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2012 in American music

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Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
10	Live from the Kitchen	Yo Gotti^[6]	Hip hop
	These Times	SafetySuit^[7]	Alternative rock pop rock
	Socratic	Socratic	Pop-punk
17	Beautiful Things	Anthony Green^[8]	Indie
17	Kidz Bop 21	Kidz Bop Kids^[9]	Pop
24	100 Proof	Kellie Pickler^[10]	Country
	Attack on Memory	Cloud Nothings	Indie rock garage rock alternative rock
	The Church of Rock and Roll	Foxy Shazam^[11]	Hard rock glam rock
	Emotional Traffic	Tim McGraw	Country
	Human Again	Ingrid Michaelson^[12]	Indie pop
	iSoundtrack II	iCarly^[13]	Pop
	Let's Go Eat the Factory	Guided by Voices^[14]	Indie rock
	Resolution	Lamb of God^[15]^[16]	Groove metal thrash metal
	Something	Chairlift^[17]	Synthpop art pop new wave post-punk
	The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy	Nada Surf^[18]	Alternative rock
	We're Here with You	Julien K^[19]	Electronic rock alternative rock industrial rock synth-pop
	Wishing Well	Cheyenne Marie Mize^[20]	Folk rock
31	Beyond Magnetic (EP)	Metallica^[21]	Heavy metal thrash metal speed metal
	Born to Die	Lana Del Rey^[22]	Alternative pop baroque pop indie pop sadcore trip hop
	Invicta	Hit the Lights^[23]	Pop punk indie rock alternative rock

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
7	Blues Funeral	Mark Lanegan^[24]	Alternative rock blues rock
	A Different Kind of Truth	Van Halen^[25]	Hard rock heavy metal
	Go Fly a Kite	Ben Kweller^[26]	Power pop alt-country folk rock
	Home	Dierks Bentley^[27]	Country
	Scars & Stories	The Fray^[28]	Alternative rock pop rock soft rock
	Tramp	Sharon Van Etten^[29]	Indie folk
14	Continued Silence EP	Imagine Dragons^[30]	Alternative rock indie rock pop rock pop
	King or the Fool	Tony Williams^[31]	R&B
	Muscle Car Chronicles	Curren$y^[32]	Hip hop alternative hip hop
	Ski Beatz 24 Hour Karate School Presents Twilight	Ski Beatz^[33]	Hip hop
21	Breakfast	Chiddy Bang^[34]	Hip hop
	Careless World: Rise of the Last King	Tyga^[35]	Hip hop
	Electric Sea	Buckethead^[36]	Ambient classical folk
	On the Impossible Past	The Menzingers^[37]	Punk rock heartland rock emo indie rock
	Reign of Terror	Sleigh Bells^[38]	Noise pop indie rock
	Some Nights	fun.^[39]	Indie pop rock
28	Black Belt Theatre	Planet Asia^[32]	Hip hop
	Black Radio	Robert Glasper Experiment^[40]	Jazz jazz rap hip hop R&B soul
	Corrosion of Conformity	Corrosion of Conformity^[41]	Stoner rock sludge metal
	The Day After Tomorrow	Maino^[42]	Hip hop
	Ghostory	School of Seven Bells^[43]	Indie rock dream pop shoegaze indietronica
	God Save the King	Copywrite^[44]	Hip hop
	Hordes of Zombies	Terrorizer^[45]	Deathgrind
	The Minimal Wave Tapes Vol. 2	Stones Throw Records & Minimal Wave Records^[32]
	No Trespassing	Too $hort^[46]	Hip hop
	PIL2	Ja Rule^[47]	Hip hop
	WZRD	WZRD^[48]	Alternative rock

Date	Album	Artist	Genre(s)
6	Break it Yourself	Andrew Bird^[49]	Indie rock baroque pop
	Hit Me Like a Man EP	The Pretty Reckless	Alternative rock hard rock post-grunge
	Mia Pharaoh	Miniature Tigers^[50]	Neo-psychedelia dream pop synthpop indie pop
	Milk Famous	White Rabbits^[51]	Indie rock
	Now	Fireflight^[52]	Christian rock hard rock post-grunge
	Rapper's Best Friend 2	The Alchemist^[32]	Hip hop
	Rigmarole	Pep Love^[32]	Hip hop
	Threads	Now, Now^[53]	Indie rock
	Wrecking Ball	Bruce Springsteen^[54]	Heartland rock folk rock
13	Anarchy, My Dear	Say Anything^[55]	Alternative rock pop punk
	Felony Flats	Anya Marina^[56]	Indie rock indie pop alternative rock
	Letters from Birmingham	Ruben Studdard^[57]	R&B pop soul
	Port of Morrow	The Shins^[58]	Rock
	Q.B. O.G.: The Best of MC Shan	MC Shan^[32]	Hip hop R&B
	South Bronx Teachings: A Collection of Boogie Down Productions	Boogie Down Productions^[32]	Hip hop
	Torture	Cannibal Corpse^[59]	Death metal
20	Building	Brian Larsen^[60]	Rock Pop Rock
	The General Strike	Anti-Flag^[61]	Punk rock
	Mixed Emotions	Tanlines^[62]	electronic indie rock
	The Odd Future Tape Vol. 2	Odd Future^[32]	Hip hop
	Radio Music Society	Esperanza Spalding^[63]	Contemporary jazz
	Unexpected Arrival	Diggy^[64]	Hip hop R&B
27	Amaryllis	Shinedown^[65]	Hard rock alternative metal post-grunge
	The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 1	E-40^[66]	Hip hop
	The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 2
	The Block Brochure: Welcome to the Soil 3
	Covered	Macy Gray^[67]	R&B soul rock
	The Electric Age	Overkill^[68]	Thrash metal
	Kids in the Street	The All-American Rejects^[69]	Alternative rock power pop
	Kolexxxion	Bumpy Knuckles & DJ Premier^[70]	Hip hop
	MDNA	Madonna^[71]	Dance-pop electropop electro house Eurodance EDM Euro house
	The Next Logical Progression	Gift of Gab^[67]	Hip hop
	The Night the Sun Came Up	Dev^[72]	Electropop dance-pop
	Noctourniquet	The Mars Volta^[73]	Progressive rock experimental rock
	Take Me to Your Leader	¡Mayday!^[74]	Hip hop rap rock alternative rock alternative hip hop
	Relapse	Ministry^[75]	Industrial metal thrash metal
	Seeds	Georgia Anne Muldrow & Madlib^[32]
	Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection	Katy Perry^[76]	Pop pop rock
	Tuskegee	Lionel Richie^[77]	Country R&B pop
	Vulnerable	The Used^[78]	Emo post-hardcore alternative rock

Date	Album	Artist
3	Bottoms Up	Obie Trice^[79]
	Changed	Rascal Flatts^[80]
	Forget the Storm	Tyler Hilton^[81]
	The Lumineers	The Lumineers^[82]
	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded	Nicki Minaj
	Plans Within Plans	MxPx^[83]
	Sick-Wid-It Block Op	Laroo & Turf Talk^[84]
	Weapons	Lostprophets^[85]
10	Bridges	Moka Only & Ayatollah^[67]
	The Fatal Feast	Municipal Waste^[86]
	The Good Life	Trip Lee
	The Liquid Crystal Project III	J. Rawls^[87]
	New Life	Monica^[88]
	Slipstream	Bonnie Raitt^[89]
	Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation)	Counting Crows^[90]
	Vava Voom	Bassnectar^[87]
14	Balloon Cement	Buckethead^[91]
17	California 37	Train^[92]
	I Missed Us	SWV^[93]
	Looking for More	Lauren & Kara^[94]
	Love is a Four Letter Word	Jason Mraz^[95]
	Pluto	Future^[96]
	Picture Show	Neon Trees^[97]
	Raw	Blanco & Nipsey Hussle^[87]
24	Blunderbuss	Jack White^[98]
	Generation Freakshow	Feeder^[99]
	Lillie: F-65	Saint Vitus^[100]
	Loaded	Mickey Avalon
	Mondo	Electric Guest
	The Money Store	Death Grips^[101]
	Speak in Code	Eve 6^[102]
	This Machine	The Dandy Warhols^[103]
	Up All Night	Kip Moore

Date	Album	Artist
1	All or Nothing	Pennywise^[104]
	Blown Away	Carrie Underwood^[105]
	Born Villain	Marilyn Manson^[106]
	Interludes After Midnight	Blockhead^[87]
	Little Broken Hearts	Norah Jones^[107]
	Master of My Make-Believe	Santigold^[108]^[109]
	Sound the Drum	The Mowgli's
	Strange Clouds	B.o.B^[110]
8	Babylon	Matt Skiba and the Sekrets^[111]
	Hello	Karmin^[112]
	In the Belly of the Brazen Bull	The Cribs^[113]
	Jacaranda	Trevor Rabin^[114]^[115]^[116]
	Journey Through the Shadows	The Parlotones^[117]
	The Looking Away	Animal Kingdom^[118]
	Lovers	The Royalty^[119]
	Neck of the Woods	Silversun Pickups^[120]
	Strangeland	Keane^[121]
	This Is How I Feel	Tank^[122]
	Underground Superstars	Punchline & DJ Soulclap^[123]
15	Exister	Hot Water Music^[124]
	Fire From the Sky	Shadows Fall^[125]
	Go! Pop! Bang!	Rye Rye^[126]
	Me.Me.	Plushgun^[127]
	Not Your Kind of People	Garbage^[128]
	The Only Place	Best Coast^[129]
	R.A.P. Music	Killer Mike^[67]
	Rize of the Fenix	Tenacious D^[130]
	Taster's Choice Vol. 6	J Rocc^[87]
	Trespassing	Adam Lambert^[131]
	The Temper Trap	The Temper Trap^[132]
22	2012	2012 (Statik Selektah & Termanology)^[133]
	3's	Smile Empty Soul^[134]
	Apocalyptic Love	Slash & Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators^[135]
	Beneath the Scars	12 Stones^[136]
	Born and Raised	John Mayer^[137]
	Cancer 4 Cure	El-P^[138]
	Gestalt	The Spill Canvas^[139]
	He Still Think He Raw	Casual^[140]
	Listen Up!	Haley Reinhart^[141]
	Once Upon Another Time (EP)	Sara Bareilles^[142]
	Thank You Camellia	Kris Allen^[143]
29	Anxiety	Ladyhawke^[144]
	From Day 1	Travis Porter^[145]
	Heaven	The Walkmen^[146]
	Here	Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros^[147]
	Magic Hour	Scissor Sisters
	What We Saw from the Cheap Seats	Regina Spektor

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Date	Album	Artist
4	Manifest!	Friends
5	Celebration Rock	Japandroids^[148]
	Dope Sick	Mad Child^[67]
	Hope (EP)	Hawthorne Heights^[149]
	The Industrialist	Fear Factory^[150]
	Jennette McCurdy	Jennette McCurdy^[151]
	K.I.C.K. P.U.S.H.	One Be Lo^[140]
	Lex Hives	The Hives^[152]
	Life Will Write The Words	The Rocket Summer^[153]
	Live from the Underground	Big K.R.I.T.^[154]
	Love & Danger	Kool Keith^[87]
	Machines That Make Civilization Fun	Bigg Jus^[140]
	OhNoMite	Oh No^[155]
	Prisoners	The Agonist^[156]
	Safe Travels	Jukebox the Ghost
	Sand & Snow	A Silent Film^[157]
	The Stoned Immaculate	Curren$y^[158]
	That's Why God Made the Radio	The Beach Boys^[159]
	Thirty Miles West	Alan Jackson
12	Comet	The Bouncing Souls^[160]
	Dedication (EP)	Rome^[161]
	Dirty Bass	Far East Movement^[162]
	Go	Motion City Soundtrack^[163]^[164]
	Looking 4 Myself	Usher^[165]
	People Hear What They See	Oddisee^[140]
	The Photo Album	Wordsworth^[87]
	Since Our Departure	Dinner and a Suit
	Through the Glass (EP)	Atlas Genius
	Triple F Life: Fans, Friends & Family	Waka Flocka Flame^[166]
	Up & Away	Kid Ink^[167]
19	Attractive Sin	Del the Funky Homosapien & Parallel Thought^[87]
	Believe	Justin Bieber
	Cabin by the Sea	The Dirty Heads^[168]
	The Idler Wheel...	Fiona Apple^[169]^[170]
	The Last Outlaw	Pastor Troy^[140]
	Let It Go	House Shoes^[171]
	Rejuvenation	Juvenile^[140]
	Oceania	The Smashing Pumpkins^[172]
	Rugby Thompson	Smoke DZA^[173]
	Still Doubted?	Lil Wyte^[174]
	The View from the Bottom	Lit^[175]
	Walk the Moon	Walk the Moon^[176]
25	Gone	Vacationer^[177]
26	Days Go By	The Offspring^[178]
	The Grustle	Lil Scrappy^[179]
	Invisible Stars	Everclear^[180]
	Living Things	Linkin Park^[181]
	Overexposed	Maroon 5^[182]
	Professor @ Large	Large Professor^[140]
	PTX, Volume 1	Pentatonix^[183]
	Self Made Vol. 2	Maybach Music Group^[184]
	Write Me Back	R. Kelly^[185]

Date	Album	Artist
3	Fortune	Chris Brown^[186]^[187]
	H.N.I.C. Part 3	Prodigy^[188]
	Wild Ones	Flo Rida^[189]
10	Channel Orange	Frank Ocean^[190]
	Cookies 'n Cream	Blanco & Yukmouth^[87]
	Harakiri	Serj Tankian^[191]
	In Currents	The Early November^[192]
	Most of My Heroes Still Don't Appear on No Stamp	Public Enemy^[193]
	Murdered Love	P.O.D.^[194]^[195]
	Skelethon	Aesop Rock^[196]
	Uncaged	Zac Brown Band^[197]
	Voyeur	Saint Motel^[198]
17	All I Was	Mark Tremonti^[199]
	Band of Brothers	Hellyeah^[200]
	Beautiful Friction	The Fixx^[201]
	Collide with the Sky	Pierce the Veil^[202]
	Delayed Reaction	Soul Asylum^[203]
	Kidz Bop 22	Kidz Bop Kids
	Life Is Good	Nas^[204]
	Milo Greene	Milo Greene^[205]
	Rebirth	Jimmy Cliff^[206]
	Russian Roulette	The Alchemist^[207]
	Snowgoons Dynasty	Snowgoons^[208]
	Songs of Patience	Alberta Cross^[209]^[210]
	Spark Seeker	Matisyahu^[211]
	Weight & Glory	KB
24	Dance Again... the Hits	Jennifer Lopez^[212]
	Gossamer	Passion Pit^[213]
	Handwritten	The Gaslight Anthem^[214]
	REBELutionary	Reks & Numonics^[215]
31	C.A.R.	Serengeti^[216]
	Dark Roots of Earth	Testament^[217]
	God Forgives, I Don't	Rick Ross^[184]
	Lap of Lux	Sir Michael Rocks^[218]
	Masters of the Dark Arts	La Coka Nostra^[219]
	Nicole & Natalie	Nina Sky^[220]

Date	Album	Artist
7	Lost in Transition	Sixpence None the Richer
	The New Frontier	Kokane & Traffik^[221]
	Perfectly Imperfect	Elle Varner^[222]
9	The Shores of Molokai	Buckethead^[223]
14	Based on a T.R.U. Story	2 Chainz^[224]
	Blood	In This Moment^[225]
	Freaky Tales	Insane Clown Posse^[226]
	The Mighty Death Pop!	Insane Clown Posse^[227]
	Mike E. Clark's Extra Pop Emporium	Mike E. Clark & Insane Clown Posse^[226]
	Smothered, Covered & Chunked	Insane Clown Posse^[226]
	Southern Air	Yellowcard^[228]
	Top of the World	Slightly Stoopid^[229]
20	The Glorious Dead	The Heavy^[230]
21	Chapter V	Trey Songz^[231]
	Four	Bloc Party^[232]
	Fragrant World	Yeasayer^[233]
	Hot Cakes	The Darkness^[234]
	Kiss the Ring	DJ Khaled^[235]
	Last of a Dyin' Breed	Lynyrd Skynyrd^[236]
	The Midsummer Station	Owl City^[237]
	Year of the Dragon	Busta Rhymes^[238]
28	Beautiful Surprise	Tamia^[239]
	The Circle in the Square	Flobots
	Eye on It	TobyMac^[240]
	Havoc and Bright Lights	Alanis Morissette^[241]^[242]
	Infinity Overhead	Minus the Bear^[243]
	Off the Record (EP)	Torae^[244]
	Sublime Currency	Abandoned Pools^[245]
	This Time	Beanie Sigel^[246]
	Violent Waves	Circa Survive^[247]
	Welcome to: Our House	Slaughterhouse^[248]

Date	Album	Artist
4	4th Street Feeling	Melissa Etheridge
	Beacon	Two Door Cinema Club^[249]
	Centipede Hz	Animal Collective^[250]
	Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them	Blu & Exile^[251]
	Gravity	Lecrae^[252]
	Night Visions	Imagine Dragons^[253]
	North	Matchbox Twenty^[254]
	The North	Stars
	Push Rewind	Chris Wallace^[255]
	Silver Age	Bob Mould
	The Sheepdogs	The Sheepdogs^[256]
11	Away from the World	Dave Matthews Band
	Bright Black Heaven	Blaqk Audio
	Coexist	The xx^[257]
	Dead Silence	Billy Talent^[258]
	Elysium	Pet Shop Boys^[259]
	Fight or Flight	Hoobastank
	Old World Romance	Sea Wolf^[260]
	Self Entitled	NOFX^[261]^[262]^[263]
	Tempest	Bob Dylan^[264]
	Theatre Is Evil	Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra
	Tornado	Little Big Town^[265]
	Undisputed	DMX^[266]
18	Bad 25	Michael Jackson^[267]
	Battle Born	The Killers^[268]
	Charmer	Aimee Mann^[269]
	Cinematics	Set It Off
	Close the Distance	Go Radio
	Cruel Summer	GOOD Music^[270]
	Down IV Part I - The Purple EP	Down^[271]
	Enjoy the Company	The Whigs^[272]
	First of a Living Breed	Homeboy Sandman^[273]
	Hallelujah! I'm a Bum	Local H^[274]^[275]
	Libertine	Liv Kristine^[276]
	Mirage Rock	Band of Horses^[277]
	Mourning in America and Dreaming in Color	Brother Ali^[278]
	Shields	Grizzly Bear^[279]
	Somethin' 'Bout Kreay	Kreayshawn^[280]
	The Sound of the Life of the Mind	Ben Folds Five^[267]
	Tomorrowland	Ryan Bingham
	Tomahawk Technique	Sean Paul^[281]
	The Truth About Love	P!nk^[282]
20	March of the Slunks	Buckethead^[283]
	Racks^[284]
	The Silent Picture Book^[285]
25	Aftermath Of The Lowdown	Richie Sambora
	Fame and Fortune	Lucy Fleming^[286]
	Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1	Lupe Fiasco^[287]
	Hayley Sings	Rachael MacFarlane^[288]
	Payback	Danny!^[289]
	Push and Shove	No Doubt^[290]
	Ricanstruction: The Black Rosary	Chino XL^[67]
	Strapped	The Soft Pack^[291]
	This Generation	Murs & Fashawn^[292]
	¡Uno!	Green Day^[286]

Date	Album	Artist
1	No Love Deep Web	Death Grips^[293]
2	The Bumpy Johnson Album	Prodigy^[294]
	Cedar + Gold	Tristan Prettyman^[295]
	Come of Age	The Vaccines^[296]
	Kaleidoscope Dream	Miguel^[297]
	Lightning	Matt & Kim^[298]
	Officially Miss Guided	OMG Girlz^[299]
	Paradise	Cody Simpson
	Quality Street Music	DJ Drama^[300]
	Transit of Venus	Three Days Grace^[301]
	Until the Quiet Comes	Flying Lotus
9	119	Trash Talk^[302]
	The Afterman: Ascension	Coheed and Cambria^[303]
	All We Love We Leave Behind	Converge^[304]
	Diluvia	Freelance Whales
	Don't Panic	All Time Low
	Glad All Over	The Wallflowers^[305]
	The Heist	Macklemore and Ryan Lewis^[306]
	Lace Up	MGK^[307]
	Lonerism	Tame Impala
	Monster	KISS^[308]
	Mugshot Music	Showbiz and A.G.^[309]
	Napalm	Xzibit^[310]
	Numbers	MellowHype^[302]
	Pines	A Fine Frenzy^[311]
	Twins	Ty Segall
16	'Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!	Godspeed You! Black Emperor
	Country, God, or the Girl	K'naan^[312]
	Christmas with Scotty McCreery	Scotty McCreery
	Deleted Scenes	Blueprint^[294]
	Dusk Till Dawn	Bobby V^[313]
	Former Lives	Ben Gibbard
	GMB	Pac Div^[289]
	Information Retrieved	Pinback
	Negroes on Ice	Prince Paul^[294]
	Night Train	Jason Aldean^[314]
	Sing to Me (EP)	Savannah Outen
	Sunken Condos	Donald Fagen
	Two Eleven	Brandy^[315]
	A Very Merry Perri Christmas (EP)	Christina Perri
	A Very Special Christmas 25th Anniversary	Big Machine Records^[316]
	A Very Special Christmas: Bringing Peace on Earth	World Records^[316]
	Vital	Anberlin
22	Cobra Juicy	Black Moth Super Rainbow^[317]
	Christmas in the Sand	Colbie Caillat
	God of the Serengeti	Vinnie Paz^[318]
	good kid, m.A.A.d city	Kendrick Lamar^[319]
	Hello My Name Is...	Bridgit Mendler^[320]
	III	Shiny Toy Guns^[321]
	Les Is More	Ryan Leslie^[322]
	On This Winter's Night	Lady Antebellum
	Red	Taylor Swift
23	Kids Raising Kids	Kopecky Family Band
30	Cee Lo's Magic Moment	Cee Lo Green^[323]
	Dreams & Nightmares	Meek Mill^[324]
	Mic Tyson	Sean Price^[325]
	New Horizons	Flyleaf^[326]
	Ramblings of an Angry Old Man	Craig G^[327]
	Sorry to Bother You	The Coup^[328]

Date	Album	Artist
5	Glee: The Music Presents Glease	Glee Cast^[329]
6	Fizzyology	Lil' Fame & Termanology^[330]
	The Greatest Story Never Told Chapter 2: Bread and Circuses	Saigon^[331]
	History: Function Music	E-40 & Too Short^[332]
	History: Mob Music ^[332]	E-40 & Too Short^[332]
	Life Behind Machines	Allister
	Music from Another Dimension!	Aerosmith^[333]
	R.E.D.	Ne-Yo^[334]
9	Lotus	Christina Aguilera
13	¡Dos!	Green Day^[286]
	King Animal	Soundgarden^[335]
	Koi No Yokan	Deftones^[336]
	Paradise	Lana Del Rey^[337]
	PTXmas	Pentatonix^[338]
	Reloaded	Roc Marciano^[289]
	Standing Ovation: The Greatest Songs from the Stage	Susan Boyle^[339]
	The Solution	Buckshot & 9th Wonder^[340]
	Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors	Big Boi^[341]
	The World's Most Hardest MC Project	Styles P^[342]
	Wu Block	Wu-Tang Clan & D-Block Records^[343]
16	Midnight Special	Uncle Kracker
16	Rebel Soul	Kid Rock^[344]
19	Global Warming	Pitbull^[345]
	The Greatest Hits	3 Doors Down^[346]
	Greatest Hits • Chapter One	Kelly Clarkson^[347]^[348]
	The World from the Side of the Moon	Phillip Phillips
	Truth Be Told, Part 1	Greyson Chance
	Woman to Woman	Keyshia Cole^[349]
20	Twelve Reasons to Die	Ghostface Killah^[350]
	Long Live the Hustle	DJ Scream^[351]
	Prisoner of Conscious	Talib Kweli^[352]
23	The Evolution of Man	Example^[353]
27	The Art of War III	Bone Thugs-n-Harmony^[354]
	Diamond in the Ruff	Freeway
	Girl on Fire	Alicia Keys^[355]
	Glee: The Music, Season 4, Vol. 1	Glee Cast^[356]
	These Are the Times	Neako^[294]

Date	Album	Artist
4	O.N.I.F.C.	Wiz Khalifa^[357]
4	Warrior	Kesha^[358]
11	Almería	Lifehouse^[359]
	Jesus Piece	Game^[360]
	The Music of Nashville: Season 1, Volume 1	Nashville cast
	¡Tré!	Green Day^[361]
	Unorthodox Jukebox	Bruno Mars^[362]
	Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors	Big Boi
18	Finally Rich	Chief Keef^[363]
18	Trouble Man: Heavy is the Head	T.I.^[364]