Best of Electric Light Orchestra by Electric Light Orchestra, Sigh No More by Mumford & Sons, The Seldom Seen Kid by Elbow and Whitney: The Greatest Hits by Whitney Houston, all returning after making the top 10 before. Chart debuts Thirty-seven artists achieved their first top 10 album in 2012 as a lead artist. The following table (collapsed on desktop site) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo album, or featured appearances on compilations or other artists recordings. Notes Blunderbuss by Jack White was the singer's debut solo release, however he had previous chart success with The White Stripes and The Raconteurs. Dappy took some time away from his group N-Dubz, scoring a number 6 album Bad Intentions. Best-selling albums Emeli Sandé had the best-selling album of the year with Our Version of Events. The album spent 67 weeks in the top 10 (including 10 weeks at number 1), sold over 2.3 million copies and was certified 8× Platinum by the BPI. 21 by Adele came in second place. Ed Sheeran's +, Born to Die from Lana Del Rey and Take Me Home by One Direction made up the top five. Albums by Mumford & Sons, Olly Murs, Michael Bublé, Coldplay and Rihanna were also in the top 10 best-selling albums of the year. Top-ten albums Key Entries by artist The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2012, including albums that reached their peak in 2011. The figures only include main artists, with featured artists and appearances on compilation albums not counted individually for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top 10 in 2011 is also shown. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! scope="col" style="width:55px;" data-sort-type="number"| Entries ! scope="col" style="text-align:center;"| Artist ! scope="col" style="width:55px;"| Country of origin ! scope="col" style="width:55px;" data-sort-type="number"| Weeks ! scope="col" style="width:300px;"| Albums |- |rowspan="13"|2 |Adele | | 28 |19, 21 |- |Bruno Mars | | 8 |Doo-Wops & Hooligans, Unorthodox Jukebox |- |Cheryl |rowspan="3"| | 3 |A Million Lights, Ten |- |Elbow | 2 |Dead in the Boot, The Seldom Seen Kid |- |Electric Light Orchestra | 3 |All Over the World: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra, Mr. Blue Sky: The Very Best of Electric Light Orchestra |- |Green Day | | 3 |¡Dos!, ¡Uno! |- |Military