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NME Albums and Tracks of the Year, 2012

The NME Album of the Year and Single Of The Year was announced on 20 November 2012. It was the 39th countdown of the most popular albums and tracks of the year, as chosen by music reviewers and independent journalists who work for the magazine and for NME.com.[1][2]

Albums edit

Note: UK artists
# Album Artist Country of origin
1 Lonerism Tame Impala   Australia
2 Visions Grimes   Canada
3 Channel Orange Frank Ocean   United States
4 (III) Crystal Castles   Canada
5 An Awesome Wave Alt-J (∆)   United Kingdom
6 Given to the Wild The Maccabees   United Kingdom
7 Beard, Wives, Denim Pond   Australia
8 In the Belly of the Brazen Bull The Cribs   United Kingdom
9 Jake Bugg Jake Bugg   United Kingdom
10 Django Django Django Django   United Kingdom
11 Blunderbuss Jack White   United States
12 Love This Giant David Byrne & St. Vincent   United Kingdom &   United States
13 Oshin DIIV   United States
14 Coexist The xx   United Kingdom
15 Tramp Sharon Van Etten   United States
16 Melody's Echo Chamber Melody's Echo Chamber   France
17 Shields Grizzly Bear   United States
18 Baby Tribes   United Kingdom
19 Toy Toy   United Kingdom
20 America Give Up Howler   United States
21 Sun Cat Power   United States
22 Bloom Beach House   United States
23 Standing at the Sky's Edge Richard Hawley   United Kingdom
24 Children Of Desire Merchandise   United Kingdom
25 Mature Themes Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti   United States
26 Enjoy It While It Lasts Spector   United Kingdom
27 Devotion Jessie Ware   United Kingdom
28 Sweet Heart Sweet Light Spiritualized   United Kingdom
29 2 Mac DeMarco   Canada
30 Other People's Problems Breton   United Kingdom
31 Cruel Summer Various artists from GOOD Music   United States
32 The Haunted Man Bat For Lashes   United Kingdom
33 A+E Graham Coxon   United Kingdom
34 In Our Heads Hot Chip   United Kingdom
35 METZ METZ   Canada
36 Come of Age The Vaccines   United Kingdom
37 A Flash Flood of Colour Enter Shikari   United Kingdom
38 Trouble Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs   United Kingdom
39 WIXIW Liars   United States
40 Give You the Ghost Poliça   United States
41 Twins Ty Segall   United States
42 Sonik Kicks Paul Weller   United Kingdom
43 Wiki93 Ratking   United States
44 Good Kid, M.A.A.D City Kendrick Lamar   United States
45 Born To Die[a] Lana Del Rey   United States
46 The Bravest Man in the Universe Bobby Womack   United States
47 Fin John Talabot   Spain
48 Be Strong The 2 Bears   United Kingdom
49 Until the Quiet Comes Flying Lotus   United States
50 Shrines Purity Ring   Canada
  1. ^ The track "Video Games" won Single of the Year in 2011.

Countries represented edit

Singles edit

Note: UK artists
# Track Artist Country of origin
1 "Best Of Friends" Palma Violets   United Kingdom
2 "Bad Girls" M.I.A.   United Kingdom
3 "Under the Westway" Blur   United Kingdom
4 "Forever" HAIM   United States
5 "Ill Manors" Plan B   United Kingdom
6 "Oblivion" Grimes   Canada
7 "Lightning Bolt" Jake Bugg   United Kingdom
8 "Laura" Bat for Lashes   United Kingdom
9 "Elephant" Tame Impala   Australia
10 "Sixteen Saltines" Jack White   United States
11 "Husbands" Savages   United Kingdom
12 "Pyramids" Frank Ocean   United States
13 "California Daze" Peace   United Kingdom
14 "Breezeblocks" Alt-J (∆)   United Kingdom
15 "Clique" Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean   United States
16 "Genesis" Grimes   Canada
17 "Come on, be a No-One" The Cribs   United Kingdom
18 "R U Mine?" Arctic Monkeys   United Kingdom
19 "Losing You" Solange   United States
20 "Call Me Maybe" Carly Rae Jepsen   Canada
21 "I Follow You" Melody's Echo Chamber   France
22 "Higher Ground" TNGHT   United Kingdom /   Canada
23 "Wildest Moments" Jessie Ware   United Kingdom
24 "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" Taylor Swift   United States
25 "You Broke My Cool" Pond   Australia
26 "Chi-Town" The Cribs   United Kingdom
27 "Ruin" Cat Power   United States
28 "Lies" CHVRCHES   United Kingdom
29 "New York" Angel Haze   United States
30 "Cough Cough" Everything Everything   United Kingdom
31 "Gonna Make My Own Money" Deap Vally   United States
32 "Who" David Byrne & St. Vincent   United Kingdom &   United States
33 "Lies" Burns   United Kingdom
34 "Jasmine" Jai Paul   United Kingdom
35 "Rock Bottom" King Krule   United Kingdom
36 "Teenage Icon" The Vaccines   United Kingdom
37 "What You Came For" Mosca featuring Katy B   United Kingdom
38 "Friday Night, Don't Ever Let It End" Spector   United Kingdom
39 "Mercy" Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz   United States
40 "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" Tame Impala   Australia
41 "Default" Django Django   United Kingdom
42 "Doom and Gloom" The Rolling Stones   United Kingdom
43 "Bloodshake" Peace   United Kingdom
44 "Wrath Of God" Crystal Castles   Canada
45 "Ima Read" Zebra Katz   United States
46 "Forrest Gump" Frank Ocean   United States
47 "Follow Baby" Peace   United Kingdom
48 "Get Free" Major Lazer featuring Amber Coffman   United States
49 "Backseat Freestyle" Kendrick Lamar   United States
50 "Gangnam Style" Psy   South Korea

Artists with multiple entries edit

3 Entries

  • Peace (13, 43, 47)

2 Entries

  • Grimes (6, 16)
  • Tame Impala (9, 40)
  • Frank Ocean (12, 46)
  • Kanye West (15, 39)
  • Big Sean (15, 39)
  • The Cribs (17, 26)

Countries represented edit

References edit

  1. ^ "NME's best albums and tracks of 2012". NME. 6 October 2016.
  2. ^ "50 Best Tracks of 2012 | NME.COM". NME. Archived from the original on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2020-04-21.
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