List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2012

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Rihanna's "Diamonds" made her one of the three artists with the fifth-most number ones in the chart's history.[1]

The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing songs of the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay. Throughout 2012, a total of 12 singles claimed the number-one position. Although 13 singles topped the chart, singer Rihanna's "We Found Love", featuring Calvin Harris, had previously spent eight weeks atop the chart in late 2011, and thus excluded.[2][not in citation given]

In 2012, six acts achieved their first US number-one single, either as a lead artist or a featured guest: Fun, Janelle Monáe, Gotye, Kimbra, Carly Rae Jepsen and Taylor Swift. Two collaboration singles topped the chart, "We Are Young" and "Somebody That I Used to Know". Throughout the year, no musical acts achieved multiple number-one singles.[A] Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know", featuring Kimbra, became the year's biggest-selling single, topping the Billboard Year-End Hot 100.[3]

Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" and Maroon 5's "One More Night" tied for the longest-running number-one single of the year, both spending nine consecutive weeks atop the chart.[4][5] Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" was the second longest-running one, topping the Hot 100 for eight consecutive weeks.[6] Both Fun's "We Are Young and Bruno Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven" spent a total of six weeks at number one,[B][7][8] while Rihanna's "Diamonds", Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" and Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", tied with three weeks atop the chart.[9][10][11] "Diamonds" is Rihanna's twelfth Hot 100 number-one single, tying her with Madonna and The Supremes as the artists with the fifth-most number ones in the chart's history.[1]

Chart history

Gotye performing live with his microphone, while closing his eyes.
Gotye earned his first Hot 100 number-one with "Somebody That I Used to Know", featuring Kimbra. In overall chart progress the single became Billboard's best performing song of the year.
A young woman in long red dress performing live, while handling the microphone in her hand.
Carly Rae Jepsen earned her first chart number-one with "Call Me Maybe", which tied with One More Night" as the longest-running chart-topper of the year.[4]
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Maroon 5's "One More Night" tied with Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" to become the longest-running chart-topper of the year
Key
Best performing single of 2012 Indicates best-performing single of 2012
Issue date Song Artist(s) Ref.
January 7 "Sexy and I Know It" LMFAO [12]
January 14 [13]
January 21 "We Found Love" Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris [14]
January 28 [15]
February 4 "Set Fire to the Rain" Adele [16]
February 11 [17]
February 18 "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Kelly Clarkson [18]
February 25 [19]
March 3 "Part of Me" Katy Perry [20]
March 10 "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" Kelly Clarkson [10]
March 17 "We Are Young" Fun featuring Janelle Monáe [21]
March 24 [22]
March 31 [23]
April 7 [24]
April 14 [25]
April 21 [7]
April 28 "Somebody That I Used to Know"dagger Gotye featuring Kimbra [26]
May 5 [27]
May 12 [28]
May 19 [29]
May 26 [30]
June 2 [31]
June 9 [6]
June 16 [32]
June 23 "Call Me Maybe" Carly Rae Jepsen [33]
June 30 [34]
July 7 [35]
July 14 [36]
July 21 [37]
July 28 [38]
August 4 [39]
August 11 [40]
August 18 [4]
August 25 "Whistle" Flo Rida [41]
September 1 "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" Taylor Swift [42]
September 8 [43]
September 15 "Whistle" Flo Rida [44]
September 22 "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" Taylor Swift [11]
September 29 "One More Night" Maroon 5 [45]
October 6 [46]
October 13 [47]
October 20 [48]
October 27 [49]
November 3 [50]
November 10 [51]
November 17 [52]
November 24 [5]
December 1 "Diamonds" Rihanna [1]
December 8 [53]
December 15 [9]
December 22 "Locked Out of Heaven" Bruno Mars [54]
December 29 [55]

See also

Notes

  • A ^ Rihanna achieved two number-one singles in 2012, "We Found Love" and "Diamonds". However, the former was excluded from the count because it previously topped the Hot 100 in late 2011.[2]
  • B ^ "Locked Out of Heaven" spent two weeks atop the Hot 100 in 2012 and four weeks in 2013.[55][56] Combined, the single peaked at number one on the chart for a total of six weeks.[56]

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