List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2012 explained

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.^[1]

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. Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know", featuring Kimbra, became the year's biggest-selling single, topping the Billboard Year-End Hot 100.^[2]

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. Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" was the second longest-running one, topping the Hot 100 for eight consecutive weeks. Both Fun's "We Are Young and Bruno Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven" spent a total of six weeks at number one,^[3] 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. "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.

Chart history

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Indicates best-performing single of 2012

width=40		Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	1010	January 7	"Sexy and I Know It"	LMFAO	^[4] ^[5]
January 14	^[6] ^[7]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	re	January 21	"We Found Love"	Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris	^[8] ^[9]
January 28	^[10] ^[11]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	1011	February 4	"Set Fire to the Rain"	Adele	^[12] ^[13]
February 11	^[14] ^[15]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	1012	February 18	"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"	Kelly Clarkson	^[16] ^[17]
February 25	^[18] ^[19]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	1013	March 3	"Part of Me"	Katy Perry	^[20] ^[21]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	re	March 10	"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"	Kelly Clarkson	^[22] ^[23]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=6	1014	March 17	"We Are Young"	Fun featuring Janelle Monáe	^[24] ^[25]
March 24	^[26] ^[27]
March 31	^[28] ^[29]
April 7	^[30] ^[31]
April 14	^[32] ^[33]
April 21	^[34] ^[35]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=8	1015	April 28	bgcolor=#FFFF99 style="text-align: center;" rowspan="8"	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Gotye featuring Kimbra	^[36] ^[37]
May 5	^[38] ^[39]
May 12	^[40] ^[41]
May 19	^[42] ^[43]
May 26	^[44] ^[45]
June 2	^[46] ^[47]
June 9	^[48] ^[49]
June 16	^[50] ^[51]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=9	1016	June 23	"Call Me Maybe"	Carly Rae Jepsen	^[52] ^[53]
June 30	^[54] ^[55]
July 7	^[56] ^[57]
July 14	^[58] ^[59]
July 21	^[60] ^[61]
July 28	^[62] ^[63]
August 4	^[64] ^[65]
August 11	^[66] ^[67]
August 18	^[68] ^[69]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	1017	August 25	"Whistle"	Flo Rida	^[70] ^[71]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	1018	September 1	"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"	Taylor Swift	^[72] ^[73]
September 8	^[74] ^[75]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	re	September 15	"Whistle"	Flo Rida	^[76] ^[77]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center	re	September 22	"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"	Taylor Swift	^[78] ^[79]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=9	1019	September 29	"One More Night"	Maroon 5	^[80] ^[81]
October 6	^[82] ^[83]
October 13	^[84] ^[85]
October 20	^[86] ^[87]
October 27	^[88] ^[89]
November 3	^[90] ^[91]
November 10	^[92] ^[93]
November 17	^[94] ^[95]
November 24	^[96] ^[97]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=3	1020	December 1	"Diamonds"	Rihanna	^[98] ^[99]
December 8	^[100] ^[101]
December 15	^[102] ^[103]
bgcolor=#EDEAE0 align=center rowspan=2	1021	December 22	"Locked Out of Heaven"	Bruno Mars	^[104] ^[105]
December 29	^[106] ^[107]

Number-one artists

List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one! Position! Artist! Weeks at No. 1

1	Carly Rae Jepsen	9
	Maroon 5
3	Gotye	8
	Kimbra
5	Fun	6
	Janelle Monáe
7	Rihanna	5
8	Kelly Clarkson	3
	Taylor Swift
10	LMFAO	2
	Calvin Harris
	Adele
	Flo Rida
	Bruno Mars
15	Katy Perry	1

See also

• 2012 in American music
• List of Billboard number-one singles
• List of Billboard Hot 100 top-ten singles in 2012
• List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of the 2010s

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.^[1]
• B "Locked Out of Heaven" spent two weeks atop the Hot 100 in 2012 and four weeks in 2013.^{[107] [108]} Combined, the single peaked at number one on the chart for a total of six weeks.^[108]

External links

• Hot 100 chart at Billboard

Notes and References

1. Rihanna's 'Love' Her Longest-Leading Hot 100 No. 1. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2011-12-21. 2011-12-21.
2. Hot 100 – 2012 Year-End chart. 2012. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2012-12-08.
3. Bruno Mars Leads Hot 100 as Justin Timberlake's 'Suit & Tie' Debuts. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2013-01-16. 2013-01-16.
4. Web site: January 7, 2012. .
5. LMFAO Brings 'Sexy' To Hot 100 Summit. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2011-12-28. 2011-12-28.
6. Web site: January 14, 2012. .
7. LMFAO Still 'Sexy' Atop Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-01-04. 2012-01-04.
8. Web site: January 21, 2012. .
9. Rihanna Renews 'Love' Affair Atop Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-01-11. 2012-01-11.
10. Web site: January 28, 2012. .
11. Rihanna's 'Love' Scores A Perfect 10 Atop Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-01-18. 2012-01-18.
12. Web site: February 4, 2012. .
13. Adele's 'Fire' Burns Path to Hot 100 Summit. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-01-25. 2012-01-25.
14. Web site: February 11, 2012. .
15. Adele Atop Hot 100, But Kelly Clarkson Getting 'Stronger' at No. 2. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-02-01. 2012-02-01.
16. Web site: February 18, 2012. .
17. Kelly Clarkson Drives 'Stronger' to Hot 100 Summit. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-02-08. 2012-02-08.
18. Web site: February 25, 2012. .
19. Whitney Houston Returns to Hot 100's Top 10 with 'I Will Always Love You'. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-02-15. 2012-02-15.
20. Web site: March 3, 2012. .
21. Katy Perry's 'Part of Me' Debuts Atop Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-02-22. 2012-02-22.
22. Web site: March 10, 2012. .
23. Kelly Clarkson Returns to Hot 100 Peak, The Wanted Hit Top 10. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-02-29. 2012-02-29.
24. Web site: March 17, 2012. .
25. Fun.-tastic! 'We Are Young' Tops Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-03-07. 2012-03-07.
26. Web site: March 24, 2012. .
27. Fun.'s 'We Are Young' Remains Atop Revised Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-03-14. 2012-03-14.
28. Web site: March 31, 2012. .
29. Fun. Still No. 1 on Hot 100, Flo Rida Enters Top 10. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-03-21. 2012-03-21.
30. Web site: April 7, 2012. .
31. Fun. Notch Fourth Week Atop Billboard Hot 100, Inc. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-03-28. 2012-03-28.
32. Web site: April 14, 2012. .
33. Justin Bieber's 'Boyfriend' Debuts at No. 2 on Hot 100, Inc. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-04-04. 2012-04-04.
34. Web site: April 21, 2012. .
35. Hot 100: Fun. Makes Digital Sales History in Sixth Week at No. 1, Inc. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-04-11. 2012-04-11.
36. Web site: April 28, 2012. .
37. Gotye's 'Somebody That I Used to Know' Roars to No. 1 on Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-04-18. 2012-04-18.
38. Web site: May 5, 2012. .
39. Maroon 5's 'Payphone' Charges Onto Hot 100, Inc. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-04-25. 2012-04-25.
40. Web site: May 12, 2012. .
41. Gotye Still Atop Hot 100, Carly Rae Jepsen Hits Top 5, Inc. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-05-02. 2012-05-02.
42. Web site: May 19, 2012. .
43. Gotye's Hot 100 Leader Expands Multi-Format Domination, Inc. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-05-09. 2012-05-09.
44. Web site: May 26, 2012. .
45. Train's 'Drive By' Completes Trip to Hot 100's Top 10, Inc. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-05-16. 2012-05-16.
46. Web site: June 2, 2012. .
47. Carly Rae Jepsen Jumps to No. 2 on Hot 100, Gotye Still No. 1, Inc. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-05-23. 2012-05-23.
48. Web site: June 9, 2012. .
49. Phillip Phillips Storms Hot 100's Top 10, Gotye Has Year's Longest-Running No. 1, Inc. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-05-30. 2012-05-30.
50. Web site: June 16, 2012. .
51. Rihanna Scores 22nd Hot 100 Top 10, Gotye No. 1 for Eighth Week, Inc. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-06-06. 2012-06-06.
52. Web site: June 23, 2012. .
53. Carly Rae Jepsen Hits No. 1: 'Call' Connects Atop Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-06-13. 2012-06-13.
54. Web site: June 30, 2012. .
55. Carly Rae Jepsen Continues New Artists' Dominance Atop Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-06-20. 2012-06-20.
56. Web site: July 7, 2012. .
57. Usher, Ellie Goulding Hit Hot 100's Top 10; Carly Rae Jepsen Still No. 1. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-06-27. 2012-06-27.
58. Web site: July 14, 2012. .
59. Long-Distance 'Call': Carly Rae Jepsen Still Atop Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-07-04. 2012-07-04.
60. Web site: July 21, 2012. .
61. Carly Rae Jepsen Still No. 1, Nicki Minaj Makes History On Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-07-11. 2012-07-11.
62. Web site: July 28, 2012. .
63. Pink Plants a Big 'Kiss' in Hot 100's Top 10. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-07-18. 2012-07-18.
64. Web site: August 4, 2012. .
65. Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Call Me Maybe' Spends Seventh Week Atop Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-07-25. 2012-07-25.
66. Web site: August 11, 2012. .
67. Carly Rae Jepsen Ties Gotye for Hot 100's Longest Rule This Year. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-08-01. 2012-08-01.
68. Web site: August 18, 2012. .
69. Carly Rae Jepsen Claims Longest Hot 100 No. 1 Run of 2012. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-08-08. 2012-08-08.
70. Web site: August 25, 2012. .
71. Flo Rida's 'Whistle' Works Way to Top of Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-08-15. 2012-08-15.
72. Web site: September 1, 2012. .
73. Taylor Swift Scores First Hot 100 No. 1. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-08-22. 2012-08-22.
74. Web site: September 8, 2012. .
75. Taylor Swift's 'Never Ever' Fever Persists At No. 1 On Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-08-29. 2012-08-29.
76. Web site: September 15, 2012. .
77. Flo Rida's 'Whistle' Returns to No. 1 on Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-09-05. 2012-09-05.
78. Web site: September 22, 2012. .
79. Taylor Swift's 'Never' Is Hot 100's Longest-Leading Country Song Since 1980. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-09-12. 2012-09-12.
80. Web site: September 29, 2012. .
81. Maroon 5 Reaches No. 1 On Hot 100 with 'One More Night'. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-09-19. 2012-09-19.
82. Web site: October 6, 2012. .
83. Maroon 5 Still Tops Hot 100, PSY One Step From No. 1. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-09-26. 2012-09-26.
84. Web site: October 13, 2012. .
85. Psy Can't Beat Maroon 5 in Close Race for Hot 100's Top Spot. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-10-03. 2012-10-03.
86. Web site: October 20, 2012. .
87. Maroon 5 Keeps PSY Out of Hot 100's Summit Again. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-10-10. 2012-10-10.
88. Web site: October 27, 2012. .
89. PSY Still Stuck At No. 2 as Maroon 5 Tops Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-10-17. 2012-10-17.
90. Web site: November 3, 2012. .
91. Maroon 5 Spend 'One More' Week Atop Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-10-24. 2012-10-24.
92. Web site: November 10, 2012. .
93. Maroon 5, PSY Spend a Sixth Week in Hot 100's Top Spots. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-10-31. 2012-10-31.
94. Web site: November 17, 2012. .
95. Maroon 5 Spends Eighth Week Atop Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-11-07. 2012-11-07.
96. Web site: November 24, 2012. .
97. Maroon 5's 'One More Night' Ties for Hot 100's Longest Lead This Year. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-11-14. 2012-11-14.
98. Web site: December 1, 2012. .
99. Rihanna's 'Diamonds' Shines Atop Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-11-20. 2012-11-20.
100. Web site: December 8, 2012. .
101. Rihanna Scores Double Domination Atop Hot 100, Billboard 200. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-11-28. 2012-11-28.
102. Web site: December 15, 2012. .
103. Rihanna Remains Atop Hot 100, Adds Radio Songs Reign. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-12-05. 2012-12-05.
104. Web site: December 22, 2012. .
105. Bruno Mars Makes 'Heaven'-ly Ascent To No. 1 On Hot 100. Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-12-12. 2012-12-12.
106. Web site: December 29, 2012. .
107. Bruno Mars Has Top Hot 100 Spot 'Locked' Up Again . Billboard. Gary. Trust. 2012-12-12. 2012-12-19.
108. Bruno Mars Leads Hot 100 as Justin Timberlake's 'Suit & Tie' Debuts. Billboard. Trust. Gary. 2013-01-16. 2013-05-24.