List of number-one albums of 2012 (Ireland)

The Irish Albums Chart is a record chart compiled by Chart-Track on behalf of the Irish Recorded Music Association. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday.^[1]

Issue date	Album	Artist	Reference
5 January	21	Adele	[2]
12 January			[3]
19 January			[4]
26 January			[5]
2 February	Born to Die	Lana Del Rey	[6]
9 February			[7]
16 February			[8]
23 February	The Ultimate Collection	Whitney Houston	[9]
1 March	21	Adele	[10]
8 March	Wrecking Ball	Bruce Springsteen	[11]
15 March			[12]
22 March			[13]
29 March	MDNA	Madonna	[14]
5 April	Red to Blue	Mick Flannery	[15]
12 April			[16]
19 April			[17]
26 April	Nudie Books and Frenchies	Aslan	[18]
3 May	Electra Heart	Marina and the Diamonds	[19]
10 May	Strangeland	Keane	[20]
17 May	Electra Heart	Marina and the Diamonds	[21]
24 May	Up All Night	One Direction	[22]
31 May	Valtari	Sigur Rós	[23]
7 June	+	Ed Sheeran	[24]
14 June	Number Ones	Bee Gees	[25]
21 June	Believe	Justin Bieber	[26]
28 June	Young Love	Jedward	[27]
5 July			[28]
12 July	Ceremonials	Florence and the Machine	[29]
19 July	Wrecking Ball	Bruce Springsteen	[30]
26 July	Greatest Hits	Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band	[31]
2 August	21	Adele	[32]
9 August	+	Ed Sheeran	[33]
16 August	Ryan O'Shaughnessy	Ryan O'Shaughnessy	[34]
23 August			[35]
30 August	My Head Is an Animal	Of Monsters and Men	[36]
6 September	Beacon	Two Door Cinema Club	[37]
13 September	#3	The Script	[38]
20 September	Battle Born	The Killers	[39]
27 September	Babel	Mumford & Sons	[40]
4 October			[41]
11 October			[42]
18 October			[43]
25 October	Red	Taylor Swift	[44]
1 November			[45]
8 November	Take the Crown	Robbie Williams	[46]
15 November	Take Me Home	One Direction	[47]
22 November			[48]
29 November			[49]
6 December			[50]
13 December			[51]
20 December			[52]
27 December	Unapologetic	Rihanna	[53]