Well what a year it's been! Starting with the blow-out of new music in late 2011, and then the 2012 Grammy's bringing us a whole new playlist to add to out I-Pods, these songs have been played, played again, over-played, and then have sold millions of copies around the globe. 2012 was a year where every song got its fair share of airplay, so picking only 40 songs to represent this year wasn't easy. But I did it, I went through all the songs that became popular this year and I have successfully made this comprehensive list complete with peak positions on the Billboard Hot 100, Billboard's Year-End rank, and the amount of copies sold in the US alone. So enjoy as I countdown the top songs of this whirlwind year:
40. Havana Brown and Pitbull-We Run the Night
Peak: 26 Billboard Year-End: 90 Total US Sales: 1,000,000*
39. No Doubt-Settle Down
Peak: 34 Billboard Year-End: NA Total US Sales: 500,000*
38. Christina Aguilera-Your Body
Peak: 34 Billboard Year-End: NA Total US Sales: 500,000*
37. Train-Drive By
Peak: 10 Billboard Year-End: 19 Total US Sales: 2,000,000*
36. Selena Gomez-Love You Like A Love Song
Peak: 22 Billboard Year-End: 83 Total US Sales: 2,000,000*
35. Ed Sheeran-The A Team
Peak: 18 Billboard Year-End: NA Total US Sales: 500,000*
34. Maroon 5-One More Night
Peak: 1 (9 weeks) Billboard Year-End: 18 Total US Sales: 2,000,000*
33. Bruno Mars-It Will Rain
Peak: 3 Billboard Year-End: 26 Total US Sales: 2,000,000*
32. Flo Rida-Good Feeling
Peak: 3 Billboard Year-End: 16 Total US Sales: 3,000,000*
31. Pitbull and Chris Brown-International Love
Peak: 13 Billboard Year-End: 48 Total US Sales: 1,000,000*
30. Neon Trees-Everybody Talks
Peak: 6 Billboard Year-End: 22 Total US Sales: 1,000,000*
29. Usher-Scream
Peak: 9 Billboard Year-End: 44 Total US Sales: 1,000,000*
28. Coldplay-Paradise
Peak: 15 Billboard Year-End: 69 Total US Sales: 1,000,000*
27. Karmin-Brokenhearted
Peak: 16 Billboard Year-End: 59 Total US Sales: 1,000,000*
26. Cher Lloyd-Want U Back
Peak: 12 Billboard Year-End: 55 Total US Sales: 2,000,000*
25. Ke$ha-Die Young
Peak: 2 Billboard Year-End: 85 Total US Sales: 500,000*
24. Rihanna-Diamonds
Peak: 1 (3 weeks) Billboard Year-End: 94 Total US Sales: 500,000*
23. Adele-Rumour Has It
Peak: 16 Billboard Year-End: 64 Total US Sales: 2,000,000*
22. Christina Perri-A Thousand Years
Peak: 31 Billboard Year-End: 87 Total US Sales: 1,000,000*
21. Demi Lovato-Give Your Heart a Break
Peak: 16 Billboard Year-End: 39 Total US Sales: 1,600,000
20. Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen-Good Time
Peak: 8 Billboard Year-End: 38 Total US Sales: 2,000,000*
19. The Wanted-Glad You Came
Peak: 3 Billboard Year-End: 6 Total US Sales: 3,000,000*
18. Flo Rida and Sia-Wild Ones
Peak: 5 Billboard Year-End: 11 Total US Sales: 3,000,000*
17. Rihanna-Where Have You Been?
Peak: 5 Billboard Year-End: 21 Total US Sales: 1,000,000*
16. Jessie J-Domino
Peak: 6 Billboard Year-End: 46 Total US Sales: 2,000,000*
15. Taylor Swift-We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
Peak: 1 (3 weeks) Billboard Year-End: 33 Total US Sales: 2,700,000
14. fun.-Some Nights
Peak: 3 Billboard Year-End: 14 Total US Sales: 3,000,000*
13. David Guetta and Nicki Minaj-Turn Me On
Peak: 4 Billboard Year-End: 35 Total US Sales: 2,337,000
12. Katy Perry-Wide Awake
Peak: 2 Billboard Year-End: 15 Total US Sales: 2,600,000
11. P!nk-Blow Me (One Last Kiss)
Peak: 5 Billboard Year-End: 37 Total US Sales: 1,000,000*
10. Maroon 5 and Wiz Khalifa-Payphone
Peak: 2 Billboard Year-End: 4 Total US Sales: 4,573,000
9. Nicki Minaj-Starships
Peak: 5 Billboard Year-End: 9 Total US Sales: 3,158,000
8. Katy Perry-Part of Me
Peak: 1 (1 week) Billboard Year-End: 31 Total US Sales: 2,000,000*
7. David Guetta and Sia-Titanium
Peak: 7 Billboard Year-End: 24 Total US Sales: 2,000,000*
6. Kelly Clarkson-What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)
Peak: 1 (3 weeks) Billboard Year-End: 7 Total US Sales: 3,919,000
5. Ellie Goulding-Lights
Peak: 2 Billboard Year-End: 5 Total US Sales: 3,000,000*
4. Adele-Set Fire to the Rain
Peak: 1 (2 weeks) Billboard Year-End: 12 Total US Sales: 4,000,000*
3. fun.-We Are Young
Peak: 1 (6 weeks) Billboard Year-End: 3 Total US Sales: 5,731,000
2. Gotye and Kimbra-Somebody That I Used to Know
Peak: 1 (8 weeks) Billboard Year-End: 1 Total US Sales: 6,667,000
1. Carly Rae Jepsen-Call Me Maybe
Peak: 1 (9 weeks) Billboard Year-End: 2 Total US Sales: 6,138,000
*Sales figure is an approximate number. Based on RIAA certification alone.
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