The musical year of 2012

Way too late, I know, but I had to come up with an alternate way to do this, since the way I did 2011 didn't really work with 2012. Because in 2012 I kept track of way more releases than in 2011. So I've come up with a way to do it easily and without so much text:

Group/artist name. Genre. Amount of releases. My overall grade of releases. Favourite song.

Seems easy enough, right? Let's go.

• Bump of Chicken. J-rock. Two singles. ♦♦♦♦ Song: "firefly"
• Kikkawa Yuu. J-pop. Two albums & two singles. ♦♦ Song: "17sai"
• SadDolls. Gothic metal. One album. ♦♦♦ Song: "Bloodred"
• Lamb of God. Groove metal. One album. ♦♦♦♦ Song: "Terminally Unique"
• °C-ute. J-pop. One album, two singles, one compilation, one collaboration. ♦♦♦ Song: "Momoiro Sparkling"
• Kitahara Sayaka. J-pop. Two singles. No grade. Song: None
• Dream Morning Musume. J-pop. One single. ♦♦♦♦♦ Song: "Shining Butterfly"
• Berryz Koubou. J-pop. Three singles & one album. ♦♦ Song: "Momochi! Yurushite Nyan♡Taisou"
• Nick Jonas. Jazz pop. One single. ♦♦♦ Song: "Haven't Met You Yet"
• Tommy heavenly6. J-rock. Two albums. ♦♦♦♦ Song: "Call Me Princess"
• Nightwish. Symphonic metal. One single. ♦♦♦♦♦ Song: "The Heart Asks Pleasure First"
• The Pretty Reckless. Hard rock. One EP, one single, one collaboration. ♦♦♦♦♦ Song: "Kill Me"
• miwa. J-pop. Two singles & one album. ♦♦♦♦ Song: "Kataomoi"
• Mano Erina. J-pop. Three singles & one album. ♦ Song: "NEXT MY SELF"
• Ramin Karimloo. Classic pop. One album. ♦♦♦♦♦ Song: "Cathedrals"
• Yohio. Visual-kei. One album & two singles. ♦♦♦♦♦ Song: "Sky☆Limit"
• Otsuka Ai. J-pop. One single. ♦♦ Song: "Gomen ne"
• Berryz Koubou x °C-ute. J-pop. One single. ♦♦♦♦ Song: "Chou HAPPY SONG"
• Marilyn Manson. Alternative metal. One album. ♦♦♦ Song: "The Gardener"
• Kamiki Aya. J-rock. Two singles. ♦♦♦♦♦ Song: "UNREAL"
• Children of Bodom. Melodic death metal. One compilation. ♦♦♦♦♦ Song: "Blooddrunk"
• Slash. Hard rock. One album. ♦♦♦ Song: "Crazy Life"
• 12 Stones. Post-grunge. One album. ♦♦♦♦ Song: "Only Human"
• ABCHO. J-pop. One single. ♦♦♦ Song: "Me wo Tojite Gyusshiyo"
• S/mileage. J-pop. Four singles & one compilation. ♦♦♦ Song: "Choto Mate Kudasai"
• MUCC. Angura-kei. (Only got the compilation). ♦♦♦ Song: "Tsubasa wo Kudasai"
• Linkin Park. Alternative rock. One album. ♦♦♦ Song: "I'll Be Gone"
• Girls' Generation. K-pop. One album & three singles. ♦♦♦ Song: "Oh!"
• Amy Lee. Folk rock. One song on a tribute album. ♦♦ Song: "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry"
• Seremedy. Visual-kei. One album ♦♦♦♦ Song: "No Escape"
• Buono!. J-pop. One album & one single ♦♦♦♦ Song: "Hatsukoi Cider"
• Miyamoto Karin. J-pop. Two singles. No grade. Song: None
• Melissa Etheridge. Folk rock. One album. ♦♦♦ Song: "4th Street Feeling"
• Moa Lignell. Pop. One album. ♦♦♦ Song: "When I Held Ya"
• Morning Musume. J-pop. One album & four singles. ♦♦♦♦ Song: "Renai Hunter"
• Within Temptation. Symphonic rock. Five covers. ♦♦♦♦♦ Song: "Somebody That I Used to Know"
• Plain White T's. Pop punk. One collaboration. ♦♦♦ Song: "Pet Sematary"
• The 69 Eyes. Gothic rock. One album. ♦♦♦ Song: "Red"
• Three Days Grace. Alternative rock. One album. ♦♦♦♦♦ Song: "Give Me A Reason"
• Corroded. Post-grunge. One album. ♦♦♦ Song: "Uncommon Sense"
• Stone Sour. Alternative metal. One album. ♦♦♦♦ Song: "Taciturn"
• All That Remains. Metalcore. One album. ♦♦♦♦♦ Song: "Asking Too Much"
• DIY♡/Peaberry/Harvest/Green Fields. J-pop. Two singles. ♦♦ Song: "Cabbage Hakusho"
• Stephen Lynch. Comedy. One double album. ♦♦♦♦♦ Song: "Let Me Inside"
• Miyavi. J-rock. One album & one single. ♦♦♦ Song: "Day 1"
• 3 Doors Down. Alternative rock. One compilation. ♦♦♦♦ Song: "Here Without You"
• Rabbit. J-pop. One album. ♦♦♦ Song: "UNLOVE" (Not on YouTube)

Because I decided to check out some bands I had only heard a few songs of before and H!P creating new units and Toni showing me bands... Well, the list somehow got bigger than last time xD

Anyway... 

• Most anticipated releases: Ramin's debut album, DoriMusu's first single, and Stephen Lynch's new album
• Best releases of the year: The Pretty Reckless - "Kill Me", Within Temptation - "Somebody That I Used to Know", DoriMusu - "Shining Butterfly", miwa - "Kataomoi", and MoMusu "Renai Hunter"
• Best song all-together: