List of UK R&B Singles Chart number ones of 2012

The UK R&B Chart is a weekly chart that ranks the 40 biggest-selling singles and albums that are classified in the R&B genre in the United Kingdom. The chart is compiled by the Official Charts Company,^[1] and is based on both physical and digital sales.^[2] The following are the number-one singles of 2012.^[3]

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Number-one singles

Key

†	Best-selling R&B single of the year

Rapper Nicki Minaj's Starships was the best performing song of 2012.

Issue date	Single	Artist(s)	Ref.
7 January	"Good Feeling"	Flo Rida	[4]
14 January [a]			[5]
21 January			[6]
28 January	"Mama Do the Hump"	Rizzle Kicks	[7]
4 February [b]			[8]
11 February	"Wild Ones"	Flo Rida (featuring Sia)	[9]
18 February	"T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)"	will.i.am (featuring Jennifer Lopez & Mick Jagger)	[10]
25 February	"Wild Ones"	Flo Rida (featuring Sia)	[11]
3 March			[12]
10 March	"Rockstar"	Dappy (featuring Brian May)	[13]
17 March	"Starships" †	Nicki Minaj	[14]
24 March			[15]
31 March	"Last Time"	Labrinth	[16]
7 April [a]	"Turn Up the Music"	Chris Brown	[17]
14 April [b]	"Starships" †	Nicki Minaj	[18]
21 April	"Climax"	Usher	[19]
28 April	"Ordinary People"	John Legend	[20]
5 May	"So Good"	B.o.B	[21]
12 May [b]	"Starships" †	Nicki Minaj	[22]
19 May [a]	"R.I.P."	Rita Ora (featuring Tinie Tempah)	[23]
26 May [a]			[24]
2 June			[25]
9 June			[26]
16 June	"Whistle"	Flo Rida	[27]
23 June			[28]
30 June			[29]
7 July			[30]
14 July			[31]
21 July			[32]
28 July			[33]
4 August			[34]
11 August			[35]
18 August	"Wonderful"	Angel	[36]
25 August	"Simply Amazing"	Trey Songz	[37]
1 September	"Wonderful"	Angel	[38]
8 September	"Harder Than You Think"	Public Enemy	[39]
15 September [a]	"Let Me Love You"	Ne-Yo	[40]
22 September			[41]
29 September			[42]
6 October	"I Cry"	Flo Rida	[43]
13 October [a]	"Diamonds"	Rihanna	[44]
20 October			[45]
27 October			[46]
3 November [a]	"Beneath Your Beautiful"	Labrinth (featuring Emeli Sandé)	[47]
10 November			[48]
17 November			[49]
24 November			[50]
1 December			[51]
8 December	"Diamonds"	Rihanna	[52]
15 December	"Beneath Your Beautiful"	Labrinth (featuring Emeli Sandé)	[53]
22 December	"Scream & Shout"	will.i.am (featuring Britney Spears)	[54]
29 December			[55]

Notes

• ^a - The album was simultaneously number-one on the UK singles chart.^[56]
• ^b - The artist was simultaneously number-one on the R&B albums chart.^[57]

See also

• R&B and Soul Music portal

• List of UK Singles Chart number ones of 2012
• List of UK R&B Albums Chart number ones of 2012