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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 .
Bands on hiatus [ edit ]
Albums released [ edit ]
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
Billy Talent , Dead Silence , September 9, 2012
The Birthday Massacre , Hide and Seek (October 9)
Blue Moon Marquee , Stainless Steel Heart
Boxer the Horse , French Residency
Brasstronaut , Mean Sun (May 15)
Cadence Weapon , Hope in Dirt City (May 29)
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 (January 31)[4]
Cold Specks , I Predict a Graceful Expulsion (May 21)
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 (April 12)
Cuff the Duke , Union (October 2)
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 , (October 16) [13]
K'naan , More Beautiful Than Silence (January 31)[14]
Kristina Maria , Tell the World
Madison Violet , The Good in Goodbye
Maestro Fresh Wes , Black Tuxedo EP (September 18)
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 (February 28)[15]
Joel Plaskett , Scrappy Happiness (March 27)[16]
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)[17]
John K. Samson , Provincial (January 24)[18]
Saukrates , Season One (April 24)[4]
Crystal Shawanda , Just Like You
Shout Out Out Out Out , Spanish Moss and Total Loss (June 19)[19]
Zal Sissokho , Le Partage
Skydiggers , Northern Shore (April 17)[20]
The Slakadeliqs , The Other Side of Tomorrow
Smash Brovas , Think It's a Game?
Dallas Smith , Jumped Right In - May 22
Rae Spoon , I Can't Keep All of Our Secrets (January 10)[21]
Stars , The North
Jeffery Straker , Vagabond – October 2
Serena Ryder, Harmony
Martha Wainwright , Come Home to Mama
Rufus Wainwright , Out of the Game
Patrick Watson , Adventures in Your Own Backyard (April 17)
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)[23]
Woodpigeon , For Paolo
Wool on Wolves , Measures of Progress
Top hits on record [ edit ]
The lists are updated weekly through Jam! and Nielsen Soundscan .[24]
Top 10 Canadian albums [ edit ]
Rank
Artist
Album
Peak position
Sales
Certification
1
Celine Dion
Sans attendre
1
209,000[25]
3× Platinum[26]
2
Justin Bieber
Believe
1
179,000[25] [27] [28]
2× Platinum[29]
3
Various Artists
Star Académie 2012
1
156,000[25] [30]
2× Platinum[31]
4
Leonard Cohen
Old Ideas
1
132,000[25] [32] [33]
Platinum[34]
5
Johnny Reid
Fire It Up
2
80,000
Platinum[35]
5
Marie-Mai
Miroir
2
80,000
Platinum[36]
5
Serena Ryder
Harmony
11
80,000
Platinum[37]
5
The Sheepdogs
The Sheepdogs
1
80,000
Platinum[38]
5
The Tenors
Lead With Your Heart
3
80,000
Platinum[39]
5
Various Artists
Star Académie Noël
TBA
80,000
Platinum[40]
Top 10 American albums [ edit ]
Rank
Artist
Album
Peak position
Sales
Certification
1
Taylor Swift
Red
1
320,000[41]
4× Platinum[42]
2
Bruno Mars
Unorthodox Jukebox
2
240,000
3× Platinum[43]
3
Imagine Dragons
Night Visions
4
240,000[44]
3× Platinum[45]
4
Pink
The Truth About Love
1
240,000
3× Platinum[46]
5
Lana Del Rey
Born to Die
3
160,000
2× Platinum[47]
6
The Lumineers
The Lumineers
5
160,000
2× Platinum[48]
7
Carrie Underwood
Blown Away
1
80,000[49] [50] [51]
Platinum{[52]
8
Florida Georgia Line
Here's to the Good Times
8
80,000
Platinum[53]
9
fun.
Some Nights
5
80,000
Platinum[54]
10
Jack White
Blunderbuss
1
80,000
Platinum[55]
Top 10 British albums [ edit ]
Rank
Artist
Album
Peak position
Sales
Certification
1
Mumford & Sons
Babel
1
400,000[25] [56]
5× Platinum[57]
2
One Direction
Take Me Home
1
240,000[25]
3× Platinum[58]
3
Rod Stewart
Merry Christmas, Baby
1
240,000[25]
3× Platinum[59]
4
One Direction
Up All Night
1
234,000[25]
3× Platinum[60]
5
Ed Sheeran
+
5
160,000
2× Platinum[61]
6
Led Zeppelin
Celebration Day
4
160,000
2× Platinum[62]
7
Muse
The 2nd Law
2
80,000
Platinum[63]
8
One Direction
Up All Night: The Live Tour
1
60,000
5× Platinum[64]
9
Alt-J
An Awesome Wave
TBA
40,000
Gold[65]
9
Calvin Harris
18 Months
8
40,000
Gold[66]
Top 10 International albums [ edit ]
Top 10 Singles [ edit ]
Rank
Artist
Song
Album
Peak position
Sales
Certification
1
Carly Rae Jepsen
"Call Me Maybe "
Curiosity & Kiss
1
640,000
8× Platinum[75]
2
Imagine Dragons
"Radioactive "
Night Visions
5
560,000
7× Platinum[76]
3
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
"Thrift Shop "
The Heist
1
560,000
7× Platinum[77]
4
Maroon 5
"One More Night "
Overexposed
2
480,000
6× Platinum[78]
5
Bruno Mars
"Locked Out of Heaven "
Unorthodox Jukebox
1
400,000
5× Platinum[79]
6
Flo Rida
"Whistle "
Wild Ones
1
400,000
5× Platinum[80]
7
fun.
"Some Nights "
Some Nights
4
400,000
5× Platinum[81]
8
The Lumineers
"Ho Hey "
The Lumineers
2
400,000
5× Platinum[82]
9
Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa
"Payphone "
Overexposed
1
400,000
5× Platinum[83]
10
Mumford & Sons
"I Will Wait "
Babel
9
400,000
5× Platinum[84]
Canadian Hot 100 Year-End List [ edit ]
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