The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom.[1] Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart.[2][3] This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2012, as well as singles which peaked in 2011 and 2013 but were in the top 10 in 2012. The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time (week ending, as published by the Official Charts Company, which is six days after the chart is announced).
Belgian-born Australian singer Gotye had the best-selling single of 2012 with "Somebody That I Used to Know". Featuring guest vocals from New Zealand singer Kimbra, the song spent five weeks at number-one and lasted 18 weeks in the top 10. However, despite the song's success, Gotye never made the UK charts again, with critics labelling him a one-hit wonder.Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen had the year's second best selling single with "Call Me Maybe", which spent four weeks at number-one and lasted 12 weeks in the top 10.Nate Ruess and his band Fun had two singles in the UK top 10 in 2012, including "We Are Young", a collaboration with Janelle Monáe, which became the third best seller of the year, spending 14 weeks in the top 10, with one week at number-one.
One-hundred and forty-four singles were in the top ten in 2012. Eleven singles from 2011 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Scream & Shout" by will.i.am & Britney Spears and "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift were released in 2012 but did not reach their peak until 2013. "Good Feeling" by Flo Rida and "Paradise" by Coldplay were the singles from 2011 to reach their peak in 2012. Forty-six artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2012.
The first number-one single of the year was "Paradise" by Coldplay. Overall, thirty-six different singles peaked at number-one in 2012, with Rita Ora (3) having the most singles hit that position.
One-hundred and forty-four singles charted in the top 10 in 2012, with one-hundred and thirty-three singles reaching their peak this year.
Forty-six artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2012. American rapper Flo Rida and Barbadian singer Rihanna shared the highest number of top ten singles in 2012 with five. Flo Rida recorded one solo single which reached the top spot – "Good Feeling" - and also featured on Olly Murs number-one single "Troublemaker". His other top ten entries were "Wild Ones" featuring Sia (number 4), "Whistle" (2) and "I Cry" (3). Rihanna had number-ones with "We Found Love" featuring Calvin Harris (released in 2011) and "Diamonds", and also charted in 2012 with "Where Have You Been" (6), "Stay" featuring Mikky Ekko (4) and a guest appearance on Coldplay's "Princess of China", which reached number four. Scottish DJ Calvin Harris, singers Emeli Sande and Rita Ora, will.i.am from the Black Eyed Peas and French DJ David Guetta all had four top ten singles in 2012.
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Thirty-nine artists achieved their first top 10 single in 2012, either as a lead or featured artist. Of these, four went on to record another hit single that year: Carly Rae Jepsen, Fun, Paloma Faith and Stooshe. Two artists scored two more top 10 singles: Conor Maynard and Lawson. Rita Ora had three other entries in her breakthrough year.
The following table (collapsed) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.
A number of singles recorded for charity reached the top 10 in the charts in 2012. The Sport Relief single was "Proud", recorded by former X Factor finalists JLS, peaking at number six on 31 March 2012.
Girls Aloud recorded the Children in Need single for 2012, entitled "Something New". It was the 21st top ten single of their career out of their twenty-two singles, a run only broken by previous release "Untouchable" (which reached number 11), peaking at number two on 1 December 2012.
French DJ David Guetta had four top 10 singles this year, including his collaboration with Sia, "Titanium", which reached number-one in February and became the UK's fourth best seller of the year.South Korean rapper and musician Psy spent 17 consecutive weeks in the UK top-ten, including one week at number-one, with "Gangnam Style", which became the sixth best selling single of this year.Adam Levine and his group Maroon 5 had two singles in the top 10 in 2012, including "Payphone", a collaboration with rapper Wiz Khalifa, which became the band's first UK number-one single.Irish pop rock group The Script (lead singer Danny O'Donoghue pictured) scored their first and only UK number-one single in September of this year with "Hall of Fame", a collaboration with will.i.am, which topped the chart for two weeks.Scottish DJ Calvin Harris had four singles in the UK top 10 in 2012, including the number-one hit '"Sweet Nothing", a collaboration with Florence Welch.
The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2012, including singles that reached their peak in 2011 or 2013. The figures include both main artists and featured artists, while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist. The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2012 is also shown.
a "Lego House", "Earthquake" and "Sexy and I Know It" re-entered the top 10 at numbers 7, 8 and 9 respectively on 7 January.
b "Levels" and "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)" re-entered the top 10 at numbers 4 and 10 respectively on 14 January.
c "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" re-entered the top 10 at number eight on 10 March.
d "Turn Me On" re-entered the top 10 at number ten on 17 March.
e "Picking Up the Pieces" re-entered the top 10 at number ten on 30 June.
f "We Are Young" re-entered the top 10 at number ten on 4 July.
g "Pound the Alarm" re-entered the top 10 at number eight on 18 August.
h The 2012 remix version of "Running Up that Hill" entered the top 10 at number six on 25 August following its usage at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony; the original version peaked at number 3 in August 1985.
i "Harder Than You Think" was originally released in 2007, but entered the top 10 after it was used by Channel 4 in their coverage of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.
j "Some Nights" re-entered the top 10 at number seven on 6 October.
k "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" re-entered the top 10 at number seven on 27 October.
l "Stay" and "Don't You Worry Child" re-entered the top 10 at numbers 7 and 9 respectively on 12 January 2013.
m "Candy" and "Beneath Your Beautiful" re-entered the top 10 at numbers 9 and 10 respectively on 5 January 2013.
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The UK Singles Chart is one of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best selling singles of the week in the United Kingdom 1 Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles and digital downloads with airplay figures excluded from the official chart 2 3 This list shows singles that peaked in the Top 10 of the UK Singles Chart during 2012 as well as singles which peaked in 2011 and 2013 but were in the top 10 in 2012 The entry date is when the song appeared in the top 10 for the first time week ending as published by the Official Charts Company which is six days after the chart is announced Belgian born Australian singer Gotye had the best selling single of 2012 with Somebody That I Used to Know Featuring guest vocals from New Zealand singer Kimbra the song spent five weeks at number one and lasted 18 weeks in the top 10 However despite the song s success Gotye never made the UK charts again with critics labelling him a one hit wonder Canadian singer Carly Rae Jepsen had the year s second best selling single with Call Me Maybe which spent four weeks at number one and lasted 12 weeks in the top 10 Nate Ruess and his band Fun had two singles in the UK top 10 in 2012 including We Are Young a collaboration with Janelle Monae which became the third best seller of the year spending 14 weeks in the top 10 with one week at number one One hundred and forty four singles were in the top ten in 2012 Eleven singles from 2011 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year while Scream amp Shout by will i am amp Britney Spears and I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift were released in 2012 but did not reach their peak until 2013 Good Feeling by Flo Rida and Paradise by Coldplay were the singles from 2011 to reach their peak in 2012 Forty six artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2012 The first number one single of the year was Paradise by Coldplay Overall thirty six different singles peaked at number one in 2012 with Rita Ora 3 having the most singles hit that position Contents 1 Background 1 1 Multiple entries 1 2 Chart debuts 1 3 Songs from films 1 4 Charity singles 1 5 Best selling singles 2 Top ten singles 3 Entries by artist 4 Notes 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksBackground editMultiple entries edit One hundred and forty four singles charted in the top 10 in 2012 with one hundred and thirty three singles reaching their peak this year Forty six artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 2012 American rapper Flo Rida and Barbadian singer Rihanna shared the highest number of top ten singles in 2012 with five Flo Rida recorded one solo single which reached the top spot Good Feeling and also featured on Olly Murs number one single Troublemaker His other top ten entries were Wild Ones featuring Sia number 4 Whistle 2 and I Cry 3 Rihanna had number ones with We Found Love featuring Calvin Harris released in 2011 and Diamonds and also charted in 2012 with Where Have You Been 6 Stay featuring Mikky Ekko 4 and a guest appearance on Coldplay s Princess of China which reached number four Scottish DJ Calvin Harris singers Emeli Sande and Rita Ora will i am from the Black Eyed Peas and French DJ David Guetta all had four top ten singles in 2012 Chart debuts edit Thirty nine artists achieved their first top 10 single in 2012 either as a lead or featured artist Of these four went on to record another hit single that year Carly Rae Jepsen Fun Paloma Faith and Stooshe Two artists scored two more top 10 singles Conor Maynard and Lawson Rita Ora had three other entries in her breakthrough year The following table collapsed does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single Artist Number of top 10s First entry Chart position Other entriesKnife Party 1 Antidote 4 Gotye 1 Somebody That I Used to Know 1 KimbraAlyssa Reid 1 Alone Again 2 Jump SmokersRita Ora 4 Hot Right Now 1 R I P 1 How We Do Party 1 Shine Ya Light 10 Neon Hitch 1 Ass Back Home 9 Stooshe 2 Love Me 5 Black Heart 3 Erick Morillo 1 Elephant 3 Carly Rae Jepsen 2 Call Me Maybe 1 Good Time 5 Fun 2 We Are Young 1 Some Nights 7 Janelle Monae 1 Conor Maynard 3 Can t Say No 2 Vegas Girl 4 Turn Around 8 John Legend 1 Ordinary People 4 Alex Clare 1 Too Close 4 D banj 1 Oliver Twist 9 Paloma Faith 2 Picking Up the Pieces 7 He Ain t Heavy He s My Brother 1 Rudimental 1 Feel the Love 1 John NewmanLoreen 1 Euphoria 3 Lawson 3 When She Was Mine 4 Taking Over Me 3 Standing in the Dark 6 The Commonwealth Band 1 Sing 1 Precision Tunes 1 Payphone 9 Eva Simons 1 This Is Love 1 Karmin 1 Brokenhearted 6 Ms D 1 Heatwave 1 Redlight 1 Lost in Your Love 5 Elbow 1 One Day Like This 4 Trey Songz 1 Simply Amazing 8 Porter Robinson 1 Language 9 Sam and the Womp 1 Bom Bom 1 Devlin 1 Watchtower 7 Psy 1 Gangnam Style 1 John Martin 1 Don t You Worry Child 1 Childish Gambino 1 Trouble 7 Gabrielle Aplin 1 The Power of Love 1 The Lumineers 1 Ho Hey 8 James Arthur 1 Impossible 1 The Justice Collective 1 He Ain t Heavy He s My Brother 1 Songs from films edit Original songs from various films entered the top 10 throughout the year These included Skyfall from Skyfall Ill Manors from Ill Manors and Wide Awake Katy Perry Part of Me Charity singles edit A number of singles recorded for charity reached the top 10 in the charts in 2012 The Sport Relief single was Proud recorded by former X Factor finalists JLS peaking at number six on 31 March 2012 Girls Aloud recorded the Children in Need single for 2012 entitled Something New It was the 21st top ten single of their career out of their twenty two singles a run only broken by previous release Untouchable which reached number 11 peaking at number two on 1 December 2012 A group of artists under the banner Justice Collective produced a cover of He Ain t Heavy He s My Brother originally by The Hollies to raise money for charities connected to the Hillsborough Disaster It became the Christmas number one for that year replacing James Arthur at the top spot on 29 December 2012 Best selling singles edit Gotye featuring Kimbra had the best selling single of the year with Somebody That I Used to Know The song spent eighteen weeks in the top 10 including five weeks at number one sold over 1 318 million copies and was certified 2 platinum by the BPI July 2013 Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen came in second place selling more than 1 142 million copies and losing out by around 176 000 sales Fun featuring Janelle Monae s We Are Young Titanium from David Guetta featuring Sia and Impossible by James Arthur made up the top five Singles by Psy Nicki Minaj Jessie J Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa and Flo Rida featuring Sia were also in the top ten best selling singles of the year Top ten singles editKeySymbol Meaning Single peaked in 2011 but still in chart in 2012 Single released in 2012 but peaked in 2013 Year end top ten single position and rankEntered The date that the single first appeared in the chart Peak Highest position that the single reached in the UK Singles Chart Entered week ending Weeksintop10 Single Artist Peak Peakreached week ending WeeksatpeakSingles in 201115 October 2011 14 We Found Love Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris 1 15 October 2011 67 Sexy and I Know It A LMFAO 5 22 October 2011 15 November 2011 9 Earthquake A Labrinth featuring Tinie Tempah 2 5 November 2011 112 November 2011 8 Lego House A Ed Sheeran 5 19 November 2011 226 November 2011 11 Good Feeling Flo Rida 1 14 January 2012 13 December 2011 8 Dance with Me Tonight Olly Murs 1 17 December 2011 18 Levels B Avicii 4 3 December 2011 317 December 2011 6 Dedication to My Ex Miss That B Lloyd featuring Andre 3000 amp Lil Wayne 3 17 December 2011 17 Paradise Coldplay 1 7 January 2012 124 December 2011 3 Cannonball Little Mix 1 24 December 2011 131 December 2011 2 Wherever You Are Military Wives featuring Gareth Malone 1 31 December 2011 1Singles in 20127 January 2012 7 Mama Do the Hump Rizzle Kicks 2 28 January 2012 114 January 2012 3 Troublemaker Taio Cruz 3 14 January 2012 19 Domino 8 Jessie J 1 21 January 2012 221 January 2012 13 Titanium 4 David Guetta featuring Sia 1 11 February 2012 128 January 2012 2 Antidote Swedish House Mafia vs Knife Party 4 28 January 2012 11 Kiss the Stars Pixie Lott 8 28 January 2012 14 February 2012 4 Twilight Cover Drive 1 4 February 2012 112 Wild Ones 10 Flo Rida featuring Sia 4 4 February 2012 318 Somebody That I Used to Know 1 Gotye featuring Kimbra 1 18 February 2012 54 Stronger What Doesn t Kill You C Kelly Clarkson 8 4 February 2012 32 International Love Pitbull featuring Chris Brown 10 4 February 2012 211 February 2012 3 Alone Again Alyssa Reid featuring Jump Smokers 2 11 February 2012 12 Born to Die Lana Del Rey 9 11 February 2012 118 February 2012 3 T H E The Hardest Ever will i am featuring Jennifer Lopez amp Mick Jagger 3 18 February 2012 125 February 2012 5 Hot Right Now DJ Fresh featuring Rita Ora 1 25 February 2012 18 Next to Me Emeli Sande 2 25 February 2012 31 One Thing One Direction 9 25 February 2012 13 March 2012 11 Starships 7 Nicki Minaj 2 24 March 2012 14 Turn Me On D David Guetta featuring Nicki Minaj 8 3 March 2012 21 Ass Back Home Gym Class Heroes featuring Neon Hitch 9 3 March 2012 110 March 2012 1 Rockstar Dappy featuring Brian May 2 10 March 2012 11 Drunk Ed Sheeran 9 10 March 2012 117 March 2012 2 Love Me Stooshe featuring Travie McCoy 5 17 March 2012 11 Bright Lights Tinchy Stryder featuring Pixie Lott 7 17 March 2012 11 Seven Nation Army Marcus Collins 9 17 March 2012 124 March 2012 1 Elephant Alexandra Burke featuring Erick Morillo 3 24 March 2012 11 Niggas in Paris Jay Z amp Kanye West 10 24 March 2012 131 March 2012 3 Part of Me Katy Perry 1 31 March 2012 15 She Doesn t Mind Sean Paul 2 31 March 2012 33 Last Time Labrinth 4 31 March 2012 11 Proud GG JLS 6 31 March 2012 17 April 2012 3 Turn Up the Music Chris Brown 1 7 April 2012 11 Ill Manors Plan B 6 7 April 2012 114 April 2012 12 Call Me Maybe 2 Carly Rae Jepsen 1 14 April 2012 421 April 2012 2 Boyfriend Justin Bieber 2 21 April 2012 11 Climax Usher 4 21 April 2012 114 We Are Young 3 F Fun featuring Janelle Monae 1 2 June 2012 11 Level Up Sway 8 21 April 2012 128 April 2012 2 Can t Say No Conor Maynard 2 28 April 2012 11 Ordinary People John Legend 4 28 April 2012 14 Laserlight Jessie J featuring David Guetta 5 28 April 2012 22 So Good B o B 7 28 April 2012 15 May 2012 2 Let s Go Calvin Harris featuring Ne Yo 2 5 May 2012 17 Too Close Alex Clare 4 19 May 2012 26 Drive By Train 6 19 May 2012 112 May 2012 4 Young Tulisa 1 12 May 2012 11 Sparks Cover Drive 4 12 May 2012 119 May 2012 4 R I P Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah 1 19 May 2012 21 Live My Life Far East Movement featuring Justin Bieber 7 19 May 2012 15 Where Have You Been Rihanna 6 26 May 2012 326 May 2012 1 30 Days The Saturdays 7 26 May 2012 11 Oliver Twist D banj 9 26 May 2012 12 June 2012 2 Chasing the Sun The Wanted 2 2 June 2012 12 Picking Up the Pieces E Paloma Faith 7 2 June 2012 19 June 2012 11 Feel the Love Rudimental featuring John Newman 1 9 June 2012 11 Euphoria Loreen 3 9 June 2012 11 When She Was Mine Lawson 4 9 June 2012 116 June 2012 2 Sing Gary Barlow amp The Commonwealth Band featuring Military Wives 1 16 June 2012 19 Whistle Flo Rida 2 16 June 2012 23 Scream Usher 5 16 June 2012 12 The Power DJ Fresh featuring Dizzee Rascal 6 16 June 2012 17 Princess of China Coldplay amp Rihanna 4 23 June 2012 123 June 2012 4 Call My Name Cheryl 1 23 June 2012 11 Payphone Precision Tunes 9 23 June 2012 130 June 2012 8 Payphone 9 Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa 1 30 June 2012 28 Black Heart Stooshe 3 4 August 2012 17 July 2012 5 This Is Love will i am featuring Eva Simons 1 7 July 2012 16 Don t Wake Me Up Chris Brown 2 14 July 2012 14 Wide Awake Katy Perry 9 14 July 2012 221 July 2012 8 Spectrum Say My Name Florence and the Machine 1 21 July 2012 33 Pound the Alarm G Nicki Minaj 8 18 August 2012 14 August 2012 2 Vegas Girl Conor Maynard 4 4 August 2012 13 Brokenhearted Karmin 6 4 August 2012 211 August 2012 5 Heatwave Wiley featuring Ms D 1 11 August 2012 24 We ll Be Coming Back Calvin Harris featuring Example 2 11 August 2012 218 August 2012 1 Taking Over Me Lawson 3 18 August 2012 12 Lost in Your Love Redlight 5 18 August 2012 125 August 2012 4 How We Do Party Rita Ora 1 25 August 2012 13 Read All About It Pt III Emeli Sande 3 25 August 2012 11 One Day Like This Elbow 4 25 August 2012 11 Running Up That Hill A Deal With God 2012 Remix H Kate Bush 6 25 August 2012 12 Simply Amazing Trey Songz 8 25 August 2012 11 Language Porter Robinson 9 25 August 2012 11 September 2012 4 Bom Bom Sam and the Womp 1 1 September 2012 110 We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together K Taylor Swift 4 6 October 2012 11 Watchtower Devlin featuring Ed Sheeran 7 1 September 2012 12 Wonderful Angel 9 1 September 2012 18 September 2012 4 Wings Little Mix 1 8 September 2012 12 Harder Than You Think I Public Enemy 4 8 September 2012 14 Good Time Owl City amp Carly Rae Jepsen 5 8 September 2012 115 September 2012 4 Let Me Love You Until You Learn to Love Yourself Ne Yo 1 15 September 2012 16 Hall of Fame The Script featuring will i am 1 22 September 2012 23 Blow Me One Last Kiss Pink 3 15 September 2012 13 Some Nights J Fun 7 6 October 2012 122 September 2012 3 You Bring Me Joy Amelia Lily 2 22 September 2012 16 I Cry Flo Rida 3 6 October 2012 129 September 2012 2 Say Nothing Example 2 29 September 2012 117 Gangnam Style 6 Psy 1 6 October 2012 16 October 2012 2 She Wolf Falling to Pieces David Guetta featuring Sia 8 6 October 2012 24 Turn Around Conor Maynard featuring Ne Yo 8 20 October 2012 113 October 2012 14 Diamonds Rihanna 1 13 October 2012 12 Live While We re Young One Direction 3 13 October 2012 16 Skyfall Adele 2 20 October 2012 12 Anything Could Happen Ellie Goulding 5 13 October 2012 220 October 2012 6 Don t You Worry Child L Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin 1 20 October 2012 11 Trouble Leona Lewis featuring Childish Gambino 7 20 October 2012 127 October 2012 3 Sweet Nothing Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch 1 27 October 2012 11 Standing in the Dark Lawson 6 27 October 2012 13 One More Night Maroon 5 8 27 October 2012 23 November 2012 10 Beneath Your Beautiful M Labrinth featuring Emeli Sande 1 3 November 2012 11 Hottest Girl in the World JLS 6 3 November 2012 11 Wonder Naughty Boy featuring Emeli Sande 10 3 November 2012 110 November 2012 6 Candy M Robbie Williams 1 10 November 2012 22 Can You Hear Me Ayayaya Wiley featuring Skepta JME amp Ms D 3 10 November 2012 117 November 2012 1 I Found You The Wanted 3 17 November 2012 11 Do You Think of Me Misha B 9 17 November 2012 11 Shine Ya Light Rita Ora 10 17 November 2012 124 November 2012 5 Little Things One Direction 1 24 November 2012 110 Locked Out of Heaven Bruno Mars 2 24 November 2012 31 DNA Little Mix 3 24 November 2012 16 The Power of Love Gabrielle Aplin 1 15 December 2012 11 Ho Hey The Lumineers 8 24 November 2012 11 Love Is Easy McFly 10 24 November 2012 11 December 2012 8 Troublemaker Olly Murs featuring Flo Rida 1 1 December 2012 21 Something New HH Girls Aloud 2 1 December 2012 13 Girl on Fire Alicia Keys 5 1 December 2012 28 December 2012 2 Die Young Kesha 7 15 December 2012 115 December 2012 1 Try Pink 8 15 December 2012 122 December 2012 7 Impossible 5 James Arthur 1 22 December 2012 39 Scream amp Shout will i am amp Britney Spears 1 19 January 2013 210 Stay L Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko 4 29 December 2012 429 December 2012 2 He Ain t Heavy He s My Brother PP The Justice Collective 1 29 December 2012 111 I Knew You Were Trouble Taylor Swift 2 19 January 2013 1Entries by artist editSee also List of UK Singles Chart number ones of the 2010s 2012 nbsp French DJ David Guetta had four top 10 singles this year including his collaboration with Sia Titanium which reached number one in February and became the UK s fourth best seller of the year nbsp South Korean rapper and musician Psy spent 17 consecutive weeks in the UK top ten including one week at number one with Gangnam Style which became the sixth best selling single of this year nbsp Adam Levine and his group Maroon 5 had two singles in the top 10 in 2012 including Payphone a collaboration with rapper Wiz Khalifa which became the band s first UK number one single nbsp Irish pop rock group The Script lead singer Danny O Donoghue pictured scored their first and only UK number one single in September of this year with Hall of Fame a collaboration with will i am which topped the chart for two weeks nbsp Scottish DJ Calvin Harris had four singles in the UK top 10 in 2012 including the number one hit Sweet Nothing a collaboration with Florence Welch The following table shows artists who achieved two or more top 10 entries in 2012 including singles that reached their peak in 2011 or 2013 The figures include both main artists and featured artists while appearances on ensemble charity records are also counted for each artist The total number of weeks an artist spent in the top ten in 2012 is also shown Entries Artist Weeks Singles5 Flo Rida N Q QQ 37 Good Feeling I Cry Troublemaker Whistle Wild Ones Rihanna N 26 Diamonds Princess of China Stay We Found Love Where Have You Been 4 Andy Brown P S 4 He Ain t Heavy He s My Brother Standing in the Dark Taking Over Me When She Was Mine Calvin Harris N T 11 Let s Go Sweet Nothing We Found Love We ll Be Coming Back David Guetta U 23 Laserlight She Wolf Falling to Pieces Titanium Turn Me On Emeli Sande R 21 Beneath Your Beautiful Next to Me Read All About It Pt III Wonder Rita Ora V 14 Hot Right Now How We Do Party R I P Shine Ya Light will i am O W 16 Hall of Fame Scream amp Shout T H E The Hardest Ever This Is Love 3 Chris Brown X 11 Don t Wake Me Up International Love Turn Up the Music Conor Maynard 8 Can t Say No Turn Around Vegas Girl Ed Sheeran N Y 3 Drunk Lego House Watchtower Labrinth N 13 Beneath Your Beautiful Earthquake Last Time Lawson 3 Standing in the Dark Taking Over Me When She Was Mine Little Mix N 6 Cannonball DNA Wings Ne Yo Z 10 Let Me Love You Until You Learn to Love Yourself Let s Go Turn Around Nicki Minaj AA 18 Pound the Alarm Starships Turn Me On One Direction 8 Little Things Live While We re Young One Thing Sia BB 27 She Wolf Falling to Pieces Titanium Wild Ones 2 Carly Rae Jepsen 16 Call Me Maybe Good Time Cheryl CC 5 Call My Name Something New Coldplay N QQ 11 Paradise Princess of China Cover Drive 5 Sparks Twilight DJ Fresh 7 Hot Right Now The Power Example DD 6 Say Nothing We ll Be Coming Back Florence Welch EE FF 11 Spectrum Say My Name Sweet Nothing Fun 17 Some Nights We Are Young Jessie J 13 Domino Laserlight JLS 2 Hottest Girl in the World Proud Justin Bieber II 3 Boyfriend Live My Life Katy Perry 7 Part of Me Wide Awake Maroon 5 11 One More Night Payphone Military Wives N JJ 3 Sing Wherever You Are Ms D KK 7 Can You Hear Me Ayayaya Heatwave Olly Murs N 8 Dance with Me Tonight Troublemaker Paloma Faith P 3 He Ain t Heavy He s My Brother Picking Up the Pieces Pink 4 Blow Me One Last Kiss Try Pixie Lott Lights 2 Bright Lights Kiss the Stars Robbie Williams P 7 Candy He Ain t Heavy He s My Brother Stooshe 10 Black Heart Love Me Swedish House Mafia 8 Antidote Don t You Worry Child Taylor Swift O 11 I Knew You Were Trouble We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Tinie Tempah N MM 5 Earthquake R I P Travie McCoy NN OO 3 Ass Back Home Love Me Usher 4 Climax Scream The Wanted 3 Chasing the Sun I Found You Wiley 7 Can You Hear Me Ayayaya Heatwave Notes edita Lego House Earthquake and Sexy and I Know It re entered the top 10 at numbers 7 8 and 9 respectively on 7 January b Levels and Dedication to My Ex Miss That re entered the top 10 at numbers 4 and 10 respectively on 14 January c Stronger What Doesn t Kill You re entered the top 10 at number eight on 10 March d Turn Me On re entered the top 10 at number ten on 17 March e Picking Up the Pieces re entered the top 10 at number ten on 30 June f We Are Young re entered the top 10 at number ten on 4 July g Pound the Alarm re entered the top 10 at number eight on 18 August h The 2012 remix version of Running Up that Hill entered the top 10 at number six on 25 August following its usage at the 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony the original version peaked at number 3 in August 1985 i Harder Than You Think was originally released in 2007 but entered the top 10 after it was used by Channel 4 in their coverage of the 2012 Summer Paralympics j Some Nights re entered the top 10 at number seven on 6 October k We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together re entered the top 10 at number seven on 27 October l Stay and Don t You Worry Child re entered the top 10 at numbers 7 and 9 respectively on 12 January 2013 m Candy and Beneath Your Beautiful re entered the top 10 at numbers 9 and 10 respectively on 5 January 2013 n Figure includes song that peaked in 2011 o Figure includes song that peaked in 2013 p Figure includes an appearance on the Justice Collective charity single He Ain t Heavy He s My Brother q Figure includes appearance on Olly Murs Troublemaker r Figure includes appearances on Naughty Boy s Wonder and Labrinth s Beneath Your Beautiful s Figure includes three top 10 singles with the band Lawson t Figure includes appearance on Rihanna s We Found Love u Figure includes appearance on Jessie J s Laserlight v Figure includes appearance on DJ Fresh s Hot Right Now w Figure includes appearance on The Script s Hall of Fame x Figure includes appearance on Pitbull s International Love y Figure includes appearance on Devlin s Watchtower z Figure includes appearances on Calvin Harris Let s Go and Conor Maynard s Turn Around aa Figure includes appearance on David Guetta s Turn Me On bb Figure includes appearances on David Guetta s Titanium and She Wolf Falling to Pieces and Flo Rida s Wild Ones cc Figure includes one top 10 single with the group Girls Aloud dd Figure includes appearance on Calvin Harris We ll Be Coming Back ee Figure includes one top 10 single with the group Florence and the Machine ff Figure includes appearance on Calvin Harris Sweet Nothing gg Released as the official single for Sport Relief hh Released as the official single for Children in Need ii Figure includes appearance on Far East Movement s Live My Life jj Figure includes appearance on Gary Barlow amp The Commonwealth Band s Sing kk Figure includes appearances on Wiley s Can You Hear Me Ayayaya and Heatwave ll Figure includes appearance on Tinchy Stryder s Bright Lights mm Figure includes appearances on Labrinth s Earthquake and Rita Ora s R I P nn Figure includes one top 10 single with the group Gym Class Heroes oo Figure includes appearance on Stooshe s Love Me pp Released to support the families affected by the Hillsborough Disaster qq Figure includes song that first charted in 2011 but peaked in 2012 See also edit2012 in British music List of number one singles from the 2010s UK References editGeneral Six decades of singles charts The Official Charts Company Archived from the original on 3 March 2011 Retrieved 23 April 2017 2012 Year End Chart PDF Charts Plus Retrieved 23 April 2017 Specific Official Charts Company Official Charts Company Retrieved 1 January 2012 Roberts David 2005 Guinness World Records British Hit Singles and Albums 18th edition Guinness World Records Limited p 14 ISBN 1 904994 00 8 New singles formats to save the charts BBC News 16 October 2003 Retrieved 21 February 2010 External links edit2012 singles chart archive at the Official Charts Company click on relevant week Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of UK top ten singles in 2012 amp oldid 1177785642, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
