New Zealand top 50 albums of 2012 explained

This is a list of the top-selling albums in New Zealand for 2012 from the Official New Zealand Music Chart's end-of-year chart, compiled by Recorded Music NZ.^[1]

Chart

- Album of New Zealand origin

Rank	Artist	Title
1	Adele	21
2	Ed Sheeran	+
3	One Direction	Up All Night
4	Mumford & Sons	Babel
5	The Black Keys	El Camino
6	Taylor Swift	Red
7	Rod Stewart	Merry Christmas, Baby
8	Six60	Six60
9	One Direction	Take Me Home
10	Pink	The Truth About Love
11	Lana Del Rey	Born To Die
12	Susan Boyle
13	Michael Bublé	Christmas
14	Led Zeppelin	Celebration Day
15	Bruno Mars	Doo-Wops & Hooligans
16	Skrillex	Bangarang
17	Coldplay	Mylo Xyloto
18	Peter Posa	White Rabbit: The Very Best Of Peter Posa
19	Fun	Some Nights
20	Whitney Houston	The Ultimate Collection
21	Reece Mastin	Reece Mastin
22	Katy Perry	Teenage Dream
23	Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons	Jersey's Best: The Very Best of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons
24	Rod Stewart
25	Kimbra	Vows
26	Florence and the Machine	Ceremonials
27	Gin Wigmore	Gravel & Wine
28	Justin Bieber	Believe
29	Leonard Cohen	Old Ideas
30	Maroon 5	Overexposed
31	The Rolling Stones	GRRR!
32	Amy Winehouse
33	Linkin Park	Living Things
34	Bee Gees	Mythology
35	LMFAO	Sorry for Party Rocking
36	Mumford & Sons	Sigh No More
37	Adele	19
38	Karise Eden	My Journey
39	Dennis Marsh	Sounds of the Pacific
40	Bruno Mars	Unorthodox Jukebox
41	Mark Knopfler	Privateering
42	Nicki Minaj
43	David Guetta	Nothing but the Beat
44	Slash and Myles Kennedy	Apocalyptic Love
45	Home Brew	Home Brew
46	Fleetwood Mac	25 Years – The Chain
47	Jersey Boys original Broadway cast
48	Skrillex	Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites
49	Kora	Light Years
50	Foo Fighters	Wasting Light

Web site: END OF YEAR CHARTS 2012. The Official NZ Music Charts. Recorded Music NZ. 9 January 2014.