Critics' Picks: 10 Best Albums of 2012 by Billboard (2012) 
Billboard is an American music and entertainment magazine. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style related to the music industry. These are their best albums of 2012.
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Critics' Picks: 10 Best Albums of 2012 composition
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| Cat Power | 1 | 10% | |
| alt-J | 1 | 10% | |
| Frank Ocean | 1 | 10% | |
| Kendrick Lamar | 1 | 10% | |
| Miguel | 1 | 10% | |
| Jessie Ware | 1 | 10% | |
| Taylor Swift | 1 | 10% | |
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| The 10 Best Albums of 2014 | Billboard | 2014 year chart | 2014 | |
| 15 Best Albums of 2013: Critics' Picks | Billboard | 2013 year chart | 2013 | |
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| 100 Best Albums of the 2010s: Staff Picks | Billboard | 2010s decade chart | 2019 | |
Overall charts
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Chart ratings | Avg. chart rating |
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40/100  | 12/17/2020 06:08 | jeitee | | 75/100 |
65/100 | 12/11/2020 08:03 |  pjohnsongolf | | 89/100 |
100/100 | 07/27/2020 14:37 |  Timestarter | | 90/100 |
60/100 | 02/13/2020 04:49 | NSPE | | 77/100 |
50/100 | 06/25/2019 19:14 | jpajovich | | 76/100 |
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This chart has a Bayesian average rating of 52.0/100, a mean average of 42.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 41.1/100. The standard deviation for this chart is 24.5.
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This is seriously bad chart.
Missing:
Lonerism
The Idler Wheel
Visions
The Money Store
'Allelujah!
Love This Giant
What The Fuck:
Taylor Swift's anything
New Bruce Springsteen
Devotion
4/10 albums on this list are tolerable, so I give this chart the same rating.
LedZep 12/11/2016 15:24
After all, this is Billboard. Can't expect them to know anything about music.
Includes Red but not Celebration Rock?? Or Lonerism??
Cojo7 02/26/2016 02:23
How does someone include Taylor Swift and forget Lonerism, shit list.
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