Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2012

Entertainment: Music Rolling Stone

Missing: Alabama Shakes (34) * Allo Darlin' (42) * Amadou and Mariam (49) Avett Brothers (41) * Band of Horses (19) * Azealia Banks (30) * Best Coast (14) * Gary Clark, Jr. (27) * Cloud Mornings (21) * Dirty Projectors (50) * Divine Fits (23) * Django Django (26) * Justin Townes Earle (37) * Escort (40) * Donald Fagen (25) * G.O.O.D. Music (24) * Grimes (33) * Grizzly Bear (35) * Hospitality (32) * Japandroids (9) * Killer Mike (20) * Kendrick Lamar (6) * Passion Pit (39) * Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros (7) * Todd Snider (47) * Titus Andronicus (38)

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Vote RankingList Ranking  

11

1

Bruce Springsteen

Vocalist

32.24% (49 of 152 votes)

24

2

Frank Ocean

Vocalist

0% (0 of 1 votes)

5

3

Jack White

Musician

60.82% (236 of 388 votes)

12

4

Bob Dylan

Vocalist

32.14% (18 of 56 votes)

18

5

Fiona Apple

Vocalist

5.71% (2 of 35 votes)

16

6

Kendrick Lamar

Musician

8.46% (22 of 260 votes)

4

8

Green Day

Musicians

71.43% (5 of 7 votes)

14

10

Neil Young

Vocalist

16.67% (1 of 6 votes)

25

11

Mumford & Sons

Musicians

0% (0 of 0 votes)

26

12

Jimmy Cliff

Vocalist

0% (0 of 0 votes)

27

13

Leonard Cohen

Vocalist

0% (0 of 1 votes)

13

15

Dr. John

Vocalist

25.00% (3 of 12 votes)

19

16

Cat Power

Musician

0% (0 of 2 votes)

1

17

John Mayer

Musician

100% (1 of 1 votes)

3

18

Nas

Vocalist

85.71% (6 of 7 votes)

6

22

Bonnie Raitt

Vocalist

60.0% (3 of 5 votes)

22

25

Donald Fagen

Musician

0% (0 of 1 votes)

17

27

Gary Clark, Jr.

Musician

5.88% (1 of 17 votes)

21

28

Beach House

Musicians

0% (0 of 0 votes)

20

29

Dave Matthews Band

Musicians

0% (0 of 0 votes)

7

31

Taylor Swift

Vocalist

53.67% (716 of 1334 votes)

29

34

Alabama Shakes

Musicians

0% (0 of 0 votes)

28

36

Bobby Womack

Vocalist

0% (0 of 7 votes)

30

37

Justin Townes Earle

Vocalist

0% (0 of 2 votes)

23

41

The Avett Brothers

Musicians

0% (0 of 0 votes)

10

43

Fun

Musicians

33.33% (1 of 3 votes)

15

44

Garbage

Musicians

12.50% (1 of 8 votes)

2

45

Rick Ross

Musician

100% (1 of 1 votes)

8

46

Muse

Musicians

45.45% (5 of 11 votes)

9

48

The Smashing Pumpkins

Musicians

40.0% (10 of 25 votes)