Top-rated albums of 2012

Listed below are the top-rated albums of 2012 as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members!
(To qualify for this chart, an album must have had at least 10 member ratings .)

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2012
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25,662
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Year of Release:
2012
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Rank Score:
16,818
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2012
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266
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2012
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Rank Score:
211
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Year of Release:
2012
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Rank Score:
694
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2012
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Rank Score:
7,821
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Year of Release:
2012
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Rank Score:
10,051
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2012
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Rank Score:
8,352
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2012
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Rank Score:
4,033
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Buy album United States
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Year of Release:
2012
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5,643
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Total albums: 679. Page 1 of 68

The average rating is a Bayesian average, calculated as follows:
Average Rating = (n ÷ (n + m)) × av + (m ÷ (n + m)) × AV

where:
av = mean average rating an album has currently received.
n = number of ratings an album has currently received.
m = minimum number of ratings required for an album to appear in the 'top-rated' chart (currently 10).
AV = the site mean average rating for an album (currently 72/100).

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