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List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2012

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These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2012. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday with the chart-date given as the following Thursday. Chart positions are based the multi-metric consumption of country music in the United Kingdom, blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums. The chart contains 20 positions.

In the iteration of the chart dated 1 January, Need You Now by Lady Antebellum spent its twenty-eighth week at number one. In fact, Lady Antebellum spent a total of thirty-three weeks in the top spot with Need You Now and their follow-up album Own the Night, including occupying the chart peak every week from 22 July until the end of the year on 30 December. Gretchen Peters spent five nonconsecutive weeks at number one with Hello Cruel World, while Nanci Griffith earned her third and final UK Country number one with Intersection, the last album she released before her death in 2021. In addition to Griffith, four other artists spent two consecutive weeks in the top spot: The Band Perry with their self-titled debut album, And So It Goes by Don Williams, Carrie Underwood's Blown Away, and Mary Chapin Carpenter's Ashes and Roses, which became her fourth UK chart topper. The final number one of the year was Need You Now by Lady Antebellum.

Chart history

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Band Lady Antebellum
Lady Antebellum spent a leading thirty-three weeks at number one with their two albums Need You Now and Own the Night.
Singer Gretchen Peters
Hello Cruel World by Gretchen Peters spent five weeks at the chart peak.
Singer Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith's Intersection became her third and final number one before her death in 2021.
Band The Band Perry
The Band Perry's debut album was number one for two consecutive weeks.
Singer Don Williams
Veteran artist Don Williams achieved his first ever number one with And So It Goes.
Singer Carrie Underwood
Blown Away became Carrie Underwood's second UK number one, and held the top spot for two weeks.
Issue date Album Artist(s) Record label Ref.
1 January Need You Now Lady Antebellum Capitol [1]
8 January Middle of Everywhere Pokey LaFarge Continental Song [2]
15 January For the Good Times The Little Willies Parlophone [3]
22 January Need You Now Lady Antebellum Capitol [4]
29 January Ghost on the Canvas Glen Campbell Surfdog [5]
5 February Hello Cruel World Gretchen Peters Proper [6]
12 February [7]
19 February [8]
26 February Intersection Nanci Griffith [9]
4 March [10]
11 March Hello Cruel World Gretchen Peters [11]
18 March [12]
25 March The Band Perry The Band Perry Mercury Nashville [13]
1 April [14]
8 April Own the Night Lady Antebellum Capitol [15]
15 April [16]
22 April [17]
26 April [18]
6 May And So It Goes Don Williams Sugar Hill [19]
13 May [20]
20 May Heroes Willie Nelson Sony [21]
27 May Own the Night Lady Antebellum Capitol [22]
3 June [23]
10 June Need You Now [24]
17 June The Classics Johnny Cash Sony [25]
24 June Blown Away Carrie Underwood Arista Nashville [26]
1 July [27]
8 July Ashes and Roses Mary Chapin Carpenter Rounder [28]
15 July [29]
22 July Own the Night Lady Antebellum Capitol [30]
29 July [31]
5 August [32]
12 August [33]
19 August [34]
26 August [35]
2 September [36]
9 September [37]
16 September [38]
23 September [39]
30 September [40]
7 October [41]
14 October [42]
21 October [43]
28 October [44]
4 November [45]
11 November [46]
18 November [47]
25 November Need You Now/Own the Night [48]
2 December [49]
9 December Need You Now [50]
16 December [51]
23 December [52]
30 December [53]

Most weeks at number one

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Weeks at number one Artist
33 Lady Antebellum
5 Gretchen Peters
2 Carrie Underwood
Don Williams
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Nanci Griffith
The Band Perry

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "1st January 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 1 January 2012.
  2. ^ "8th January 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 8 January 2012.
  3. ^ "15th January 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 15 January 2012.
  4. ^ "22nd January 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 22 January 2012.
  5. ^ "29th January 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 29 January 2012.
  6. ^ "5th February 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 5 February 2012.
  7. ^ "12th February 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 12 February 2012.
  8. ^ "19th February 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 19 February 2012.
  9. ^ "26th February 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 26 February 2012.
  10. ^ "4th March 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 4 March 2012.
  11. ^ "11th March 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 11 March 2012.
  12. ^ "18th March 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 18 March 2012.
  13. ^ "25th March 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 25 March 2012.
  14. ^ "1st April 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 1 April 2012.
  15. ^ "8th April 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 8 April 2012.
  16. ^ "15th April 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 15 April 2012.
  17. ^ "22nd April 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 22 April 2012.
  18. ^ "26th April 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 26 April 2012.
  19. ^ "6th May 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 6 May 2012.
  20. ^ "13th May 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 13 May 2012.
  21. ^ "20th May 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 20 May 2012.
  22. ^ "27th May 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 27 May 2012.
  23. ^ "3rd June 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 3 June 2012.
  24. ^ "10th June 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 10 June 2012.
  25. ^ "17th June 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 17 June 2012.
  26. ^ "24th June 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 24 June 2012.
  27. ^ "1st July 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 1 July 2012.
  28. ^ "8th July 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 8 July 2012.
  29. ^ "15th July 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 15 July 2012.
  30. ^ "22nd July 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 22 July 2012.
  31. ^ "29th July 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 29 July 2012.
  32. ^ "5th August 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 5 August 2012.
  33. ^ "12th August 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 12 August 2012.
  34. ^ "19th August 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 19 August 2012.
  35. ^ "26th August 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 26 August 2012.
  36. ^ "2nd September 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 2 September 2012.
  37. ^ "9th September 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 9 September 2012.
  38. ^ "16th September 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 16 September 2012.
  39. ^ "23rd September 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 23 September 2012.
  40. ^ "30th September 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 30 September 2012.
  41. ^ "7th October 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 7 October 2012.
  42. ^ "14th October 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 14 October 2012.
  43. ^ "21st October 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 21 October 2012.
  44. ^ "28th October 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 28 October 2012.
  45. ^ "4th November 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 4 November 2012.
  46. ^ "11th November 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 11 November 2012.
  47. ^ "18th November 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 18 November 2012.
  48. ^ "25th November 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 25 November 2012.
  49. ^ "2nd December 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 2 December 2012.
  50. ^ "9th December 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 9 December 2012.
  51. ^ "16th December 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 16 December 2012.
  52. ^ "23rd December 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 23 December 2012.
  53. ^ "30th December 2012". London: Official Charts Company. 30 December 2012.
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