List of number-one hits of 2012 (Germany)

The Media Control charts are record charts compiled by Media Control on behalf of the German record industry. They include the "Single Top 100" and the "Album Top 100" chart. The chart week runs from Friday to Thursday, and the chart compilations are published on Tuesday for the record industry. The entire top 100 singles and top 100 albums are officially released the following Friday by Media Control. The charts are based on sales of physical singles and albums from retail outlets as well as permanent music downloads.

Michel Teló's "Ai Se Eu Te Pego" became the best-performing single of 2012, while Die Toten Hosen's "Ballast der Republik" became the best-performing album of the year.

Number-one hits by week

Key

†	Indicates best-performing single and album of 2012[1][2]

Issue date	Single	Artist	Ref.	Album	Artist	Ref.
6 January	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Gotye featuring Kimbra	[3]	MTV Unplugged – Live aus dem Hotel Atlantic	Udo Lindenberg	[4]
13 January			[5]	21	Adele	[6]
20 January			[7]			[8]
27 January			[9]			[10]
3 February	"Ai se eu te pego!"†	Michel Teló	[11]	Mit K	Kraftklub	[12]
10 February			[13]	Born to Die	Lana Del Rey	[14]
17 February			[15]	Danke für's Zuhören – Liedersammlung 1998–2012	Xavier Naidoo	[16]
24 February			[17]			[18]
2 March			[19]			[20]
9 March			[21]			[22]
16 March			[23]	Wrecking Ball	Bruce Springsteen	[24]
23 March			[25]	Bis ans Ende der Welt	Santiano	[26]
30 March			[27]	Lichter der Stadt	Unheilig	[28]
6 April	"Heart Skips a Beat"	Olly Murs featuring Rizzle Kicks	[29]			[30]
13 April	"Ai se eu te pego!"†	Michel Teló	[31]			[32]
20 April	"Heart Skips a Beat"	Olly Murs featuring Rizzle Kicks	[33]			[34]
27 April	"Too Close"	Alex Clare	[35]	Auch	Die Ärzte	[36]
4 May			[37]			[38]
11 May	"Don't Think About Me"	Luca Hänni	[39]			[40]
18 May	"Too Close"	Alex Clare	[41]	Ballast der Republik†	Die Toten Hosen	[42]
25 May	"Tage wie diese"	Die Toten Hosen	[43]			[44]
1 June			[45]			[46]
8 June	"Euphoria"	Loreen	[47]			[48]
15 June			[49]			[50]
22 June	"Tage wie diese"	Die Toten Hosen	[51]	Life in a Beautiful Light	Amy Macdonald	[52]
29 June			[53]	Ballast der Republik†	Die Toten Hosen	[54]
6 July			[55]	Living Things	Linkin Park	[56]
13 July	"I Follow Rivers"	Lykke Li	[57]			[58]
20 July			[59]	Raop	Cro	[60]
27 July			[61]			[62]
3 August			[63]			[64]
10 August			[65]			[66]
17 August	"One Day / Reckoning Song (Wankelmut Rmx)"	Asaf Avidan	[67]	Bis ans Ende der Zeit	Amigos	[68]
24 August			[69]	Raop	Cro	[70]
31 August			[71]	Projekt Seerosenteich - Live	Philipp Poisel	[72]
7 September			[73]	Hallo Welt!	Max Herre	[74]
14 September			[75]	Privateering	Mark Knopfler	[76]
21 September			[77]	Dead Silence	Billy Talent	[78]
28 September	"Lila Wolken "	Marteria, Yasha & Miss Platnum	[79]	The Truth About Love	Pink	[80]
5 October	"One Day / Reckoning Song (Wankelmut Rmx)"	Asaf Avidan	[81]	Gespaltene Persönlichkeit	Xavas	[82]
12 October	"Gangnam Style"	PSY	[83]	Seeed	Seeed	[84]
19 October	"Skyfall"	Adele	[85]	Sonne	Schiller	[86]
26 October	"Gangnam Style"	PSY	[87]	AMYF	Bushido	[88]
2 November	"Diamonds"	Rihanna	[89]	Lichter der Stadt	Unheilig	[90]
9 November			[91]	MTV Unplugged II	Die Fantastischen Vier	[92]
16 November			[93]	Take the Crown	Robbie Williams	[94]
23 November			[95]	GRRR!	The Rolling Stones	[96]
30 November			[97]	Celebration Day	Led Zeppelin	[98]
7 December			[99]			[100]
14 December			[101]	Christmas	Michael Bublé	[102]
21 December			[103]			[104]
28 December			[105]	Für einen Tag - Live 2012	Helene Fischer	[106]

Sources

• http://www.germancharts.de/

See also

• List of number-one hits (Germany)
• List of number-one hits of 2011 (Germany)
• List of German airplay number-one songs