List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2012

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][failed verification]}

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

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]

Taylor Swift earned her first number-one song on the chart with "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", and the song also topped on the Hot Country Songs.

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

†	Indicates best-performing single of 2012

No.	Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.
1010	January 7	"Sexy and I Know It"	LMFAO	[12][13]
	January 14			[14][15]
re	January 21	"We Found Love"	Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris	[16][17]
	January 28			[18][19]
1011	February 4	"Set Fire to the Rain"	Adele	[20][21]
	February 11			[22][23]
1012	February 18	"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"	Kelly Clarkson	[24][25]
	February 25			[26][27]
1013	March 3	"Part of Me"	Katy Perry	[28][29]
re	March 10	"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"	Kelly Clarkson	[30][10]
1014	March 17	"We Are Young"	Fun featuring Janelle Monáe	[31][32]
	March 24			[33][34]
	March 31			[35][36]
	April 7			[37][38]
	April 14			[39][40]
	April 21			[41][7]
1015	April 28	"Somebody That I Used to Know"†	Gotye featuring Kimbra	[42][43]
	May 5			[44][45]
	May 12			[46][47]
	May 19			[48][49]
	May 26			[50][51]
	June 2			[52][53]
	June 9			[54][6]
	June 16			[55][56]
1016	June 23	"Call Me Maybe"	Carly Rae Jepsen	[57][58]
	June 30			[59][60]
	July 7			[61][62]
	July 14			[63][64]
	July 21			[65][66]
	July 28			[67][68]
	August 4			[69][70]
	August 11			[71][72]
	August 18			[73][4]
1017	August 25	"Whistle"	Flo Rida	[74][75]
1018	September 1	"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"	Taylor Swift	[76][77]
	September 8			[78][79]
re	September 15	"Whistle"	Flo Rida	[80][81]
re	September 22	"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"	Taylor Swift	[82][11]
1019	September 29	"One More Night"	Maroon 5	[83][84]
	October 6			[85][86]
	October 13			[87][88]
	October 20			[89][90]
	October 27			[91][92]
	November 3			[93][94]
	November 10			[95][96]
	November 17			[97][98]
	November 24			[99][5]
1020	December 1	"Diamonds"	Rihanna	[100][1]
	December 8			[101][102]
	December 15			[103][9]
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.^[2]
• 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]