/rapper (Blaque) and actress (Bring It On)
• October 27 - Terry Callier, 67, singer-songwriter
• November 1 - Mitch Lucker, 28, singer, lead vocalist of Suicide Silence
• November 12
  • Anthony di Bonaventura, 83, pianist and academic
  • Bob French, 74, drummer and radio host
• November 25 - Earl Carroll, 75, American singer (The Cadillacs, The Coasters)
• November 27 - Mickey Baker, 87, guitarist (Mickey & Sylvia)
• December 1 - Dee Harvey, 47, R&B singer
• December 5 - Dave Brubeck, 91, pianist
• December 9 - Jenni Rivera, 43, singer
• December 12 - Eddie "Guitar" Burns, 84, singer-songwriter and guitarist
• December 19 - Inez Andrews, 83, gospel singer and songwriter
• December 20 - Jimmy McCracklin, 91, singer, songwriter and pianist
• December 21 - Lee Dorman, 70, bassist (Iron Butterfly, Captain Beyond)
• December 22 - Marva Whitney, 68, singer
• December 24
  • Ray Collins, 76, singer (The Mothers of Invention)
  • Capital STEEZ, 19, hip-hop artist
• December 26 - Fontella Bass, 72, singer ("Rescue Me")

See also

• 2012 in music
• List of albums released in 2012
• 2012 in heavy metal music
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 2012

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