Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2012
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Gotye's single, "Somebody That I Used to Know", came in at number one, spending a total of 8 weeks at number one throughout the year.
Barbadian singer Rihanna's "We Found Love" came in at number 69 in 2011 and rose to position 8 this year. She had a total of six songs included on the list, with her as a lead artist on 5 songs. Four of which were from her sixth album Talk That Talk, and one was from her seventh album Unapologetic.
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Three of Katy Perry's singles from Teenage Dream:The Complete Confection are in the top 50, with "Wide Awake" at 15, "Part of Me" at 31, and "The One That Got Away" at 41.
Singer Sia is featured in 4 songs on the chart, despite not being the lead singer of them. "Wild Ones" by Flo Rida and "Titanium" by David Guetta feature her vocals, while the other two were written by her, "Diamonds" by Rihanna and "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" by Ne-Yo, which charted at 94 and 74 respectively.
Singer Ellie Goulding, whose single "Lights" appeared at number 5, is the highest-ranking British artist on the list.
Billboard publishes annual lists of songs based on chart performance over the course of a year based on Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems and SoundScan information. For 2012, the list for the top 100 Billboard Hot 100 Year-End songs was published on December 14, calculated with data from December 3, 2011 to November 24, 2012.[1] At the number-one position was Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" featuring Kimbra, which stayed atop the Hot 100 for eight consecutive weeks.
See also
- 2012 in American music
- List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 2012 (U.S.)
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2013
- Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2011
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