Best-Selling Music of 2012

The top 100 on Amazon UK that year.

A definitive look back at the 2012 Amazon UK chart. Click any cover to find it on Amazon.

For once a compilation led: Now That's What I Call Music! 83 topped 2012, with Adele's 21 still selling a year on. One Direction's Take Me Home and Emeli Sandé's Our Version of Events fronted the new British pop, while Lana Del Rey's Born to Die brought cinematic gloom. The surprises sit in the festive and catalogue corners: Michael Bublé's Christmas charting hard, the Rolling Stones' GRRR! marking fifty years, and Leonard Cohen's late-career Old Ideas landing among the pop. Mumford & Sons' Babel kept folk-rock booming. With talent-show graduates and chart-pop dominating, 2012 was a year of polished, dependable hits rather than disruption.

Born in 2012? See everything that topped the UK charts in 2012 — books, film, games and music.

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#1 — Now That's What I Call Music! 83

Now That's What I Call Music! 83

4.6 · 614 reviews

#2 — 21

4.7 · 9 reviews

#3 — Babel

4.5 · 873 reviews

#4 — Take Me Home

4.6 · 437 reviews

#5 — Our Version of Events

Our Version of Events

4.7 · 7 reviews

#6 — Our Version of Events [Special Edition: Bonus Tracks]

Our Version of Events [Special Edition: Bonus Tracks]

4.7 · 7 reviews

#7 — Born to Die

4.4 · 571 reviews

#8 — Right Place Right Time

Right Place Right Time

4.7 · 921 reviews

#9 — Pop Party 10

4.7 · 211 reviews

#10 — Now That's What I Call Music! 82

Now That's What I Call Music! 82

4.6 · 224 reviews

#11 — Magic of the Movies

Magic of the Movies

4.7 · 671 reviews

#12 — Merry Christmas, Baby

Merry Christmas, Baby

4.6 · 603 reviews

#13 — Christmas [Special Edition: Bonus Tracks]

Christmas [Special Edition: Bonus Tracks]

4.7 · 9 reviews

#14 — Bbc Radio 1'S Live Lounge 2012

Bbc Radio 1'S Live Lounge 2012

4.6 · 183 reviews

#15 — The Truth About Love

The Truth About Love

4.6 · 702 reviews

#16 — Some Nights

4.6 · 323 reviews

#17 — GRRR!

4.6 · 556 reviews

#18 — Mylo Xyloto

4.4 · 638 reviews

#19 — Now That's What I Call Music! 81

Now That's What I Call Music! 81

4.5 · 177 reviews

#20 — Old Ideas

4.6 · 319 reviews

#21 — The Very Best Of Neil Diamond

The Very Best Of Neil Diamond

4.8 · 576 reviews

#22 — Up All Night

4.5 · 450 reviews

#23 — Every Kingdom

4.7 · 486 reviews

#24 — 18 Months

4.6 · 359 reviews

#25 — In My Dreams

4.7 · 373 reviews

#26 — Storyteller

4.5 · 333 reviews

#27 — Unapologetic

4.3 · 357 reviews

#28 — 19

4.5 · 6 reviews

#29 — El Camino

4.7 · 259 reviews

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4.6 · 935 reviews

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4.6 · 935 reviews

#32 — Ceremonials

4.5 · 410 reviews

#33 — Unorthodox Jukebox

Unorthodox Jukebox

4.6 · 715 reviews

#34 — Take The Crown [Regal Edition, Standard CD]

Take The Crown [Regal Edition, Standard CD]

4.4 · 375 reviews

#35 — Anthems 90s

4.6 · 428 reviews

#36 — Now That's What I Call Christmas [2012]

Now That's What I Call Christmas [2012]

4.6 · 470 reviews

#37 — Wrecking Ball

4.5 · 285 reviews

#38 — DNA

4.6 · 325 reviews

#39 — Jake Bugg

4.7 · 893 reviews

#40 — Sigh No More

4.6 · 695 reviews

#41 — The Abbey Road Sessions

The Abbey Road Sessions

4.7 · 360 reviews

#42 — Red

4.6 · 567 reviews

#43 — Fall To Grace

4.7 · 848 reviews

#44 — Stronger Together

Stronger Together

4.7 · 331 reviews

#45 — Together

4.7 · 728 reviews

#46 — An Awesome Wave

An Awesome Wave

4.7 · 336 reviews

#47 — In Case You Didn't Know

In Case You Didn't Know

4.7 · 382 reviews

#48 — Overexposed (Parental Advisory Explicit Content)

Overexposed (Parental Advisory Explicit Content)

4.6 · 210 reviews

#49 — The Golden Age Of Song

The Golden Age Of Song

4.7 · 430 reviews

#50 — Blunderbuss

4.4 · 97 reviews

#51 — Strangeland

4.6 · 251 reviews

#52 — The 2nd Law

4.3 · 453 reviews

#53 — #3

4.5 · 373 reviews

#54 — Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds – The ...

Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version Of The War Of The Worlds – The ...

4.0 · 472 reviews

#55 — Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage

Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage

4.6 · 499 reviews

#56 — Fall To Grace

4.7 · 848 reviews

#57 — Coexist

4.1 · 158 reviews

#58 — Battle Born

4.4 · 297 reviews

#59 — Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

4.6 · 451 reviews

#60 — Boys & Girls

4.3 · 158 reviews

#61 — Making Mirrors

4.4 · 206 reviews

#62 — Doo-Wops and Hooligans

Doo-Wops and Hooligans

4.7 · 664 reviews

#63 — The Lumineers

4.6 · 564 reviews

#64 — Tempest

4.4 · 295 reviews

#65 — Sing EP

4.7 · 170 reviews

#66 — The Best Of Eva Cassidy

The Best Of Eva Cassidy

4.7 · 413 reviews

#67 — ORA

4.4 · 195 reviews

#68 — Until Now

4.6 · 167 reviews

#69 — My Head is an Animal

My Head is an Animal

4.7 · 361 reviews

#70 — Isles of Wonder - Music For The Opening Ceremony Of The Lond...

Isles of Wonder - Music For The Opening Ceremony Of The Lond...

4.5 · 173 reviews

#71 — California 37

4.7 · 192 reviews

#72 — The 2nd Law [Digipack]

The 2nd Law [Digipack]

4.3 · 453 reviews

#73 — Home Again

4.6 · 135 reviews

#74 — Take The Crown [Roar Edition, Limited Edition Artwork]

Take The Crown [Roar Edition, Limited Edition Artwork]

4.4 · 375 reviews

#75 — Celebration Day [2CD+2 PAL DVDs--CD Case]

Celebration Day [2CD+2 PAL DVDs--CD Case]

4.7 · 681 reviews

#76 — Life In A Beautiful Light

Life In A Beautiful Light

4.7 · 228 reviews

#77 — Girl On Fire

4.3 · 166 reviews

#78 — Need You Now

4.7 · 473 reviews

#79 — Now That's What I Call Disney! [2012 Jewel Case]

Now That's What I Call Disney! [2012 Jewel Case]

4.6 · 354 reviews

#80 — Nothing But The Beat

Nothing But The Beat

4.5 · 256 reviews

#81 — Stereo Typical

4.6 · 120 reviews

#82 — Wrecking Ball (Deluxe)

Wrecking Ball (Deluxe)

4.5 · 285 reviews

#83 — Standing At the Sky's Edge

Standing At the Sky's Edge

4.3 · 143 reviews

#84 — Lioness: Hidden Treasures

Lioness: Hidden Treasures

4.5 · 502 reviews

#85 — Come Of Age

4.4 · 106 reviews

#86 — He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother [Hillsborough Tribute Single...

He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother [Hillsborough Tribute Single...

4.9 · 301 reviews

#87 — iUNO!

4.4 · 124 reviews

#88 — Who You Are [Platinum Edition]

Who You Are [Platinum Edition]

4.3 · 348 reviews

#89 — NOW That's What I Call Running

NOW That's What I Call Running

4.4 · 210 reviews

#90 — Coldplay Live 2012 [CD+DVD--CD Case]

Coldplay Live 2012 [CD+DVD--CD Case]

4.7 · 396 reviews

#91 — Battle Born

4.4 · 297 reviews

#92 — Keep Calm and Relax

Keep Calm and Relax

4.5 · 165 reviews

#93 — Whitney Houston - The Ultimate Collection

Whitney Houston - The Ultimate Collection

4.7 · 526 reviews

#94 — What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

What Did You Expect From The Vaccines?

4.4 · 165 reviews

#95 — Electronic Earth

Electronic Earth

4.4 · 124 reviews

#96 — Lovestrong

4.6 · 229 reviews

#97 — Heaven

4.6 · 310 reviews

#98 — The Seldom Seen Kid

The Seldom Seen Kid

4.5 · 495 reviews

#99 — American Soul

4.4 · 208 reviews

#100 — Motown Anthems

4.7 · 344 reviews

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