# 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 date | Album | Artist(s) | Record label |
| 1 January | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 8 January | Middle of Everywhere | Pokey LaFarge | Continental Song |
| 15 January | For the Good Times | The Little Willies | Parlophone |
| 22 January | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 29 January | Ghost on the Canvas | Glen Campbell | Surfdog |
| 5 February | Hello Cruel World | Gretchen Peters | Proper |
| 12 February | Hello Cruel World | Gretchen Peters | Proper |
| 19 February | Hello Cruel World | Gretchen Peters | Proper |
| 26 February | Intersection | Nanci Griffith | Proper |
| 4 March | Intersection | Nanci Griffith | Proper |
| 11 March | Hello Cruel World | Gretchen Peters | Proper |
| 18 March | Hello Cruel World | Gretchen Peters | Proper |
| 25 March | The Band Perry | The Band Perry | Mercury Nashville |
| 1 April | The Band Perry | The Band Perry | Mercury Nashville |
| 8 April | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 15 April | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 22 April | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 26 April | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 6 May | And So It Goes | Don Williams | Sugar Hill |
| 13 May | And So It Goes | Don Williams | Sugar Hill |
| 20 May | Heroes | Willie Nelson | Sony |
| 27 May | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 3 June | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 10 June | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 17 June | The Classics | Johnny Cash | Sony |
| 24 June | Blown Away | Carrie Underwood | Arista Nashville |
| 1 July | Blown Away | Carrie Underwood | Arista Nashville |
| 8 July | Ashes and Roses | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Rounder |
| 15 July | Ashes and Roses | Mary Chapin Carpenter | Rounder |
| 22 July | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 29 July | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 5 August | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 12 August | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 19 August | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 26 August | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 2 September | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 9 September | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 16 September | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 23 September | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 30 September | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 7 October | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 14 October | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 21 October | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 28 October | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 4 November | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 11 November | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 18 November | Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 25 November | Need You Now/Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 2 December | Need You Now/Own the Night | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 9 December | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 16 December | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 23 December | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |
| 30 December | Need You Now | Lady Antebellum | Capitol |

## Most weeks at number one

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