List of number-one singles of 2012 (Australia)

The ARIA Singles Chart ranks the best-performing singles in Australia. Its data, published by the Australian Recording Industry Association, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales.^[6] In 2012, seventeen singles claimed the top spot, including LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It", which started its peak position in late 2011. Seventeen acts achieved their first number-one single in Australia, either as a lead or featured artist: Foster the People, Sia, Gym Class Heroes, Neon Hitch, Fun, Janelle Monáe, Carly Rae Jepsen, Karise Eden, Justice Crew, Lupe Fiasco, Psy, Swedish House Mafia, John Martin, Samantha Jade, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Wanz.^[7]

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Flo Rida earned his third and fourth number-one single when "Wild Ones" and "Whistle" both topped the ARIA Singles Chart. "Whistle" was the longest-running number-one single of 2012, having topped the chart for eight weeks.^[1]

Guy Sebastian earned his sixth number-one single when "Battle Scars" topped the ARIA Singles Chart for six consecutive weeks. He is the only Australian male artist in the chart's history to achieve six number-one singles.^[2]

Psy's "Gangnam Style" topped the ARIA Singles Chart for six consecutive weeks, becoming his first number-one single on the chart.^[3]

Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" topped the ARIA Singles Chart for five consecutive weeks, becoming her first number-one single on the chart and the biggest song of 2012 in Australia.^[4]

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis's "Thrift Shop" topped the ARIA Singles Chart for five consecutive weeks, becoming their first number-one single on the chart.^[5]

Fun and Flo Rida earned two number-one songs during the year. Flo Rida's "Whistle" was the longest-running number-one single of 2012, having topped the ARIA Singles Chart for eight weeks.^[1] Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" and Macklemore and Ryan Lewis' "Thrift Shop" each topped the chart for five consecutive weeks, while Flo Rida's "Wild Ones", Psy's "Gangnam Style" and Guy Sebastian's "Battle Scars" all stayed at number one for six consecutive weeks. Sebastian is the only Australian male artist in the chart's history to achieve six number-one singles.^[2]

Chart history

Key

The yellow background indicates the #1 song on ARIA's End of Year Singles Chart of 2012.

Date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.
2 January	"Sexy and I Know It"	LMFAO	[8]
9 January
16 January	"Pumped Up Kicks"	Foster the People	[9]
23 January	"Wild Ones"	Flo Rida featuring Sia	[10]
30 January
6 February
13 February
20 February
27 February
5 March	"Ass Back Home"	Gym Class Heroes featuring Neon Hitch	[11]
12 March	"We Are Young"	Fun featuring Janelle Monáe	[12]
19 March
26 March
2 April	"Call Me Maybe"	Carly Rae Jepsen	[4]
9 April
16 April
23 April
30 April
7 May	"Whistle"	Flo Rida	[1]
14 May
21 May
28 May
4 June
11 June
18 June
25 June	"Stay with Me Baby"	Karise Eden	[13]
2 July	"Whistle"	Flo Rida	[1]
9 July	"Shout It Out"	Reece Mastin	[14]
16 July	"Blow Me (One Last Kiss)"	Pink	[15]
23 July	"Some Nights"	Fun	[16]
30 July
6 August	"Boom Boom"	Justice Crew	[17]
13 August
20 August	"Battle Scars"	Guy Sebastian and Lupe Fiasco	[18]
27 August
3 September
10 September
17 September
24 September
1 October	"Gangnam Style"	Psy	[3]
8 October
15 October
22 October
29 October
5 November
12 November	"Don't You Worry Child"	Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin	[19]
19 November
26 November	"What You've Done to Me"	Samantha Jade	[20]
3 December	"Thrift Shop"	Macklemore & Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz	[5]
10 December
17 December
24 December
31 December

Number-one artists

Position	Artist	Weeks at No. 1
1	Flo Rida	14
2	Sia (as featuring)	6
2	Guy Sebastian	6
2	Lupe Fiasco	6
2	Psy	6
3	Carly Rae Jepsen	5
3	Fun	5
3	Macklemore	5
3	Wanz (as featuring)	5
4	Janelle Monáe (as featuring)	3
5	LMFAO	2
5	Justice Crew	2
5	Swedish House Mafia	2
5	John Martin (as featuring)	2
6	Foster the People	1
6	Gym Class Heroes	1
6	Neon Hitch (as featuring)	1
6	Karise Eden	1
6	Reece Mastin	1
6	Pink	1
6	Samantha Jade	1

See also

• 2012 in music
• List of number-one albums of 2012 (Australia)
• List of top 25 singles for 2012 in Australia
• List of top 10 singles for 2012 in Australia