Critics' Picks: 10 Best Albums of 2012 by Billboard (2012)

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Billboard is an American music and entertainment magazine. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. These are their best albums of 2012.
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Devotion 
United Kingdom Jessie Ware
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Year of Release:
2012
Appears in:
107 charts
Rank Score:
392
Rank in 2012:
69
Rank in 2010s:
657
Overall Rank:
3,687
Average Rating:
 73 (133 votes)
Comments:
1
10.
An Awesome Wave 
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Year of Release:
2012
Appears in:
670 charts
Rank Score:
7,446
Rank in 2012:
6
Rank in 2010s:
27
Overall Rank:
225
Average Rating:
 78 (988 votes)
Comments:
73
Total albums: 2. Page 1 of 1
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Critics' Picks: 10 Best Albums of 2012 composition

Artist Albums %


Frank Ocean 1 10%
Kendrick Lamar 1 10%
Miguel 1 10%
Jessie Ware 1 10%
Taylor Swift 1 10%
Beach House 1 10%
Bruce Springsteen 1 10%
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Country Albums %


United States 8 80%
United Kingdom 2 20%

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52/100 (from 30 votes)
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5/100
From 07/18/2018 06:29
This is seriously bad chart.
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +1 votes (1 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
25/100
From 07/04/2017 17:55
Missing:
Lonerism
The Idler Wheel
Visions
The Money Store
'Allelujah!
Love This Giant

What The Fuck:
Taylor Swift's anything
New Bruce Springsteen
Devotion
Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +2 votes (2 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
Rating:  
40/100
From 02/02/2017 02:19
4/10 albums on this list are tolerable, so I give this chart the same rating.
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From 12/11/2016 15:24
After all, this is Billboard. Can't expect them to know anything about music.
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Rating:  
5/100
From 05/10/2016 17:07
Includes Red but not Celebration Rock?? Or Lonerism??
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Rating:  
40/100
From 02/26/2016 02:23
How does someone include Taylor Swift and forget Lonerism, shit list.
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