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This page lists the albums that reached number-one on the overall Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and the Rap Albums chart in 2012. The Rap Albums chart partly serves as a distillation for rap-specific titles from the overall R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2012. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues , remasters , and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable , defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject.
Throughout 2012, only one act achieved multiple number-one albums on the chart: One Direction with Up All Night and Take Me Home. Swift's album Red sold 1.21 million copies in its first week, making it the album with the highest weekly sales in 2012. [3] 21 was the biggest-selling album of 2012, with 4,410,000 copies sold. [4]
Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref. January 7 "Lotus Flower Bomb" Wale featuring Miguel [1]January 14 [2]January 21 [3]January 28 [4]February 4 "Make Me Proud" Drake featuring Nicki Minaj
List of mixtapes, with selected information Title Mixtape details Art Dealer Chic, Vol. 1: Released: February 27, 2012; Label: Self-released; Format: Digital download
Sales of her albums spike, and "I Will Always Love You" re-enters the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100. 12 – The 54th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Adele won six awards for her album 21, including Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Record of the Year (the latter two for "Rolling in the Deep").
Top R&B Albums; Top Rap Albums; Billboard in October 2012 launched the R&B Songs chart and in January 2013, launched the R&B Albums chart as distillations of the main Hot R&B/Hip-Hop charts. The separate R&B song and album charts rank the top 25 songs or albums, but exclude rap titles. Effectively they are a subset of the main chart.
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