Album release: Ringo 2012 by Ringo Starr

Ringo 2012, Ringo Starr’s seventeenth solo studio album, was released on 30 January 2012 (the following day in the USA), on compact disc, vinyl, and digital download.

The album was produced by Starr, and recorded at his Rocca Bella studios in the UK and US. Featuring nine songs and lasting less than 30 minutes, it was his shortest album to date.

The album charted at number 80 on the US Billboard 200, selling 6,348 copies in the first month.

It fared less well in the UK, peaking at number 181 and selling just 752 copies by the end of February 2012.