List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2012

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.

Chart history

Issue dateAlbumArtist(s)Record labelRef.1 January Need You NowLady AntebellumCapitol8 January Middle of EverywherePokey LaFargeContinental Song15 January For the Good TimesThe Little WilliesParlophone22 January Need You NowLady AntebellumCapitol29 January Ghost on the CanvasGlen CampbellSurfdog5 FebruaryHello Cruel WorldGretchen PetersProper12 February19 February26 FebruaryIntersectionNanci Griffith4 March11 MarchHello Cruel WorldGretchen Peters18 March25 MarchThe Band PerryThe Band PerryMercury Nashville1 April8 AprilOwn the NightLady AntebellumCapitol15 April22 April26 April6 MayAnd So It GoesDon WilliamsSugar Hill13 May20 MayHeroesWillie NelsonSony27 MayOwn the NightLady AntebellumCapitol3 June10 JuneNeed You Now17 JuneThe ClassicsJohnny CashSony24 JuneBlown AwayCarrie UnderwoodArista Nashville1 July8 JulyAshes and RosesMary Chapin CarpenterRounder15 July22 JulyOwn the NightLady AntebellumCapitol29 July5 August12 August19 August26 August2 September9 September16 September23 September30 September7 October14 October21 October28 October4 November11 November18 November25 NovemberNeed You Now/Own the Night2 December9 DecemberNeed You Now16 December23 December30 December

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

List of UK Country Albums Chart number ones of 2012

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