List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2012

This is a list of the Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 2012. The Dutch Top 40 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the Netherlands. It is published every week by radio station Radio 538. The chart had 51 releases in 2012.

Ten acts gained their first number-one single in the Dutch Top 40 in 2012, either as lead or featured act: Studio Killers, Michel Teló, Triggerfinger, Gusttavo Lima, will.i.am, Eva Simons, Asaf Avidan, Psy, Sandra van Nieuwland and Passenger.

Chart history

Issue Date	Song	Artist(s)	Reference(s)
January 7	"Ode to the Bouncer"	Studio Killers	[1]
January 14	"Ai Se Eu Te Pego!"	Michel Teló	[2]
January 21			[3]
January 28			[4]
February 4			[5]
February 11			[6]
February 18			[7]
February 25			[8]
March 3			[9]
March 10			[10]
March 17			[11]
March 24			[12]
March 31	"I Follow Rivers"	Triggerfinger	[13]
April 7			[14]
April 14			[15]
April 21			[16]
April 28			[17]
May 5			[18]
May 12	"Balada"	Gusttavo Lima	[19]
May 19			[20]
May 26			[21]
June 2			[22]
June 9			[23]
June 16			[24]
June 23			[25]
June 30			[26]
July 7			[27]
July 14			[28]
July 21			[29]
July 28			[30]
August 4			[31]
August 11	"Slapeloze nachten"	The Opposites	[32]
August 18	"This Is Love"	will.i.am featuring Eva Simons	[33]
August 25	"One Day / Reckoning Song" (Wankelmut Rmx)	Asaf Avidan	[34]
September 1			[35]
September 8			[36]
September 15			[37]
September 22			[38]
September 29			[39]
October 7	"Gangnam Style"	Psy	[40]
October 13			[41]
October 20	"Skyfall"	Adele	[42]
October 27			[43]
November 3			[44]
November 10			[45]
November 17			[46]
November 24			[47]
December 1	"Keep Your Head Up"	Sandra van Nieuwland	[48]
December 8			[49]
December 15	"Let Her Go"	Passenger	[50]
December 22			[51]
December 29	No Top 40 released

Number-one artists

Position	Artist	Weeks #1
1	Gusttavo Lima	13
2	Michel Teló	11
3	Triggerfinger	6
3	Asaf Avidan	6
3	Adele	6
4	Psy	2
4	Sandra van Nieuwland	2
4	Passenger	2
5	Studio Killers	1
5	The Opposites	1
5	will.i.am	1
5	Eva Simons	1

See also

• 2012 in music
• List of number-one singles in the Dutch Top 40