World Chart 2012: Best-selling albums of the year

Album Countdown 2012 encircled the weekly charts from January 14, 2012 till January 5, 2013 the figures are cumulative sales of an album included sales outside the weekly top 40
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	Adele - 21 XL Recordings - 9,2 million copies
	Taylor Swift - Red Big Machine - 3,8 million copies
	One Direction - Up All Night Syco Music - 3,6 million copies
	Lana Del Rey - Born To Die Stranger / Interscope - 2,9 million copies
	One Direction - Take Me Home Syco Music - 2,8 million copies
	Mumford & Sons - Babel Glass Note / Island - 2,7 million copies
	Pink - The Truth About Love RCA - 2,4 million copies
	Justin Bieber - Believe Island / Def Jam - 2,3 million copies
	Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto Parlophone / Capitol - 2,2 million copies
	Maroon 5 - Overexpose A&M / Octone - 2,0 million copies
	Michael Bublé - Christmas Reprise - 1,9 million copies
	Emeli Sande - Our Version Of Events Virgin - 1,9 million copies
	Gotye - Making Mirrors Universal Music Australia - 1,8 million copies
	Ed Sheeran - Plus Asylum - 1,7 million copies
	David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat EMI Music - 1,7 million copies
	Bruce Springsteen - Wrecking Ball Columbia - 1,6 million copies
	Linkin Park - The Living Things Warner Bros. - 1,6 million copies
	Rod Stewart - Merry Christmas Baby Verve - 1,6 million copies
	Black Keys - El Camino Nonesuch - 1,6 million copies
	Fun. - Some Nights Fueled By Ramen - 1,6 million copies
	Madonna - Mdna Interscope - 1,6 million copies
	Rihanna - Unapologetic Island / Def Jam - 1,6 million copies
	Rihanna - Talk That Talk Def Jam - 1,6 million copies
	Adele - 19 XL Recordings - 1,5 million copies
	Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded Cash Money / Island - 1,4 million copies
	Lionel Richie - Tuskegee Mercury - 1,4 million copies
	Katy Perry - Teenage Dream Capitol - 1,4 million copies
	Whitney Houston - The Greatest Hits RCA - 1,3 million copies
	Muse - The 2nd Law Helium 3 / Warner Bros. - 1,3 million copies
	LMFAO - Sorry For Party Rocking Interscope - 1,3 million copies
	Florence & The Machine - Ceremonials Universal Republic / Island - 1,3 million copies
	Bruno Mars Doo-Wops & Hooligans Elektra / Warner Bros. - 1,2 million copies
	Mr.Children - 2005-2010 Macro Toy's Factory Japan - 1,2 million copies
	Carrie Underwood - Blown Away Arista Nashville - 1,2 million copies
	Luke Bryan - Tailgates & Tanlines Capitol Nashville - 1,1 million copies
	Mr.Children - 2001-2005 Micro Toy's Factory Japan - 1,1 million copies
	Led Zeppelin - Celebration Day Atlantic - 1,1 million copies
	AKB 48 - 1830m King Records Japan - 1,1 million copies
	Of Monsters & Men - My Head Is An Animal Universal Republic - 1,1 million copies
	Amy Winehouse - Lioness: Hidden Treasures Island - 1,0 million copies