List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2012

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These are the Official Charts Company's UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2012. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday with the chart-date given as the following Thursday. Chart positions are based the multi-metric consumption of country music in the United Kingdom, blending traditional album sales, track equivalent albums, and streaming equivalent albums. The chart contains 20 positions.

In the iteration of the chart dated 1 January, Need You Now by Lady Antebellum spent its twenty-eighth week at number one. In fact, Lady Antebellum spent a total of thirty-three weeks in the top spot with Need You Now and their follow-up album Own the Night, including occupying the chart peak every week from 22 July until the end of the year on 30 December. Gretchen Peters spent five nonconsecutive weeks at number one with Hello Cruel World, while Nanci Griffith earned her third and final UK Country number one with Intersection, the last album she released before her death in 2021. In addition to Griffith, four other artists spent two consecutive weeks in the top spot: The Band Perry with their self-titled debut album, And So It Goes by Don Williams, Carrie Underwood's Blown Away, and Mary Chapin Carpenter's Ashes and Roses, which became her fourth UK chart topper. The final number one of the year was Need You Now by Lady Antebellum.

Band Lady Antebellum
Lady Antebellum spent a leading thirty-three weeks at number one with their two albums Need You Now and Own the Night.
Singer Gretchen Peters
Hello Cruel World by Gretchen Peters spent five weeks at the chart peak.
Singer Nanci Griffith
Nanci Griffith's Intersection became her third and final number one before her death in 2021.
Band The Band Perry
The Band Perry's debut album was number one for two consecutive weeks.
Singer Don Williams
Veteran artist Don Williams achieved his first ever number one with And So It Goes.
Singer Carrie Underwood
Blown Away became Carrie Underwood's second UK number one, and held the top spot for two weeks.
Issue date Album Artist(s) Record label Ref.
1 January Need You Now Lady Antebellum Capitol [1]
8 January Middle of Everywhere Pokey LaFarge Continental Song [2]
15 January For the Good Times The Little Willies Parlophone [3]
22 January Need You Now Lady Antebellum Capitol [4]
29 January Ghost on the Canvas Glen Campbell Surfdog [5]
5 February Hello Cruel World Gretchen Peters Proper [6]
12 February [7]
19 February [8]
26 February Intersection Nanci Griffith [9]
4 March [10]
11 March Hello Cruel World Gretchen Peters [11]
18 March [12]
25 March The Band Perry The Band Perry Mercury Nashville [13]
1 April [14]
8 April Own the Night Lady Antebellum Capitol [15]
15 April [16]
22 April [17]
26 April [18]
6 May And So It Goes Don Williams Sugar Hill [19]
13 May [20]
20 May Heroes Willie Nelson Sony [21]
27 May Own the Night Lady Antebellum Capitol [22]
3 June [23]
10 June Need You Now [24]
17 June The Classics Johnny Cash Sony [25]
24 June Blown Away Carrie Underwood Arista Nashville [26]
1 July [27]
8 July Ashes and Roses Mary Chapin Carpenter Rounder [28]
15 July [29]
22 July Own the Night Lady Antebellum Capitol [30]
29 July [31]
5 August [32]
12 August [33]
19 August [34]
26 August [35]
2 September [36]
9 September [37]
16 September [38]
23 September [39]
30 September [40]
7 October [41]
14 October [42]
21 October [43]
28 October [44]
4 November [45]
11 November [46]
18 November [47]
25 November Need You Now/Own the Night [48]
2 December [49]
9 December Need You Now [50]
16 December [51]
23 December [52]
30 December [53]

Most weeks at number one

Weeks at number one Artist
33 Lady Antebellum
5 Gretchen Peters
2 Carrie Underwood
Don Williams
Mary Chapin Carpenter
Nanci Griffith
The Band Perry

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