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Overview of the events of 2012 in Canadian music
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This is a summary of the year 2012 in the Canadian music industry .
Baby Eagle and the Proud Mothers , Bone Soldier (March 6)Bahamas , Barchords (February 7)[ 4] Del Barber , Headwaters Bidiniband , In the Rock Hall (January 24)[ 5] Justin Bieber , Believe Big Brave , An Understanding Between People Billy Talent , Dead Silence , September 9, 2012The Birthday Massacre , Hide and Seek Blue Moon Marquee , Stainless Steel Heart Boxer the Horse , French Residency Brasstronaut , Mean Sun (May 15)Cadence Weapon , Hope in Dirt City Cancer Bats , Dead Set on Living [ 4] Caracol , Shiver Paul Cargnello , Papa Paul Change of Heart , There You Go '82 – '97 (September 18, 2012)[ 6] Tim Chaisson , The Other Side (September 25)The City Streets , White Lightning (spring)The City Streets , Sawdust & Rum (spring)Leonard Cohen , Old Ideas [ 4] Cold Specks , I Predict a Graceful Expulsion Cookie Duster , When Flying Was Easy (June)[ 7] Ève Cournoyer , Le labeur d'une fleur Rose Cousins , We Have Made a Spark Cuff the Duke , In Our Time Cuff the Duke , Union Amelia Curran , Spectators (October 2)Kalle Mattson , Lives in Between Karkwa , Karkwa Live [ 3] Peter Katz , Still Mind Still Mo Kenney , Mo Kenney Kid Koala , 12 Bit Blues , (September 18)[ 4] Keith Kouna , Du plaisir et des bombes K'naan , Country, God or the Girl [ 13] K'naan , More Beautiful Than Silence [ 14] Kristina Maria , Tell the World Madison Violet , The Good in Goodbye Maestro Fresh Wes , Black Tuxedo EP (September 18)Mares of Thrace , The Pilgrimage [ 15] Carolyn Mark , The Queen of Vancouver Island Masia One , Bootleg Culture (June 19)Matt Mays , Coyote Eamon McGrath , Young Canadians Loreena McKennitt , Troubadours on the Rhine Holly McNarland , Run Body Run Memoryhouse , The Slideshow Effect (February 28)[ 4] Metric , Synthetica (June 12)METZ , METZ Millimetrik , Read Between the Rhymes Ariane Moffatt , MA Mother Mother , The Sticks Dorothea Paas , Same Sun Doug Paisley , Golden Embers Parlovr , Kook Soul Pascale Picard Band , Trauma: Chansons de la série télé Saison 3 Dany Placard , Démon vert Plants and Animals , The End of That [ 16] Joel Plaskett , Scrappy Happiness [ 17] Chad Price , In This Dream PS I Love You , Death Dreams Purity Ring , Shrines Julien Sagot , Piano mal Said the Whale , Little Mountain (March 6)[ 18] John K. Samson , Provincial [ 19] Saukrates , Season One [ 4] Crystal Shawanda , Just Like You Shout Out Out Out Out , Spanish Moss and Total Loss (June 19)[ 20] Zal Sissokho , Le Partage Skydiggers , Northern Shore (April 17)[ 21] The Slakadeliqs , The Other Side of Tomorrow Smash Brovas , Think It's a Game? Dallas Smith , Jumped Right In Rae Spoon , I Can't Keep All of Our Secrets (January 10)[ 22] Stars , The North Jeffery Straker , Vagabond – October 2Serena Ryder, Harmony Martha Wainwright , Come Home to Mama Rufus Wainwright , Out of the Game Patrick Watson , Adventures in Your Own Backyard Wax Mannequin , No Safe Home Whitehorse , The Fate of the World Depends on This Kiss Wintersleep , Hello Hum Royal Wood , We Were Born to Glory The Wooden Sky , Every Child a Daughter, Every Moon a Sun (February 28)[ 24] Woodpigeon , For Paolo Wool on Wolves , Measures of Progress The lists are updated weekly through Jam! and Nielsen Soundscan .[ 25]
Top 10 Canadian albums [ edit ]
Rank
Artist
Album
Peak
Sales
Certification
1
Celine Dion
Sans attendre 1
209,000[ 26]
3× Platinum[ 27]
2
Justin Bieber
Believe 1
179,000[ 26] [ 28] [ 29]
2× Platinum[ 30]
3
Various Artists
Star Académie 20121
156,000[ 26] [ 31]
2× Platinum[ 32]
4
Leonard Cohen
Old Ideas 1
132,000[ 26] [ 33] [ 34]
Platinum[ 35]
5
Johnny Reid
Fire It Up 2
80,000
Platinum[ 36]
5
Marie-Mai
Miroir 2
80,000
Platinum[ 37]
5
Serena Ryder
Harmony 11
80,000
Platinum[ 38]
5
The Sheepdogs
The Sheepdogs 1
80,000
Platinum[ 39]
5
The Tenors
Lead With Your Heart
3
80,000
Platinum[ 40]
5
Various Artists
Star Académie Noël
TBA 80,000
Platinum[ 41]
Top 10 American albums [ edit ]
Rank
Artist
Album
Peak
Sales
Certification
1
Taylor Swift
Red 1
320,000[ 42]
4× Platinum[ 43]
2
Bruno Mars
Unorthodox Jukebox 2
240,000
3× Platinum[ 44]
3
Imagine Dragons
Night Visions 4
240,000[ 45]
3× Platinum[ 46]
4
Pink
The Truth About Love 1
240,000
3× Platinum[ 47]
5
Lana Del Rey
Born to Die 3
160,000
2× Platinum[ 48]
6
The Lumineers
The Lumineers 5
160,000
2× Platinum[ 49]
7
Carrie Underwood
Blown Away 1
80,000[ 50] [ 51] [ 52]
Platinum{[ 53]
8
Florida Georgia Line
Here's to the Good Times 8
80,000
Platinum[ 54]
9
fun.
Some Nights 5
80,000
Platinum[ 55]
10
Jack White
Blunderbuss 1
80,000
Platinum[ 56]
Top 10 British albums [ edit ]
Rank
Artist
Album
Peak
Sales
Certification
1
Mumford & Sons
Babel 1
400,000[ 26] [ 57]
5× Platinum[ 58]
2
One Direction
Take Me Home 1
240,000[ 26]
3× Platinum[ 59]
3
Rod Stewart
Merry Christmas, Baby 1
240,000[ 26]
3× Platinum[ 60]
4
One Direction
Up All Night 1
234,000[ 26]
3× Platinum[ 61]
5
Ed Sheeran
+ 5
160,000
2× Platinum[ 62]
6
Led Zeppelin
Celebration Day 4
160,000
2× Platinum[ 63]
7
Muse
The 2nd Law 2
80,000
Platinum[ 64]
8
One Direction
Up All Night: The Live Tour 1
60,000
5× Platinum[ 65]
9
Alt-J
An Awesome Wave TBA 40,000
Gold[ 66]
9
Calvin Harris
18 Months 8
40,000
Gold[ 67]
Top 10 International albums [ edit ]
Rank
Artist
Song
Album
Peak
Sales
Certification
1
Carly Rae Jepsen
"Call Me Maybe "
Curiosity Kiss 1
640,000
8× Platinum[ 76]
2
Imagine Dragons
"Radioactive "
Night Visions 5
560,000
7× Platinum[ 77]
3
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
"Thrift Shop "
The Heist 1
560,000
7× Platinum[ 78]
4
Maroon 5
"One More Night "
Overexposed 2
480,000
6× Platinum[ 79]
5
Bruno Mars
"Locked Out of Heaven "
Unorthodox Jukebox 1
400,000
5× Platinum[ 80]
6
Flo Rida
"Whistle "
Wild Ones 1
400,000
5× Platinum[ 81]
7
fun.
"Some Nights "
Some Nights 4
400,000
5× Platinum[ 82]
8
The Lumineers
"Ho Hey "
The Lumineers 2
400,000
5× Platinum[ 83]
9
Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa
"Payphone "
Overexposed
1
400,000
5× Platinum[ 84]
10
Mumford & Sons
"I Will Wait "
Babel 9
400,000
5× Platinum[ 85]
Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List [ edit ]
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