List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2012

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.

[2][failed verification] 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.

[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.

[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.

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Rihanna 's " Diamonds " made her one of the three artists with the fifth-most number ones in the chart's history. [ 1 ]
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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.
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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