NME Albums and Tracks of the Year, 2012

The NME Album of the Year and Single Of The Year was announced on 20 November 2012. It was the 39th countdown of the most popular albums and tracks of the year, as chosen by music reviewers and independent journalists who work for the magazine and for NME.com.

Albums

 * Bold: indicates Album contains track that won Single of the Year.

Countries represented

 * undefined = 23
 * 🇺🇸 united states = 19
 * 🇨🇦 canada = 5
 * 🇦🇺 australia = 2
 * 🇫🇷 france = 1
 * 🇪🇸 spain = 1

Artists with multiple entries
3 Entries
 * Peace (13, 43, 47)

2 Entries
 * Grimes (6, 16)
 * Tame Impala (9, 40)
 * Frank Ocean (12, 46)
 * Kanye West (15, 39)
 * Big Sean (15, 39)
 * The Cribs (17, 26)

Countries represented

 * undefined - 27
 * 🇺🇸 united states - 15
 * 🇨🇦 canada - 5
 * 🇦🇺 australia - 3
 * 🇫🇷 france - 1
 * undefined - 1