List of UK top-ten singles in 2012

Eleven singles from 2011 remained in the top 10 for several weeks at the beginning of the year, while "Scream & Shout" by will.i.am & Britney Spears and "I Knew You Were Trouble" by Taylor Swift were released in 2012 but did not reach their peak until 2013.

American rapper Flo Rida and Barbadian singer Rihanna shared the highest number of top ten singles in 2012 with five.

Of these, four went on to record another hit single that year: Carly Rae Jepsen, Fun, Paloma Faith and Stooshe.

The following table (collapsed) does not include acts who had previously charted as part of a group and secured their first top 10 solo single.

The Sport Relief single was "Proud", recorded by former X Factor finalists JLS, peaking at number six on 31 March 2012.

A group of artists under the banner Justice Collective produced a cover of "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" (originally by The Hollies) to raise money for charities connected to the Hillsborough Disaster.

"Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen came in second place, selling more than 1.142 million copies and losing out by around 176,000 sales.

Gotye had the best-selling single of 2012 with " Somebody That I Used to Know ", featuring guest vocals from Kimbra , which spent five weeks at number-one and lasted 18 weeks in the top 10. Despite the song's success, Gotye never made the UK charts again, with critics labelling him a one-hit wonder .
Carly Rae Jepsen had the year's second best selling single with " Call Me Maybe ", which spent four weeks at number-one and lasted 12 weeks in the top 10.
Nate Ruess and his band Fun had two singles in the UK top 10 in 2012, including chart-topper " We Are Young ", a collaboration with Janelle Monáe , which became the third best seller of the year.
French DJ David Guetta had four top 10 singles this year, including his collaboration with Sia , " Titanium ", which reached number-one in February and became the UK's fourth best seller of the year.
South Korean rapper and musician Psy spent 17 consecutive weeks in the UK top-ten, including one week at number-one, with " Gangnam Style ", which became the sixth best selling single of this year.
Adam Levine and his group Maroon 5 had two singles in the top 10 in 2012, including " Payphone ", a collaboration with rapper Wiz Khalifa , which became the band's first UK number-one single.
Irish pop rock group The Script (lead singer Danny O'Donoghue pictured) scored their first and only UK number-one single in September of this year with " Hall of Fame ", a collaboration with will.i.am , which topped the chart for two weeks.
2012 proved to be a successful year for Emeli Sandé , who secured four UK top 10 singles, including her collaboration with Labrinth on " Beneath Your Beautiful ", which reached number-one.