2012 in Canadian music
Top hits on record -- Top 10 American albums
Table:
Rank

Artist

Album

Peak
position

Sales

Certification

1

Taylor Swift

Red

1

320,000[40]

4x Platinum[41]

2

Bruno Mars

Unorthodox Jukebox

2

240,000

3x Platinum[42]

3

Imagine Dragons

Night Visions

4

240,000[43]

3x Platinum[44]

4

Pink

The Truth About Love

1

240,000

3x Platinum[45]

5

Lana Del Rey

Born to Die

3

160,000

2x Platinum[46]

6

The Lumineers

The Lumineers

5

160,000

2x Platinum[47]

7

Carrie Underwood

Blown Away

1

80,000[48][49][50]

Platinum[51]

8

Florida Georgia Line

Here's to the Good Times

8

80,000

Platinum[52]

9

fun.

Some Nights

5

80,000

Platinum[53]

10

Jack White

Blunderbuss

1

80,000

Platinum[54]

With reference to the provided table and the supplementary paragraphs listed.

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The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada . It is compiled every Monday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen SoundScan , and published every Tuesday by Billboard . The chart consists of the top 200 positions , like the U.S . Billboard 200 chart ; however , Billboard publishes only the top 100 for the public .
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Taylor Alison Swift ( born December 13 , 1989 ) is an American singer-songwriter . She is known for narrative songs about her personal life , which have received widespread media coverage . At age 14 , Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and , at age 15 , she signed her first record deal . Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US . Its third single , Our Song , made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart . Swift 's second album , Fearless , was released in 2008 . Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles Love Story and You Belong with Me , it became the US 's best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US . The album won four Grammy Awards , and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner . Swift was the sole writer of her 2010 album Speak Now , which won two Grammy Awards and was her first to debut with over a million copies sold in the first week in the US . Her fourth album , Red ( 2012 ) , yielded her first Billboard Hot 100 number-one single , We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together . For her fifth album and first all-pop project , 1989 ( 2014 ) , she won three Grammy Awards , including Album of the Year , and became the first woman to replace herself at number one on the Hot 100 , with the singles Shake It Off and Blank Space . Her sixth album , Reputation ( 2017 ) , made her the only act to have four consecutive albums each sell one million copies in their first week in the US , while yielding her fifth Hot 100 number-one song , with Look What You Made Me Do .
Red is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift . It was released on October 22 , 2012 , by Big Machine Records . Inspired by past romantic relationships evoking red intense , tumultuous emotions that Swift was experiencing during conception of the album , Red touches on Swift 's recurring themes of romance and heartbreak , but represents a more mature perspective and also explores the pressure of being in the public eye . Featuring collaborations with Gary Lightbody and Ed Sheeran , the album musically experiments with new genres for Swift such as heartland rock and dubstep . Various commentators described Red as a pop album , while some others said it was Swift transitioning from her country roots to mainstream pop , which they found to be subsequently complete with its follow-up 1989 ( 2014 ) . Red was generally well received by critics , who complimented Swift 's songwriting craftsmanship , but were divided on the incorporation of various genres , which received praise regarding Swift 's emerging versatility and criticism for being inconsistent . The album is included on several year-end and decade-end lists by numerous publications . Red received nominations for Album of the Year and Best Country Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards . It was also nominated for Album of the Year at the 2013 Country Music Association Awards . In their aggregate decade-end list , Metacritic has ranked Red as the 15th most critically acclaimed album of the 2010s . The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 1.2 million copies , giving Swift her third consecutive number-one album and making her the first female artist to have two million-selling album openings . It was Swift 's first chart-topper in the UK , and also topped charts in Australia , Canada , Ireland , and New Zealand .
Peter Gene Hernandez ( born October 8 , 1985 ) , known professionally as Bruno Mars , is an American singer , songwriter , record producer , multi-instrumentalist , and dancer . He is known for his stage performances , retro showmanship , and for performing in a wide range of musical styles , including Pop , R & B , funk , soul , reggae , hip hop , and rock . Mars is accompanied by his band , The Hooligans , who play a variety of instruments , such as electric guitar , bass , piano , keyboards , drums , and horns , and also serve as backup singers and dancers . Born and raised in Honolulu , Hawaii , Mars moved to Los Angeles in 2003 to pursue a musical career . After being dropped by Motown Records , Mars signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records in 2009 . In the same year , he co-founded the production team The Smeezingtons , responsible for various successful singles for Mars himself and other artists . Mars rose to fame in 2010 with the release of the successful singles Nothin ' on You by B.o.B and Billionaire by Travie McCoy , both of which featured his vocals on the hooks . His debut studio album Doo-Wops & Hooligans ( 2010 ) spawned the international number-one singles Just the Way You Are , Grenade , and The Lazy Song . The former won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance . Mars ' second album , Unorthodox Jukebox ( 2012 ) , became his first number one album on the US Billboard 200 and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album . Its singles Locked Out of Heaven and When I Was Your Man , reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart . In 2014 , Mars collaborated with Mark Ronson on Uptown Funk , which topped many music charts worldwide and won Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 2016 Grammy Awards .
Unorthodox Jukebox is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars . It was released on December 7 , 2012 , by Atlantic Records . It serves as the follow-up to Mars ' debut record Doo-Wops & Hooligans ( 2010 ) . The album was initially planned to be more energetic than his previous work , but ended presenting a wide range of styles such as reggae rock , disco , and soul music . The singer co-wrote the whole record and worked with several past collaborators , while enlisting new producers and no guest vocalists . Lyrically , Unorthodox Jukebox revolves around the theme of relationships , incorporating more explicit lyrics and subjects than his previous material . Critical response to Unorthodox Jukebox was generally favorable ; many reviewers compared Mars ' work to that of his previous album , while others deemed its lyrics shallow . On December 4 , 2012 , the album was made available to listen to in its entirety for a week before its release . The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 , with first week sales of 192,000 copies , becoming Mars ' best opening week on the chart to date . Unorthodox Jukebox later topped the chart , marking the singer 's first album to do so . The record further peaked at number one in Australia , Canada , Switzerland , and the United Kingdom . Unorthodox Jukebox became Mars ' fastest-selling album in the latter country in 2012 , the third best-selling album in Australia in 2013 , and the fourth best-selling in the United States in 2013 .
Imagine Dragons is an American pop rock band from Las Vegas , Nevada , consisting of lead singer Dan Reynolds , lead guitarist Wayne Sermon , bassist Ben McKee , and drummer Daniel Platzman . The band first gained exposure with the release of their single It 's Time , followed by their award-winning debut studio album Night Visions ( 2012 ) , which resulted in the chart-topping singles Radioactive and Demons . Rolling Stone named Radioactive , which holds the record for most weeks charted on the Billboard Hot 100 , the biggest rock hit of the year . MTV called them the year 's biggest breakout band , and Billboard named them their Breakthrough Band of 2013 and Biggest Band of 2017. and placed them at the top of their Year In Rock rankings for 2013 , 2017 , and 2018 . Imagine Dragons topped the Billboard Year-End Top Artists - Duo/Group category in 2018 . The band 's second studio album Smoke + Mirrors ( 2015 ) reached number one in the US , Canada and the UK . The album was preceded by the top 40 single I Bet My Life , and second and third singles , Gold and Shots . The band then embarked on a ten month long world tour , which led to a brief hiatus in 2016 , with occasional performances and soundtrack contributions throughout the remainder of the year . The band released their third studio album , Evolve ( 2017 ) which resulted in three chart-topping singles , Believer , Thunder , and Whatever It Takes , also making them the artist with the most weeks at number-one on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart . The album reached the top five in many countries . After the Evolve Tour was completed , Imagine Dragons released their fourth studio album Origins , on November 9 , 2018 . Natural and Zero were released as the first singles off the album .
Night Visions is the debut studio album by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons . It was released on September 4 , 2012 , through Kidinakorner and Interscope Records . The extended version was released on February 12 , 2013 , adding three more songs and the UK release of the album was on March 26 , 2013 . Recorded between 2010 and 2012 , the album was primarily produced by the band themselves , as well as English hip-hop producer Alex da Kid and Brandon Darner from the American indie rock group The Envy Corps . It was mastered by Joe LaPorta . According to frontman Dan Reynolds , the album took three years to finish , with six of the album 's tracks being previously released on multiple EPs . Musically , Night Visions exhibits influences of folk , hip hop and pop . The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics upon release . However , it debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 in the United States , selling more than 83,000 copies within its first week where it has since been certified double Platinum . It also peaked at the summit of the Billboard Alternative Albums and Rock Albums charts , as well as in the top ten albums in Australia , Austria , Canada , Germany , Ireland , Mexico , Netherlands , New Zealand , Norway , Portugal , Sweden , Switzerland , and United Kingdom . Night Visions appeared in the Billboard 200 top 10 in 2012 , 2013 , and 2014 . The album became the fourth best-selling album of 2013 in the US .
Alecia Beth Moore ( born September 8 , 1979 ) , known professionally as Pink ( stylized as P ! nk ) , is an American singer , songwriter , dancer , actress , record producer , spokesperson and model . She was originally a member of the girl group Choice . In 1995 , LaFace Records saw potential in Pink and offered her a solo recording contract . Her R & B-influenced debut studio album Ca n't Take Me Home ( 2000 ) was certified double-platinum in the United States and spawned two Billboard Hot 100 top-ten songs : There You Go and Most Girls . She gained further recognition with the collaborative single Lady Marmalade from the Moulin Rouge ! soundtrack , which topped many charts worldwide . Refocusing her sound to pop rock with her second studio album Missundaztood ( 2001 ) , the album sold more than 13 million copies worldwide and yielded the international number-one songs Get the Party Started , Do n't Let Me Get Me , and Just Like a Pill . While Pink 's third studio album , Try This ( 2003 ) , sold fewer copies than her previous work , it earned her the Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for the single Trouble . She returned to the top of record charts with her fourth and fifth studio albums , I 'm Not Dead ( 2006 ) and Funhouse ( 2008 ) , which generated the top-ten entries Who Knew and U + Ur Hand , as well as the number-one single So What . Pink 's sixth studio album , The Truth About Love ( 2012 ) , was her first album to debut atop the Billboard 200 chart and spawned her fourth number-one single , Just Give Me a Reason . In 2014 , Pink recorded a collaborative album , Rose Ave. , with Canadian musician Dallas Green under a folk music duo named You+Me . Her seventh studio album , Beautiful Trauma ( 2017 ) , became the third best-selling album of the year and saw the success of its lead single , What About Us .
The Truth About Love is the sixth studio album by American singer Pink . It was released on September 18 , 2012 , by RCA Records . The Truth About Love samples rock music influences and is generally themed about relationships , breakups and the different stages and cases of love , while tackling issues of feminism , sexual prowess and social exclusion . It features guest artists Eminem , Lily Allen , and Nate Ruess of American band Fun . In the United States , the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart , selling 281,000 copies in its first week becoming her first number one album there , and has been certified double platinum by RIAA after shipping over two million copies . The album also debuted at number-one in Australia , Austria , Canada , Germany , New Zealand , Sweden , and Switzerland . The Truth About Love was announced as Australia 's biggest selling album of the year . According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry ( IFPI ) , it was the seventh global best-selling album of 2012 with sales of 2.6 million copies . As of July 2014 , the album has sold 2 million copies in the US , and estimated 7 million copies worldwide , becoming her most successful album since 2001 's Missundaztood . The first single from The Truth About Love , Blow Me ( One Last Kiss ) was released in July 2012 , the song sat firmly at number five on the US Billboard Hot 100 for 3 weeks , and went Platinum for over a million copies sold , as well as charting inside the top ten in several other countries . The follow up second single , Try received matching success and preceded Pink 's fourth Hot 100 # 1 hit , third single Just Give Me a Reason which made The Truth About Love Pink 's first album since her 2001 album Missundaztood to spawn more than two Hot 100 top 10-charting singles , therefore adding up to fourteen Top 10 hits overall . As of July 2013 , Just Give Me a Reason is the second best selling song of 2013 in the US .
Elizabeth Woolridge Grant ( born June 21 , 1985 ) , known professionally as Lana Del Rey , is an American singer , songwriter and record producer . Her music is noted for its stylized cinematic quality ; its themes of tragic romance , glamour , and melancholia ; and its references to pop culture , particularly 1950s and 1960s Americana . Born in New York City and raised in Upstate New York , Del Rey began her music career in July 2006 . Following numerous projects including her debut studio album and the unreleased Sirens , Del Rey 's breakthrough came after the viral success of her debut single Video Games in 2011 . She signed with Interscope and Polydor later that year . Her major label debut Born to Die ( 2012 ) proved an international success and spawned a top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100 with the Cedric Gervais remix of Summertime Sadness , as well as the internationally successful singles Blue Jeans , Born to Die , and National Anthem . Del Rey then released the Grammy-nominated EP , Paradise in 2012 . The next year , Del Rey ventured into film as she wrote and starred in the short music film , Tropico , and released Young and Beautiful as the lead single for the romantic drama film The Great Gatsby ( 2013 ) . Del Rey subsequently issued her sophomore major label effort , Ultraviolence ( 2014 ) , to critical success , topping the charts and spawning the single , West Coast . That same year , Del Rey recorded the eponymous theme for the drama film Big Eyes , which garnered her Grammy and Golden Globe nominations . She released the album Honeymoon in 2015 and Lust for Life in 2017 , the latter of which topped the charts in the U.S. and was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album . Del Rey 's sixth studio album , Norman Fucking Rockwell !
Born to Die is the second studio album and major label debut by American singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey . It was released on January 27 , 2012 , through Interscope Records and Polydor Records . The album was reissued on November 9 , 2012 , as an expanded version subtitled The Paradise Edition . Prior to the release of the album , Del Rey had attracted attention with her 2011 singles Video Games and Born to Die , which contrasted with contemporary electronic/dance music with their cinematic sound accompanied by dramatic string instruments . A predominantly baroque pop and trip hop album , Born to Die musically features the same cinematic composition . The lyrics are about love , sex , and drugs , and features prominent references to 1950s and 1960s Americana . The album was the world 's fifth best-selling album of 2012 , and had sold over seven million copies by 2014 . It spent more than 300 weeks on the US Billboard 200 , where it peaked at number two , and topped charts in Australia and various European countries including France , Germany , and the UK . Born to Die was supported by four further singles : Blue Jeans , Summertime Sadness , National Anthem , and Dark Paradise . Summertime Sadness peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100 , becoming Del Rey 's best-charting single in the US . The album polarized contemporary critics ; praises were towards the album 's distinctive sound , and criticism targeted its repetitiveness and melodramatic tendencies . Del Rey 's image during promotion of Born to Die was controversial ; tabloid media accused her of an inauthentic persona that was the result of forced marketing to gain an audience in the indie music scene .
The Lumineers are an American folk rock band based in Denver , Colorado . The founding members are Wesley Schultz ( lead vocals , guitar ) and Jeremiah Fraites ( drums , percussion , piano ) . Schultz and Fraites began writing and performing together in Ramsey , New Jersey in 2005 . Cellist and vocalist Neyla Pekarek ( cello ) joined the band in 2010 , and was a member until 2018 . The Lumineers emerged as one of the most popular folk-rock/Americana artists during the revival of those genres and their growing popularity in the 2010s . The band 's stripped back raw sound draws heavily from artists that influenced Schultz and Fraites such as Bruce Springsteen , Bob Dylan and Tom Petty . They are known for their energetic live shows and several international hit singles including Ho Hey , Stubborn Love , Ophelia and Cleopatra . The band has become one of the top touring bands in the United States and also sells out shows around the world . The Lumineers have released three albums on American independent label Dualtone Records ( Dine Alone in Canada and Decca/Universal worldwide ) . Their self-titled first album was released in 2012 and peaked at No . 2 on the Billboard 200 . It has been certified triple platinum in the U.S. and Canada , platinum in the U.K. and Ireland , and gold in Australia .
The Lumineers is the debut studio album by American rock band the Lumineers . The album was released in the United States on April 3 , 2012 , and contains the singles Ho Hey , Stubborn Love and Submarines . The album peaked at number 2 on the Billboard 200 chart . The vinyl LP version of the record was pressed by United Record Pressing in Nashville , Tennessee .
Carrie Marie Underwood ( born March 10 , 1983 ) is an American singer , songwriter , fashion designer , and actress . She rose to fame as the winner of the fourth season of American Idol in 2005 . Her debut single , Inside Your Heaven , made her the only country artist to debut at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and the only solo country artist in the 2000s to have a number-one song on the Hot 100 . Her debut album , Some Hearts ( 2005 ) , was bolstered by the huge crossover success of the singles Jesus , Take the Wheel and Before He Cheats , becoming the best-selling solo female debut album in country music history , the fastest-selling debut country album in Nielsen SoundScan history and the best-selling country album of the last 17 years . Underwood won three Grammy Awards for the album , including Best New Artist . Her second album , Carnival Ride , followed in 2007 . It had one of the biggest opening weeks of all time by a female artist and won two Grammy Awards . Her next album , 2009 's Play On , was a commercial success led by the single Cowboy Casanova . Underwood 's fourth album , Blown Away ( 2012 ) , earned her a Grammy Award and was that year 's second best-selling release by a female artist . Her first compilation album , Greatest Hits : Decade # 1 ( 2014 ) , was a chart and sales success that spawned the Grammy Award-winning crossover single Something in the Water . Her fifth album , Storyteller ( 2015 ) , made her the only country artist to have all first five studio albums reach either numbers one or two on the Billboard 200 chart . With her sixth album , Cry Pretty ( 2018 ) , she became the only woman to top the Billboard 200 with four country albums , and had both the biggest week for any album by a woman in 2018 and the best-selling solo female album of the year .
Blown Away is the fourth studio album by American singer and songwriter Carrie Underwood . It was released in the United States and Canada on May 1 , 2012 by Arista Nashville . After finishing her successful Play On Tour in December 2010 , Underwood started working on the album , but took her time , as she wanted to change things up , and needed to step away from the celebrity bubble to have real things to write about and to sing about . It took her over one year to finish the album , which , according to Underwood , ended up having a darker storyline than her previous efforts . Met with mostly positive reviews from music critics , the album became a commercial success . It debuted at number one on Billboard 200 , with first-week sales of 267,000 copies , achieving the third-largest opening of 2012 . With Blown Away reaching number one , Underwood became the third female to chart at number one on the Billboard 200 with three country albums , tying her with Linda Ronstadt and Faith Hill . Like her three previous albums , Blown Away debuted at the top of the Top Country Albums chart . The album remained at number one for a second week on the Billboard 200 , becoming her first album to spend more than one week at the top of that chart . It topped the Top Country Albums chart for seven weeks . Blown Away was the seventh best selling album overall and second best-selling country album of 2012 in the US . It finished 2012 with over 1.4 million copies sold worldwide , according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry .
Florida Georgia Line are an American country music duo consisting of vocalists Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley . Their 2012 debut single Cruise broke two major sales records : it was downloaded over seven million times , making it the first country song ever to receive the Diamond certification , and it became the best-selling digital country song of all time , with 24 weeks at number one , until it was surpassed in July 2017 by Sam Hunt 's Body Like a Back Road . Cruise remains their most popular song to date . Cruise helped to pioneer a style of country music known as bro-country , which incorporates production elements from rock and hip-hop music , and tends to cover subject matter such as partying , drinking , driving trucks and romantic attraction . Much of their subsequent music has been tagged with the bro-country label as well . Florida Georgia Line was formed in 2010 in Nashville , Tennessee , and began as a cover band . In December 2011 , they signed to the Big Loud Mountain label . Their second EP , It ' z Just What We Do , was released in 2012 and charted on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart . Several months later they signed with Republic Nashville , part of the Big Machine Label Group . They released their second album , Anything Goes on October 14 , 2014 . Their third album , Dig Your Roots , was released on August 26 , 2016 , and the fourth Ca n't Say I Ai n't Country on February 15 , 2019 .
Here 's to the Good Times is the debut studio album by American country music duo Florida Georgia Line . It was released on December 4 , 2012 , by Republic Nashville . The album includes the five tracks from their It ' z Just What We Do EP , along with six new songs . The deluxe edition , titled Here 's to the Good Times… This Is How We Roll , was released on November 25 , 2013 . The album was the sixth best-selling album of 2013 in the United States , and became certified two-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) on July 1 , 2014 .
Fun ( stylized fun . ) is an American pop rock band based in New York City . The band was formed by Nate Ruess ( former lead singer of The Format ) , Andrew Dost ( formerly of Anathallo ) , and Jack Antonoff ( of Steel Train and Bleachers ) . To date , Fun has released two albums : Aim and Ignite in August 2009 and Some Nights in February 2012 . The band is best known for three hit singles from Some Nights : Grammy Award-winning We Are Young featuring Janelle Monáe , Some Nights , and Carry On . We Are Young reached number one on the U.S . Billboard Hot 100 and Digital Songs charts . It also peaked at number one in the United Kingdom . Some Nights was released as the album 's second single in June 2012 , peaking at number three on the Hot 100 chart and becoming Fun 's second Top 10 single , as well as the band 's second song to reach platinum status in the United States . Fun 's song We Are Young won the Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Song of the Year in 2013 . Additionally , Fun was a nominee for four other Grammy Awards : Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo or Group Performance ( both for We Are Young ) along with Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album ( both for Some Nights ) .
Some Nights is the second studio album by American pop rock group Fun . It was released on February 21 , 2012 through Fueled by Ramen , a subsidiary of major label Warner Music Group . It was recorded in 2011 and produced by Jeff Bhasker . After signing to a new label , the band began to work on Some Nights for over nine months throughout 2011 . We Are Young was released as the lead single from the album and bolstered the band to mainstream success with the aid of television and advertising . It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks and Alternative Songs for two weeks , with over six million digital downloads . The title track was commissioned as the second single and has reached No . 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart , selling 6.8 million digital downloads as well as becoming their second No . 1 on Alternative Songs . The album has received mixed reviews according to Metacritic . The band later won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist , and We Are Young won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year . Fun received four other Grammy nominations : two for We Are Young and two for the album itself .
John Anthony White ( né Gillis ; born July 9 , 1975 ) is an American singer , songwriter , multi-instrumentalist and producer . He is best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the duo The White Stripes , but has also had success in other bands and as a solo artist . White has enjoyed consistent critical and popular success and is widely credited as one of the key artists in the garage rock revival of the 2000s . He has won twelve Grammy Awards , and all three of his solo albums have reached number one on the Billboard charts . Rolling Stone ranked him number 70 on its 2010 list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time . David Fricke 's 2011 list ranked him at number 17 . After moonlighting in several underground Detroit bands as a drummer , White founded The White Stripes with fellow Detroit native and then-wife Meg White in 1997 . Their 2001 breakthrough album , White Blood Cells , brought them international fame with the hit single and accompanying music video Fell in Love with a Girl . This recognition provided White opportunities to collaborate with famous artists , including Loretta Lynn and Bob Dylan . In 2005 , White founded The Raconteurs with Brendan Benson , and in 2009 founded The Dead Weather with Alison Mosshart of The Kills . In 2008 , he recorded Another Way to Die ( the title song for the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace ) along with Alicia Keys , making them the only duet to perform a Bond song . On April 24 , 2012 , White released his debut solo album , Blunderbuss .
Blunderbuss is the debut solo album by Jack White . It was released through digital download on April 20 , 2012 and in compact disc and vinyl editions on April 23 through White 's own label Third Man Records , in association with XL Recordings and Columbia Records . Written almost entirely by White , the album was recorded and produced by White in Nashville , Tennessee in 2011 . Various musical styles appear throughout the album , including blues , rock , folk , and country soul . The album received positive reviews from critics , holding a score of 83 out of 100 on review aggregator site Metacritic . It debuted at number one in five countries and debuted in the top ten in 10 other countries . It was certified diamond by the Independent Music Companies Association ; platinum by Music Canada ; and gold by the British Phonographic Industry , the Australian Recording Industry Association , and the Recording Industry Association of America . Blunderbuss was nominated for Album of the Year and Best Rock Album at the 55th Annual Grammy Awards , while the single Freedom at 21 was nominated for Best Rock Song . In addition , the single I 'm Shakin ' was nominated for Best Rock Performance at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards . The first single from the album , Love Interruption , was released on January 30 , 2012 through White 's website . The single Sixteen Saltines was uploaded to White 's YouTube channel on March 13 , and on March 20 , the song was released as a 7-inch vinyl single with a cover of U2 's Love Is Blindness as its B-side . On April 1 , Third Man Records released the album 's third single , Freedom at 21 , by attaching flexi-disc copies of the song to 1000 helium balloons .