The UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart is a record chart which ranks the best-selling rock and heavy metal albums in the United Kingdom. Compiled and published by the Official Charts Company, the data is based on each album's weekly physical sales, digital downloads and streams. In 2012, there were 32 albums that topped the 52 published charts. The first number-one album of the year was Wasting Light, the seventh studio album by Foo Fighters, which was released the previous year. The first new number-one album of the year was A Flash Flood of Colour, the third studio album by Enter Shikari. The final number-one album of the year was Led Zeppelin's live album Celebration Day, which reached number one for the week ending 1 December and remained there for five consecutive weeks until the end of the