2012 in British music charts

See also: Timeline of musical events

This is a summary of the year 2012 in British music.

The UK Singles Chart and UK Albums Chart are two of many music charts compiled by the Official Charts Company that calculates the best-selling singles/albums of the week in the United Kingdom. Since 2004 the chart has been based on the sales of both physical singles/albums and digital downloads, with airplay figures excluded from the official chart. In 2012, 32 singles and 33 albums have claimed the top spot as of 18 November.

In 2012, Cover Drive, Gotye, Chris Brown, Carly Rae Jepsen, The Commonwealth Band, Tulisa, Fun., Rita Ora, Rudimental, Maroon 5, will.i.am, Florence + The Machine, Wiley, Sam and the Womp, The Script, PSY, Swedish House Mafia and Labrinth have all claimed their first number 1 single as a lead artist. Sia reached the number one position for the first time as a featured artist on David Guetta's single "Titanium", Kimbra appeared on "Somebody That I Used to Know" as a featured artist as did Wiz Khalifa on "Payphone". In the albums chart, Adele, Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran and Rihanna have returned to the top of the charts, having reached number one in 2011, with 21, Doo Wops and Hooligans, + and Talk That Talk. Lana Del Rey, Emeli Sandé, Military Wives, Nicki Minaj, Jack White, Marina and the Diamonds, Justin Bieber, Chris Brown, Conor Maynard, Rita Ora, Mumford & Sons, Jake Bugg, Taylor Swift and One Direction have all claimed their first number 1 album.

"Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra has spent the most weeks at number one in the singles with five, whilst Adele and Emeli Sandé have both spent the most weeks at number one with five weeks in the albums with 21 and Our Version of Events.

Chart summary

January

Week one (1 January)

Like previous years, the iTunes gift card had a major impact on this week's chart, causing many songs to climb, including Coldplay's "Paradise", which climbed four places to number one after 10 weeks in the chart. Some re-entries to the Top 40 from 2011's biggest hits included: Ed Sheeran's "The A Team", Professor Green and Emeli Sandé's "Read All About It", LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem", Adele's "Someone Like You", Sean Kingston's "Party All Night (Sleep All Day)", and Jessie J and B.o.B's "Price Tag" at numbers 17, 23, 24, 27, 33 and 39. Some notable climbs also included: Labrinth and Tinie Tempah's "Earthquake" climbing 8 places to number 8, LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It" climbing 10 places to number 9, One Direction's "What Makes You Beautiful" climbing 7 places to number 14, Olly Murs and Rizzle Kicks' "Heart Skips a Beat" climbing 10 places to number 15, Rihanna's latest single "You da One" climbing 6 places to number 16, and Christina Perri's "Jar of Hearts" climbing 11 places to number 19. The biggest faller came from Lana Del Rey's "Video Games", falling 7 places to number 36.

New entries included The Wanted's "Warzone", Jessie J's "Domino" and James Morrison & Jessie J's "Up" at numbers 21, 34 and 35.

In the albums, many albums climbed due to special offers, including Ed Sheeran's + which climbed to number one after 15 weeks in the chart. Other significant climbs in the Top 40 included Bruno Mars' Doo-Wops & Hooligans climbing 9 places to number 2, Lady Gaga's Born This Way climbing 10 places to number 11, Beyoncé's 4 climbing 14 places to number 12, Will Young's Echoes climbing 9 places to number 16, and Rihanna's Loud climbing 20 places to number 19. Many albums re-entered the Top 40, and among the re-entries were: Kasabian's Velociraptor!, Cher Lloyd's Sticks + Stones, Example's Playing in the Shadows, Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday, and Steps' The Ultimate Collection at numbers 14, 21, 23, 28, and 35 respectively. Last week's number one, Michael Bublé's Christmas fell 14 places to number 15.

Week two (8 January)

This week, Flo Rida's "Good Feeling" climbed 2 places to number one, after 8 weeks in the chart. Many songs continued to climb, most notably Avicii's "Levels" climbing 8 places to number 4, Rizzle Kicks' "Mama Do the Hump" climbing 5 places to number 5, Jessie J's "Domino" climbing 26 places to number 8, Sean Kingston's "Party All Night (Sleep All Day)" climbing 10 places to number 23, Lana Del Rey's "Video Games" climbing 10 places 26, and James Morrison and Jessie J's "Up" climbing 5 places to number 30.

New entries and re-entries to the chart included Taio Cruz' "Troublemaker", JLS' "Do You Feel What I Feel?", James Vincent McMorrow's "Higher Love", Skepta's "Hold On", Michael Kiwanuka's "Home Again", Charlene Soraia's "Wherever You Will Go" (re-entry), and Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" (re-entry) at number 3, 16, 21, 31, 37, 38, and 39.

In the albums, Adele returned to number one with 21 after her "Live at Royal Albert Hall" was shown on TV. Albums continued to climb due to special offers, and notable climbs this week came from Beyoncé's 4 climbing 6 places to number 6, Will Young's Echoes climbing 4 places to number 12, The Vaccines' What Did You Expect From the Vaccines? climbing 17 places to number 16, Adele's 19 climbing 22 places to number 18 (also receiving a boost from the Royal Albert Hall performance), Cee Lo Green's The Lady Killer climbing 6 places to number 20, and Rizzle Kicks' Stereo Typical climbing 5 places to number 24. Re-entries included Caro Emerald's Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor, Foster the People's Torches, Christina Perri's lovestrong., Michael Bublé's Crazy Love, and Bee Gees' Number One at numbers 25, 27, 33, 34, 37. The biggest faller this week was The Wanted's Battleground falling 16 places to number 38.

Week three (15 January)

Jessie J earned her second number one this week with "Domino", a track from her re-release of Who You Are. Significant climbers included Lloyd, Andre 3000 and Lil Wayne's "Dedication to My Ex (Miss That)" climbing 5 places to number 5, Beyoncé's "Love On Top" climbing 7 places to number 13, Lana Del Rey's "Video Games" climbing 10 places to number 16, Rihanna's "You da One" climbing 5 places to number 19, Charlene Soraia's "Wherever You Will Go" climbing 12 places 26, and Michael Kiwanuka's "Home Again" climbing 8 places to number 29. New entries included David Guetta's "Titanium" (re-entry), Pixie Lott's "Kiss the Stars", Kelly Clarkson's "What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)", Foster the People's "Pumped Up Kicks" (re-entry), Pitbull & Chris Brown's "International Love", Birdy's "Skinny Love" (re-entry), and Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" at numbers 8, 14, 21, 22, 23, 25, and 36. The biggest faller came from Olly Murs with his single "Heart Skips a Beat" falling 18 places to number 37.

In the albums, Bruno Mars' Doo-Wops & Hooligans climbed a place to number one - almost a year after it debuted at number one. There was only one new entry this week - The Maccabees' Given to the Wild debuting at number four - but there were re-entries from Foo Fighters' Wasting Light, Professor Green's At Your Inconvenience, The Black Keys' El Camino, Foo Fighters' Greatest Hits, and Noah and the Whale's Last Night on Earth at numbers 24, 29, 36, 37, and 38. Albums continued to climb due to price reductions, some notable examples including: The Vaccines' What Did You Expect from the Vaccines climbing 10 places to number 6, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds climbing 7 places to number 8, Kasabian's Velociraptor! climbing 8 places to number 9, Foster the People's Torches climbing 14 places to number 13, and Rizzle Kicks' Stereo Typical climbing 10 places to number 14.

Week four (22 January)

"Domino" by Jessie J remained at number one for a second week, with Rizzle Kicks' "Mama Do the Hump" climbing a place to number 2. Notable climbs came from David Guetta & Sia's "Titanium" climbing 5 places to number 3, Pixie Lott's "Kiss the Stars" climbing 6 places to number 8, Kelly Clarkson's "What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)" climbing 10 places to number 11, Pitbull & Chris Brown's "International Love" climbing 10 places to number 13, and Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" climbing 15 places to number 21. New entries came from Swedish House Mafia vs. Knife Party's "Antidote", Cher Lloyd's "Want U Back", One Direction's "One Thing", Pitbull's "Give Me Everything" (re-entry), and Etta James' "At Last", after she passed away on 20 January at numbers 4, 26, 28, 32 and 39. The biggest faller came from Michael Kiwanuka's "Home Again", falling 11 places to number 40.

In the albums, Adele's 21 climbed a place to number one. It has now spent 20 non-consecutive weeks at number one. There were two new entries this week - Enter Shikari's A Flash Flood of Colour at number 4 and Tribes' Baby at number 20 - and three re-entries by Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits, David Guetta's Nothing But the Beat, and Maroon 5's Hands All Over at numbers 33, 38, and 40. Notable climbs came from Coldplay's Mylo Xyloto climbing 4 places to number 3, Florence + the Machine's Ceremonials climbing 13 places to number 8, Rizzle Kicks' Stereo Typical climbing 5 places to match its peak of number 9, Professor Green's At Your Inconvenience climbing 6 places to number 23, and JLS's Jukebox climbing 8 places to number 27. The biggest faller came from The Maccabees' Given to the Wild falling 12 places to number 16.

Week five (29 January)

Cover Drive's "Twilight" debuted at number one, becoming their first number one and beating David Guetta and Sia's "Titanium" which climbed a place to number two. Significant climbers came from Gotye and Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know" climbing 14 places to number 7, Kelly Clarkson's "What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger)" climbing 3 places into the Top 10 at number 8, and Pitbull and Chris Brown's "International Love" also climbing 3 places into the Top 10, at number 10. New entries included: Flo Rida and Sia's "Wild Ones", Lana Del Rey's "Born to Die", Redlight's "Get Out My Head", Ed Sheeran's "Drunk", Professor Green's "Never Be a Right Time", and a fake version of will.i.am, Jennifer Lopez and Mick Jagger's "T.H.E (The Hardest Ever)" - by Kings of Pop at numbers 5, 14, 18, 29, 35 and 40. The biggest faller came from Cher Lloyd's "Want U Back", falling 12 places to number 38.

In the albums, Ed Sheeran's + returned to number one, spending a third week there. Notable climbs came from Rizzle Kicks' Stereo Typical climbing four places to number five, David Guetta's Nothing But the Beat climbing 22 places to number 16, Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits climbing 7 places to number 26, and Snow Patrol's Fallen Empires climbing 9 places to number 28. New entries included: Chris Isaak's Beyond the Sun, Seal's Soul 2 (re-entry), Lamb of God's Resolution, and First Aid Kit's The Lion's Roar at numbers 6, 17, 19, and 35. The biggest faller this week came from last week's number 4 - Enter Shikari's A Flash Flood of Colour - falling 23 places to number 27.

February

Week six (5 February)

David Guetta & Sia's "Titanium" climbed a place to number one, despite strong competition from Alyssa Reid's "Alone Again", who ended up debuting at number 2. David Guetta's upcoming single "Turn Me On" (with Nicki Minaj) also re-entered at number 33 - it debuted at number 20 when Nothing But the Beat was released. The only other entry came from R.I.O.'s "Turn This Club Around" at number 36. Significant risers included: Gotye and Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know" climbing 4 places to number 3, Lana Del Rey's "Born to Die" climbing 5 places to number 9, Pixie Lott's "Kiss the Stars" climbing 8 places to number 11, Ed Sheeran's "Drunk" climbing 14 places to number 15, and Christina Perri's "Jar of Hearts" climbing 15 places to number 22. The biggest faller this week came from Taio Cruz's "Troublemaker" falling 15 places to number 31.

In the albums, Lana Del Rey's Born to Die debuted at number one with sales of over 116,000 copies. Other new entries included Leonard Cohen's Old Ideas, Louis Armstrong's The Best of, Kelly Clarkson's Stronger (re-entry), Ben Howard's Every Kingdom (re-entry), and 2 Bears' Be Strong at numbers 2, 30, 32, 34, and 35. Significant climbs camer from: David Guetta's Nothing But the Beat climbing 7 places to number 9, Christina Perri's lovestrong. climbing 22 places to number 15, Snow Patrol's Fallen Empires climbing 11 places to number 17, Black Keys' El Camino climbing 8 places to number 22, and Rebecca Ferguson's Heaven climbing 6 places to number 28. The biggest faller came from Seal's Soul 2 falling 19 places to number 36.

Week seven (12 February)

Gotye & Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know" climbed 2 places to number 1, knocking David Guetta & Sia's "Titanium" down a place to number 2. New entries included will.i.am, Jennifer Lopez & Mick Jagger's "T.H.E. (The Hardest Ever)", Madonna, Nicki Minaj & M.I.A.'s "Give Me All Your Luvin'", Lil Wayne and Bruno Mars' "Mirror" and there was a re-entry for Maverick Sabre's "Let Me Go" following the release of his album, at numbers 3, 37, 38 and 39. Significant climbers came from David Guetta and Nicki Minaj's "Turn Me On" climbing 22 places to number 11 and One Direction's "One Thing" climbing 12 places to number 26, whilst the biggest faller came from Christina Perri's "Jar of Hearts", falling 11 places to number 33.

In the albums, Lana Del Rey's Born To Die remained at number one for a second week, stopping Maverick Sabre's Lonely Are the Brave and Paul McCartney's Kisses on the Bottom from getting to number one; they instead debuted at numbers two and three, respectively. Other new entries in the Top 40 included: Van Halen's A Different Kind of Truth, Young Guns' Bones, Mark Lanegan Band's Blues Funeral, Etta James' At Last: The Best, Pet Shop Boys' Format: B-sides & Bonus Tracks, and Goldfrapp's The Singles, debuting at numbers 6, 19, 21, 22, 26, and 33. Significant risers included Rebecca Ferguson's Heaven climbing 12 places to number 16, The Black Keys' El Camino climbing 5 places to number 17, Kelly Clarkson's Stronger climbing 7 places to number 25, and Ben Howard's Every Kingdom climbing 6 places to number 28.

Week eight (19 February)

DJ Fresh & Rita Ora's "Hot Right Now" entered the chart at number 1, knocking Gotye & Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know" down 2 places to number 3. Other new entries included Emeli Sandé's "Next To Me" and Nicki Minaj's "Starships" at numbers 2 and 16. Following Whitney Houston's death on 11 February, three of her songs re-entered the charts: "I Will Always Love You", "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)" and "One Moment in Time" at numbers 14, 20 & 40.

The biggest climber came from One Direction's "One Thing", climbing 17 places to number 9 and the biggest faller came from Olly Murs' "Dance with Me Tonight", falling 12 places to number 28.

In the albums chart, Scottish singer Emeli Sandé's album Our Version of Events debuted at number 1, knocking US singer Lana Del Rey's Born To Die down a place to number 2 Whilst Adele's album 21 climbed up two places to number 3, Gotye's album Making Mirrors debuted at number 4 and Ed Sheeran's former UK number 1 album + fell 1 place to number 5.

Week nine (26 February)

Gotye & Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know" returned to number 1 despite being knocked off last week by DJ Fresh & Rita Ora's "Hot Right Now" which got knocked down to number 3 this week. New entries included Gym Class Heroes & Neon Hitch's "Ass Back Home", Coldplay's "Charlie Brown", Jason Derulo's "Breathing", Jay-Z & Kanye West's "Niggas in Paris" and Nadia Ali & Avicii's "Rapture" at numbers 9, 30, 35, 37 & 40. The biggest climber came from Ed Sheeran's "Lego House", climbing 20 places to number 17 and the biggest faller came from One Direction's "One Thing", falling 15 places to number 24.

In the albums, Adele's 21 returned to number 1 in the same week that it passes total sales of 4 million.

March

Week ten (4 March)

Gotye & Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know" remained at the number 1 spot for a third week. New entries included Dappy & Brian May's "Rockstar", Matt Redman & LZ7's "Twenty Seven Million", Chiddy Bang's "Ray Charles", Madeon's "Icarus", Utah Saints & Drumsound & Bassline Smith's "What Can You Do for Me" and Demi Lovato's "Skyscraper" at numbers 2, 12, 13, 22, 23, 28 and 32. The biggest climbers came from Jason Derulo's "Breathing" and Jay-Z & Kanye West's "Niggas in Paris", both climbing 10 places to numbers 25 & 27 and the biggest faller came from Lana Del Rey's "Video Games", falling 14 places to number 34.

In the albums, Emeli Sandé's Our Version of Events climbed a place to number 1, knocking Adele's 21 down a place to number 2.

Week eleven (11 March)

Gotye & Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know" remained at the number 1 spot for a fourth week. New entries included Stooshe & Travie McCoy's "Love Me", Tinchy Stryder & Pixie Lott's "Bright Lights", Marcus Collins' "Seven Nation Army" and Taio Cruz & Flo Rida's "Hangover" at numbers 5, 7, 9 & 34. The biggest climber came from Jay-Z & Kanye West's "Niggas in Paris", climbing 9 places to number 18 and the biggest faller came from Arctic Monkeys' "R U Mine?", falling 16 places to number 39.

In the albums, Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball debuted at number 1, knocking Emeli Sandé's Our Version of Events down 2 places to number 3.

Week twelve (18 March)

Gotye & Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know" remained at the number 1 spot for a fifth week. New entries included Alexandra Burke & Erick Morillo's "Elephant", Swedish House Mafia's "Greyhound", Jason Mraz's "I Won't Give Up", Azealia Banks & Lazy Jay's "212", LMFAO's "Sorry For Party Rocking" and Tyga's "Rack City" at numbers 3, 13, 16, 24, 30 and 40. The biggest climber came from Coldplay's "Charlie Brown", climbing 16 places to number 22 and the biggest faller came from Gym Class Heroes & Neon Hitch's "Ass Back Home", falling 18 places to number 39.

In the albums, Military Wives' In My Dreams climbed to number 1 knocking Bruce Springsteen's Wrecking Ball down four places to number 5.

Week thirteen (25 March)

Katy Perry's "Part Of Me" entered the chart at number 1, knocking Gotye & Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know" down 2 places to number 3. New entries included Sean Paul's "She Doesn't Mind", Labrinth's "Last Time", JLS' "Proud" and You Me At Six's "The Swarm" at numbers 2, 4, 6 & 23. The biggest climber came from Azealia Banks & Lazy Jay's "212", climbing 4 places to number 20 and the biggest faller came from Marcus Collins' "Seven Nation Army", falling 13 places to number 25.

In the albums, Paul Weller's Sonik Kicks debuted at number 1 despite incredibly strong competition from David Guetta's Nothing but the Beat with only 250 separating them which climbed 7 places to number 2.

April

Week fourteen (1 April)

Chris Brown scored his first ever number 1 with "Turn Up The Music" knocking Katy Perry's "Part Of Me" down 3 places to number 4. New entries included Plan B's "iLL Manors", Olly Murs' "Oh My Goodness", The Vaccines' "If You Wanna" and B.Traits' "Fever" at numbers 6, 28, 35 and 36. The biggest climber came from Drake & Rihanna's "Take Care", climbing 11 places to number 29 and the biggest faller came from JLS' "Proud", falling 14 places to number 20.

In the albums, Madonna's MDNA debuted at number 1. Meanwhile, Paul Weller's album Sonik Kicks dropped 9 places to number 10.

Week fifteen (8 April)

Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" debuted at number 1 selling nearly 107,000 copies, while Sean Paul's "She Doesn't Mind" remained at number 2 for a third week. New entries included Alex Day's "Lady Godiva" and Beyoncé's "End Of Time" at numbers 15 & 39. The biggest climber came from Olly Murs' "Oh My Goodness", climbing 15 places to number 13 and the biggest faller came from Plan B's "iLL Manors", falling 17 places to number 23.

In the albums, Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded debuted at number 1 selling over 47,000 copies and Labrinth's Electronic Earth debuted at number 2. The debut album from Mind Candy's franchise Moshi Monsters, entitled Music Rox, entered at number 4.

Week sixteen (15 April)

Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" remained at number 1 for a second week, outselling Justin Bieber's "Boyfriend" by 2 to 1 which went on to debut at number 2. The biggest faller came from Plan B's "iLL Manors", falling 11 places to number 34.

Other new entries came from Usher with "Climax" at number 4, Fun with "We Are Young" at No 7, rapper Sway at No 8 with his latest single "Level Up".

Re-entries included "Ordinary People" by John Legend at No 27, following its appearance by 2 auditionees on The Voice UK, "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatus re-entered the Top 40 at No 36.

In the albums, Adele's 21 returned to number 1 again, knocking US singer Nicki Minaj's Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded down a place to number 2, whilst there was new entry at number 3 for Alabama Shakes with Boys & Girls and Jessie J's 2011 album Who You Are climbed from up from number 8 to number 4.

Week seventeen (22 April)

Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" remained at number 1 for a third week, while Conor Maynard's debut single "Can't Say No" entered at number 2. Other new entries included B.o.B's "So Good", Marina & the Diamonds' "Primadonna", Train's "Drive By" and Linkin Park's "Burn It Down", at numbers 7, 11, 14 & 27. The biggest climber came from John Legend's "Ordinary People", climbing 23 places to numbers 4 and the biggest faller came from Breathe Carolina's "Blackout", falling 18 places to number 39.

In the albums, Adele's 21 remained at number 1, despite strong competition from Jason Mraz's album Love Is a Four Letter Word which debuted at number 2 despite being number 1 in the midweek charts.

Week eighteen (29 April)

Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" remained at number 1 for a fourth week, despite strong competition from Calvin Harris & Ne-Yo's "Let's Go", which debuted at number 2 despite being number 1 in the chart update. The biggest climber came from Alex Clare's "Too Close", climbing 10 places to number 6 and the biggest fallers came from Usher's "Climax" and Linkin Park's "Burn It Down", both falling 9 places to numbers 21 & 36.

In the albums, Jack White's Blunderbuss knocked Adele's 21 down a place to number 2.

May

Week nineteen (6 May)

Tulisa's "Young" debuted at number 1, ending Carly Rae Jepsen's long run at number 1 with "Call Me Maybe" which fell to number 2. The biggest climber came from Katy Perry's "Part Of Me", climbing 8 places to number 16 and the biggest fallers came from John Legend's "Ordinary People" and Usher's "Climax", both falling 13 places to numbers 25 and 34.

In the albums chart, Marina & the Diamonds new album Electra Heart enters the chart at number one, while last week's number one Blunderbuss by Jack White slips two places to number three. Other new entries are Born Villain by Marilyn Manson at number 14 and Radlands by Mystery Jets at number 40.

Week twenty (13 May)

Rita Ora & Tinie Tempah's "R.I.P" debuted at number 1, knocking Tulisa's Young" down a place to number 2. Other new entries included Far East Movement & Justin Bieber's "Live My Life", Emeli Sandé's My Kind of Love Matrix + Futurebound & Luke Bingham's "All I Know", Labrinth's "Express Yourself" and Justin Bieber's "Turn to You", at numbers 7, 27, 29, 34 and 39. The biggest climbers came from Rihanna's "Where Have You Been" and Train's "Hey, Soul Sister", both climbing 13 places to numbers 8 and 25, respectively, and the biggest faller came from Avicii's "Silhouettes", falling 9 places to number 35.

In the albums, Keane's Strangeland debuted at number 1.

Week twenty-one (20 May)

Rita Ora & Tinie Tempah's "R.I.P" remained at number 1 for a second week, outselling Fun. and Janelle Monáe's "We Are Young" by a mere 1,000 copies. New entries included The Saturdays' "30 Days", D'banj's "Oliver Twist", Scissor Sisters' "Only the Horses", Professor Green & Ruth Anne's "Remedy", Skepta's "Make Peace Not War", Skrillex's "Bangarang" and Ben Howard's "Only Love" at numbers 7, 9, 12, 27, 29, 32 and 37. The biggest climber came from Labrinth's "Express Yourself", climbing 17 places to number 17 and the biggest faller came from Chris Brown's "Turn Up The Music", falling 17 places to number 36.

In the albums, Keane's Strangeland remained at number 1 for a second week, Tenacious D's Rize of the Fenix debuted at number 2, despite being number 1 in the midweek chart.

Week twenty-two (27 May)

Fun and Janelle Monáe's "We Are Young" climbed up a place to number 1, despite strong competition from The Wanted's "Chasing the Sun", which debuted at number 2 despite being number 1 in the chart update. New entries included Paloma Faith's "Picking Up the Pieces", Jennifer Lopez and Pitbull's "Dance Again", Pitbull's "Back in Time", Kylie Minogue's "Timebomb" and Martin Solveig's "The Night Out" at numbers 7, 11, 23, 31 and 36. The biggest climber came from Coldplay and Rihanna's "Princess of China", climbing 10 places to number 20 and the biggest faller came from Katy Perry's "Part of Me", falling 13 places to number 37.

In the albums chart, Emeli Sandé's Our Version of Events returned to number 1, ending the two week run at number 1 for Keane's Strangeland.

June

Week twenty-three (3 June)

Rudimental & John Newman's "Feel the Love" debuted at number 1, knocking Fun. & Janelle Monáe's "We Are Young" down a place to number 2. New entries included Loreen's "Euphoria", Lawson's "When She Was Mine", Gary Barlow and The Commonwealth Band's "Sing", Sebastian Ingrosso & Ryan Tedder's "Calling (Lose My Mind)", Alexandra Burke's "Let It Go", Justin Bieber's "Die in Your Arms" and Wretch 32 & Ed Sheeran's "Hush Little Baby" at numbers 3, 4, 11, 19, 33, 34 & 35. The biggest climber came from Coldplay & Rihanna's "Princess of China", climbing 7 places to number 13 and the biggest faller came from Jennifer Lopez & Pitbull's "Dance Again", falling 21 places to number 32.

In the albums, Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band's album dedicated to The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Sing debuted at number 1, while Paloma Faith's Fall to Grace debuted at number 2 despite being number 1 in the chart update.

Week twenty-four (10 June)

The biggest climber came from Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band's "Sing", climbing 10 places to number 1. New entries included Flo Rida's "Whistle", Usher's "Scream", Nelly Furtado's "Big Hoops (Bigger the Better)", Dot Rotten's "Overload", Ed Sheeran's "Small Bump", Justin Bieber & Ludacris' "All Around the World", Aiden Grimshaw's "Is This Love?" and Can You Blow My "Whistle" at numbers 2, 5, 14, 15, 25, 30, 35 and 38. The biggest faller came from Lawson's "When She Was Mine", falling 20 places to number 24.

In the albums chart, Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band's album Sing remained at number 1 for a second week.

Week twenty-five (17 June)

Cheryl Cole's "Call My Name" debuted at number one, while Flo Rida's "Whistle" remained at number 2 for a second week. New entries included Precision Tunes' "Payphone", Trey Songz' "Heart Attack", Justin Bieber's "As Long As You Love Me", Katy Perry's "Wide Awake", Tyler James' "Higher Love" and Kelly Clarkson's "Dark Side" at numbers 9, 28, 30, 31, 39 and 40, respectively. The biggest climber came from Emeli Sandé's "My Kind of Love", climbing 17 places to number 17 and the biggest faller came from Lawson's "When She Was Mine", falling 11 places to number 35.

In the albums chart, Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band's album Sing remained at number 1 for a third week.

Week twenty-six (24 June)

Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa's "Payphone" debuted at number 1, knocking Cheryl Cole's "Call My Name" down a place to number 2. The only other new entry was Stooshe's "Black Heart" at number 4. The biggest climber came from Katy Perry's "Wide Awake", climbing 19 places to number 12 and the biggest faller came from Loreen's "Euphoria", falling 10 places to number 30.

In the albums chart, Justin Bieber's Believe debuted at number 1, while Cheryl Cole debuted at number two with A Million Lights.

July

Week twenty-seven (1 July)

will.i.am & Eva Simons' "This Is Love" debuted at number 1, knocking Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa's "Payphone" down a place to number 2. New entries included Chris Brown's "Don't Wake Me Up", Taio Cruz's "There She Goes", Muse's "Survival", Nicki Minaj's "Pound the Alarm" and Jay-Z & Kanye West & Frank Ocean's "No Church in the Wild" at numbers 3, 12, 25, 34 and 37. The biggest climber came from David Guetta & Sia's "Titanium", climbing 8 places to number 31 and the biggest faller came from Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band's "Sing", falling 12 places to number 23.

In the albums chart, Linkin Park's Living Things debuted at number 1.

Week twenty-eight (8 July)

Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa's "Payphone" returned to number 1, despite strong competition from Chris Brown's "Don't Wake Me Up", which climbed a place to number 2. New entries included Blur's "Under the Westway" and Dappy's "I'm Coming (Tarzan Part 2)" at numbers 34 & 35. The biggest climber came from Nicki Minaj's "Pound the Alarm", climbing 18 places to number 16 and the biggest fallers came from Cheryl Cole's "Call My Name" and DJ Fresh & Dizzee Rascal's "The Power, falling 5 places to numbers 10 and 32, respectively.

In the albums chart, Chris Brown's Fortune debuted at number 1.

Week twenty-nine (15 July)

Florence + The Machine & Calvin Harris' "Spectrum (Say My Name)" climbed 102 places to number 1, knocking Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa's "Payphone" down a place to number 2. New entries came from Adam Lambert's "Never Close Our Eyes", David Guetta, Chris Brown & Lil Wayne's "I Can Only Imagine" and The Vaccines' "No Hope" at numbers 17, 21 and 37. The biggest climber came from Jessie J's "Domino", climbing 9 places to number 29 and the biggest faller came from Taio Cruz's "There She Goes", falling 12 places to number 25.

In the albums chart, Newton Faulkner's Write It On Your Skin debuted at number 1.

Week thirty (22 July)

Florence + The Machine & Calvin Harris' "Spectrum (Say My Name)" remained at number 1 for a second week, while Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa's "Payphone" remained at number 2. New entries came from Misha B's "Home Run", Angel's "Wonderful", B.o.B & Taylor Swift's "Both of Us" and Far East Movement & Cover Drive's "Turn Up the Love" at numbers 11, 20, 22 and 28, respectively. The biggest faller came from Taio Cruz's "There She Goes", falling 13 places to number 38.

In the albums chart, Elton John & Pnau's Good Morning to the Night debuted at number 1.

Week thirty-one (29 July)

Florence + The Machine & Calvin Harris' "Spectrum (Say My Name)" remained at number 1 for a third week, despite strong competition from Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa's "Payphone" which remained at number 2 for a third week. New entries came from Conor Maynard's "Vegas Girl", Karmin's "Brokenhearted", Cedric Gervais "Molly", Madeon's "Finale" and Clement Marfo & The Frontlines' "Champion" debuted at numbers 4, 6, 26, 35 and 38, respectively. The biggest climber came from Far East Movement & Cover Drive's "Turn Up the Love", climbing 12 places to number 16 and the biggest fallers came from Gotye & Kimbra's "Somebody That I Used to Know" and Paloma Faith's "Picking Up The Pieces", both falling 8 places to numbers 25 & 31.

In the albums, Plan B's iLL Manors debuted at number 1.

August

Week thirty-two (5 August)

Wiley's "Heatwave" debuted at number 1 with over 114,000 sold, despite strong competition from Calvin Harris & Example's "We'll Be Coming Back", which debuted at number 2, also selling over 100,000 copies in its debut week. New entries included Underworld's "Caliban's Dream", Arctic Monkey's "Come Together", Drumsound & Bassline Smith's "Through the Night", Drake & The Weeknd's "Crew Love" and Frank Turner's "I Still Believe" at numbers 12, 21, 34, 37 and 40. The biggest fallers came from Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" and Cheryl Cole's "Call My Name", both falling seven places to numbers 28 and 29, respectively. "

In the albums chart, Conor Maynard's Contrast debuted at number 1.

Week thirty-three (12 August)

Wiley's "Heatwave" remained at number 1 for a second week, Calvin Harris & Example's "We'll Be Coming Back" remained at number 2. New entries included Lawson's "Taking Over Me", Redlight's "Lost in Your Love", Dizzee Rascal & Pepper's "Scream", Of Monsters and Men's "Little Talks" and Cheryl Cole's "Under The Sun" at numbers 3, 5, 22, 28 and 36. "Everybody's on the Run" by "Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds", surged to No6 1 in the main singles chart and No 2 in the Indie Charts, after being used on a BT advert.

The biggest climber came from Alex Clare's "Too Close", climbing 11 places to number 24 and the biggest faller came from Misha B's "Home Run", falling 13 places to number 33.

In the albums chart, Rihanna's Talk That Talk returned to number 1, nine months after its release but made history as it had the lowest selling weekly album sales in chart history becoming the only number 1 album to sell under 10,000 copies to claim the top spot since Millward Brown began compiling the chart in 1994.

Week thirty-four (19 August)

Rita Ora's "How We Do (Party)" debuted at number 1, knocking Wiley's "Heatwave" down a place to number 2. New entries this week included Emeli Sandé's "Read All About It (Part 3)", Trey Songz's "Simply Amazing", Porter Robinson's "Language", George Michael's "White Light", Ryan O'Shaughnessy's "No Name" and Ed Sheeran's "Wish You Were Here" from the Olympic Closing Ceremony at numbers 3, 8, 9, 15, 31 and 34, respectively. "Oasis"'s "Wonderwall" re-entered the charts at No. 36, after "Beady Eye"'s performance at the Olympic Closing Ceremony. The biggest climber came from Cheryl Cole's "Under the Sun", climbing 10 places to number 26 and the biggest faller came from Coldplay & Rihanna's "Princess of China", falling 20 places to number 40.

In the albums chart, Emeli Sandé's Our Version of Events returned to number 1 for a fourth week.

Week thirty-five (26 August)

Sam and the Womp's "Bom Bom" debuted at number 1, knocking Rita Ora's "How We Do (Party)" down a place to number 2. New entries included Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together", Devlin & Ed Sheeran's "Watchtower", Simple Plan & Sean Paul's "Summer Paradise", Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen's "Good Time", Fun's "Some Nights" and Muse's "Madness" at numbers 5, 7, 12, 17, 24 and 35, respectively. The biggest climber came from Of Monsters and Men's "Little Talks, climbing 14 places to number 21 and the biggest faller came from Kate Bush's "Running Up that Hill", falling 27 places to number 33.

In the albums chart, soul music held the top two places with Emeli Sandé's Our Version of Events remaining at number 1 for a fifth non-consecutive week and Paloma Faith's album Fall to Grace at number 2.

September

Week thirty-six (2 September)

Little Mix's "Wings" debuted at number 1, knocking Sam and the Womp's "Bom Bom" down a place to number 2. New entries included Lucy Spraggan's "Last Night", Fazer's "Killer" and Cover Drive & Dappy's "Explode" at numbers 11, 17 and 29. The biggest climber came from Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen's "Good Time", climbing 12 places to number 5 and the biggest faller came from Porter Robinson's "Language", falling 17 places to number 33.

In the albums, Rita Ora's ORA debuted at number 1. Meanwhile, Emeli Sandé's Our Version of Events overtook Adele's 21 as the biggest selling album of 2012 so far.

Week thirty-seven (9 September)

Ne-Yo's "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" debuted at number 1, despite strong competition from The Script & will.i.am's "Hall of Fame" which debuted at number 2. New entries included Pink's Blow Me (One Last Kiss), Flo Rida's "I Cry", Plan B's "Deepest Shame", Professor Green & Sierra Kusterbeck's "Avalon" and The Vaccines' "Teenage Icon" at numbers 3, 11, 27, 36 and 39, respectively. The biggest climber came from Cheryl Cole's "Under the Sun", climbing 9 places to number 15 and the biggest faller came from Fazer's "Killer", falling 21 places to number 38.

On the albums chart, The Vaccines' Come of Age debuted at number 1 while Two Door Cinema Club debuted at number 2 with Beacon.

Week thirty-eight (16 September)

The Script & will.i.am's "Hall Of Fame" climbed a place to number 1, despite strong competition from Amelia Lily's "You Bring Me Joy" which debuted at number 2 (which was at number 1 midweek).

New entries included Tulisa & Tyga's "Live It Up", David Guetta & Sia's "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)", Mumford & Sons' "I Will Wait", The Killers' "Runaways", David Guetta, Ne-Yo & Akon's "Play Hard", Otto Knows' "Million Voices", Kanye West, Jay-Z & Big Sean's "Clique" and Conor Maynard & Ne-Yo's "Turn Around" at numbers 11, 14, 17, 18, 22, 24, 29 and 38, respectively.

The biggest climber came from Flo Rida's "I Cry", climbing 5 places to number 6 and the biggest faller came from Alex Clare's "Too Close", falling 15 places to number 40. Following a campaign by fans of Liverpool Football Club for justice of the 96 people who died during the 1989 Hillsborough disaster, Gerry & the Pacemakers returned to the charts with "You'll Never Walk Alone" which entered at number 12.

In the albums chart, The xx's Coexist debuted at number 1.

Week thirty-nine (23 September)

The Script & will.i.am's "Hall Of Fame" remained at number 1 for a second week, despite strong competition from Example's "Say Nothing", which debuted at number 2. New entries included Dappy's "Good Intentions" and Jessica Wright's "Dance All Night" at numbers 12 and 36. The biggest climber came from PSY's "Gangnam Style", climbing 34 places to number 3 and the biggest faller came from Gerry & the Pacemakers' "You'll Never Walk Alone", falling 15 places to number 27.

In the albums chart, The Killers' Battle Born debuted at number 1 while Pink debuted at number 2 with The Truth About Love.

Week forty (30 September)

PSY's "Gangnam Style" climbed 2 places to number 1, knocking The Script & will.i.am's "Hall Of Fame" down a place to number 2. New entries included DJ Fresh & RaVaughn's "The Feeling", Paloma Faith's INXS cover "Never Tear Us Apart" from the new John Lewis advert and Taylor Swift's "Begin Again" at numbers 13, 16 & 30.

The biggest climbers came from Conor Maynard & Ne-Yo's "Turn Around" and Professor Green & Sierra Kusterbeck's "Avalon", both climbing 9 places to numbers 9 & 29 and the biggest faller came from The Killers' "Runaways", falling 18 places to number 37. Jason Mraz's "I Won't Give Up", The Fray's "How To Save A Life", Muse's "Madness" and fun.'s "We Are Young" all re-entered the top 40 at numbers 23, 27, 28 and 35.

In the albums chart, Babel by Mumford & Sons debuted at number 1, ¡Uno! by Green Day entered at number 2 and last week's number 1 album Battle Born by The Killers fell three positions to number 4.

October

Week forty-one (7 October)

Rihanna's "Diamonds" debuted at number 1, knocking PSY's "Gangnam Style" down a place to number 2.

New entries included One Direction's "Live While We're Young", Adele's "Skyfall", Ellie Goulding's "Anything Could Happen", Nicki Minaj's "Va Va Voom", Taylor Swift's "Red", The Other Tribe's "Skirts" and Adele's "I Can't Make You Love Me" at numbers 3, 4, 5, 20, 26, 36 and 37. The biggest climber came from Jason Mraz's "I Won't Give Up", climbing 12 places to number 11 and the biggest faller came from Example's "Say Nothing", falling 15 places to number 21.

In the albums chart, Muse's album The 2nd Law debuted at number 1, knocking Mumford & Sons Babel down a place to number 2.

Week forty-two (14 October)

Swedish House Mafia's "Don't You Worry Child" debuted at number 1, the theme to the new James Bond film Skyfall sung by Adele the track of the same name climed 2 places to number 2. Last week's number 1, Rihanna's Diamonds fell 3 places to number 4.

New entries included Leona Lewis & Childish Gambino's "Trouble", Maroon 5's "One More Night", Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" and Disclosure & Sam Smith's "Latch" at numbers 7, 18, 23 and 26. The biggest faller came from DJ Fresh & RaVaughn's "The Feeling", falling 14 places to number 36.

In the albums, Mumford & Sons' Babel returned to number 1, despite strong competition from Ellie Goulding's Halcyon, which debuted at number 2.

Week forty-three (21 October)

Calvin Harris & Florence Welch's "Sweet Nothing" debuted at number 1, knocking Swedish House Mafia's "Don't You Worry Child" down a place to number 2. New entries included Lawson's "Standing In The Dark", Rebecca Ferguson's "Backtrack", Justin Bieber & Nicki Minaj's "Beauty and a Beat", "Tyler James & Dot Rotten's "Single Tear", Jake Bugg's "Two Fingers", Taylor Swift's "State Of Grace" and Everything Everything's "Cough Cough" at numbers 6, 15, 20, 28, 33, 36 and 37.

The biggest climber came from Maroon 5's "One More Night", climbing 10 places to number 8 and the biggest faller came from Emeli Sandé's "Read All About It (Part 3)", falling 11 places to number 30.

In the albums, Jake Bugg's self-titled album Jake Bugg debuted at number 1.

Week forty-four (28 October)

Labrinth & Emeli Sandé's "Beneath Your Beautiful" debuted at number 1, while Swedish House Mafia's "Don't You Worry Child" remained at number 2 for a second week. New entries included JLS' "Hottest Girl in the World", Naughty Boy & Emeli Sandé's "Wonder", Bastille's "Flaws" and The Lumineers' "Ho Hey" at numbers 6, 10, 21 and 23, respectively. The biggest climber came from Of Monsters and Men's "Little Talks", climbing 6 places to number 33 and the biggest faller came from Leona Lewis & Childish Gambino's "Trouble", falling 12 places to number 25.

In the albums, Taylor Swift's Red debuted at number 1.

November

Week forty-five (4 November)

Robbie Williams' "Candy" debuted at number 1, knocking Labrinth & Emeli Sandé's "Beneath Your Beautiful" down a place to number 2.

New entries included: Wiley, Skepta, JME & Ms D's "Can You Hear Me? (Ayayaya)", Calvin Harris & Tinie Tempah's "Drinking From The Bottle", Asaf Avidan & The Mojos' "One Day/Reckoning Song", Ben Howard's "Burgh Island" and Hot Natured & Ali Love's "Benediction" at numbers 3, 25, 30, 32 and 40. The biggest climber came from Fun's "Some Nights, climbing 15 places to number 23 and the biggest faller came from Rebecca Ferguson's "Backtrack, falling 13 places to number 33.

In the albums chart, Calvin Harris' 18 Months debuted at number 1 ahead of Kylie Minogue's Abbey Road Sessions, which debuted at number 2.

Week forty-six (11 November)

The week of November 11th marked the 60th anniversary of the Official UK Charts. Robbie Williams' "Candy" remained at number one for a second week, while Labrinth & Emeli Sandé's "Beneath Your Beautiful" remained at number 2.

New entries included The Wanted's "I Found You", Misha B's "Do You Think of Me", Rita Ora's "Shine Ya Light", Sub Focus & Alpines' "Tidal Wave", Christina Aguilera's "Your Body", Willy Moon's "Yeah Yeah", Sneakbo's "Zim Zimma", Gabrielle Aplin's "The Power of Love" and Pink's "Try" at numbers 3, 9, 10, 12, 16, 34, 35, 36 and 40, respectively. The biggest climber came from Nicki Minaj's "Va Va Voom", climbing 15 places to number 24 and the biggest faller came from Fun & Janelle Monae's "We Are Young", falling 20 places to number 33.

In the albums chart, Robbie Williams' Take The Crown debuted at number one, whilst Andre Rieu debuted at number two with Magic of the Movies.

Week forty-seven (18 November)

One Direction's "Little Things" debuted at number 1, despite strong competition from Bruno Mars' "Locked Out of Heaven" which debuted at number 2.

New entries included Little Mix's "DNA", McFly's "Love Is Easy", Ed Sheeran's "Give Me Love", Stooshe's "Waterfalls", Lana Del Rey's "Ride" and Example's "Close Enemies" at numbers 3, 10, 18, 21, 32 and 37. The biggest climber came from Gabrielle Aplin's "The Power of Love", climbing 31 places to number 5 and the biggest faller came from The Wanted's "I Found You", falling 17 places to number 20.

In the albums, One Direction's Take Me Home debuted at number 1.

Artists/Groups reformed

• At the Drive-In
• Girls Aloud
• Sugababes (original line-up as Mutya Keisha Siobhan)
• Grandaddy
• The June Brides
• Jeff Lynne

Groups disbanded

• Jet
• Viva Brother
• The King Blues
• SoundGirl
• Swedish House Mafia
• Pendulum
• Chumbawamba

Number ones

Number-one singles

Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Sales	References
1 January	"Paradise"	Coldplay	108,390
8 January	"Good Feeling"	Flo Rida	50,907
15 January	"Domino"	Jessie J	57,369
22 January			64,255
29 January	"Twilight"	Cover Drive	76,109
5 February	"Titanium"	David Guetta featuring Sia	85,985
12 February	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Gotye featuring Kimbra	83,265
19 February	"Hot Right Now"	DJ Fresh featuring Rita Ora	127,998
26 February	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Gotye featuring Kimbra	95,338
4 March			87,057
11 March			81,437
18 March			71,521
25 March	"Part of Me"	Katy Perry	79,079
1 April	"Turn Up the Music"	Chris Brown	83,777
8 April	"Call Me Maybe"	Carly Rae Jepsen	106,657
15 April			110,024
22 April			114,993
29 April			99,569
6 May	"Young"	Tulisa	121,694
13 May	"R.I.P."	Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah	104,592
20 May			57,434
27 May	"We Are Young"	Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe	72,977
3 June	"Feel the Love"	Rudimental featuring John Newman	93,841
10 June	"Sing"	Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band featuring Military Wives	142,470
17 June	"Call My Name"	Cheryl Cole	152,001
24 June	"Payphone"	Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa	141,410
1 July	"This Is Love"	will.i.am featuring Eva Simons	102,320
8 July	"Payphone"	Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa	73,998
15 July	"Spectrum (Say My Name)"	Florence + The Machine	64,816
22 July			63,960
29 July			65,790
5 August	"Heatwave"	Wiley featuring Ms D	114,121
12 August			69,713
19 August	"How We Do (Party)"	Rita Ora	100,436
26 August	"Bom Bom"	Sam and the Womp	107,461
2 September	"Wings"	Little Mix	106,766
9 September	"Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)"	Ne-Yo	88,784
16 September	"Hall Of Fame"	The Script featuring will.i.am	70,150
23 September			63,980
30 September	"Gangnam Style"	PSY	84,421
7 October	"Diamonds"	Rihanna	105,953
14 October	"Don't You Worry Child"	Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin	135,563
21 October	"Sweet Nothing"	Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch	94,154
28 October	"Beneath Your Beautiful"	Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé	107,775
4 November	"Candy"	Robbie Williams	137,581
11 November			90,812
18 November	"Little Things"	One Direction	85,308

Number-one albums

Issue Date	Album	Artist	Sales	References
1 January	+	Ed Sheeran	47,376
8 January	21	Adele	38,380
15 January	Doo-Wops & Hooligans	Bruno Mars	24,509
22 January	21	Adele	20,978
29 January	+	Ed Sheeran	20,607
5 February	Born To Die	Lana Del Rey	116,745
12 February			60,003
19 February	Our Version of Events	Emeli Sandé	113,319
26 February	21	Adele	65,091
4 March	Our Version of Events	Emeli Sandé	44,722
11 March	Wrecking Ball	Bruce Springsteen	74,401
18 March	In My Dreams	Military Wives	59,026
25 March	Sonik Kicks	Paul Weller	30,269
1 April	MDNA	Madonna	56,335
8 April	Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded	Nicki Minaj	47,462
15 April	21	Adele	22,235
22 April			17,065
29 April	Blunderbuss	Jack White	40,173
6 May	Electra Heart	Marina & the Diamonds	21,358
13 May	Strangeland	Keane	47,839
20 May			19,982
27 May	Our Version of Events	Emeli Sandé	13,430
3 June	Sing	Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band	40,020
10 June			75,538
17 June			28,159
24 June	Believe	Justin Bieber	38,115
1 July	Living Things	Linkin Park	41,526
8 July	Fortune	Chris Brown	29,980
15 July	Write It On Your Skin	Newton Faulkner	16,647
22 July	Good Morning to the Night	Elton John vs Pnau	14,342
29 July	iLL Manors	Plan B	36,855
5 August	Contrast	Conor Maynard	17,474
12 August	Talk That Talk	Rihanna	9,578
19 August	Our Version of Events	Emeli Sandé	30,825
26 August			25,581
2 September	ORA	Rita Ora	41,509
9 September	Come of Age	The Vaccines	44,395
16 September	Coexist	The xx	58,266
23 September	Battle Born	The Killers	93,989
30 September	Babel	Mumford & Sons	158,923
7 October	The 2nd Law	Muse	108,536
14 October	Babel	Mumford & Sons	42,027
21 October	Jake Bugg	Jake Bugg	35,785
28 October	Red	Taylor Swift	61,779
4 November	18 Months	Calvin Harris	52,356
11 November	Take the Crown	Robbie Williams	83,508
18 November	Take Me Home	One Direction	155,316

Number-one single downloads

Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	References
1 January	"Paradise"	Coldplay
8 January	"Good Feeling"	Flo Rida
15 January	"Domino"	Jessie J
22 January
29 January	"Twilight"	Cover Drive
5 February	"Titanium"	David Guetta featuring Sia
12 February	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Gotye featuring Kimbra
19 February	"Hot Right Now"	DJ Fresh featuring Rita Ora
26 February	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Gotye featuring Kimbra
4 March
11 March
18 March
25 March	"Part Of Me"	Katy Perry
1 April	"Turn Up The Music"	Chris Brown
8 April	"Call Me Maybe"	Carly Rae Jepsen
15 April
22 April
29 April
6 May	"Young"	Tulisa
13 May	"R.I.P"	Rita Ora featuring Tinie Tempah
20 May
27 May	"We Are Young"	Fun. featuring Janelle Monáe
3 June	"Feel the Love"	Rudimental featuring John Newman
10 June	"Sing"	Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band featuring Military Wives
17 June	"Call My Name"	Cheryl Cole
24 June	"Payphone"	Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa
1 July	"This Is Love"	will.i.am featuring Eva Simons
8 July	"Payphone"	Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa
15 July
22 July	"Spectrum (Say My Name)"	Florence + The Machine
29 July
5 August	"Heatwave"	Wiley featuring Ms D
12 August
19 August	"How We Do (Party)"	Rita Ora
26 August	"Bom Bom"	Sam and the Womp
2 September	"Wings"	Little Mix
9 September	"Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)"	Ne-Yo
16 September	"Hall Of Fame"	The Script featuring will.i.am
23 September
30 September	"Gangnam Style"	PSY
7 October	"Diamonds"	Rihanna
14 October	"Don't You Worry Child"	Swedish House Mafia featuring John Martin
21 October	"Sweet Nothing"	Calvin Harris featuring Florence Welch
28 October	"Beneath Your Beautiful"	Labrinth featuring Emeli Sandé
4 November	"Candy"	Robbie Williams
11 November
18 November	"Little Things"	One Direction

Number-one album downloads

Issue date	Album	Artist	References
1 January	Now 80	Various Artists
8 January	21	Adele
15 January	What Did You Expect from the Vaccines?	The Vaccines
22 January	Mylo Xyloto	Coldplay
29 January
5 February	Born To Die	Lana Del Rey
12 February	Lonely Are The Brave	Maverick Sabre
19 February	Our Version of Events	Emeli Sandé
26 February
4 March
11 March	Wrecking Ball	Bruce Springsteen
18 March	Home Again	Michael Kiwanuka
25 March	Nothing but the Beat	David Guetta
1 April	MDNA	Madonna
8 April	Now 81	Various Artists
15 April
22 April
29 April	Blunderbuss	Jack White
6 May	Electra Heart	Marina & the Diamonds
13 May	Strangeland	Keane
20 May	Rize of the Fenix	Tenacious D
27 May	Born And Raised	John Mayer
3 June	Sing	Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band
10 June
17 June	Looking 4 Myself	Usher
24 June	A Million Lights	Cheryl Cole
1 July	Living Things	Linkin Park
8 July	Fortune	Chris Brown
15 July	Channel Orange	Frank Ocean
22 July	Now No.1	Various Artists
29 July	Now 82
5 August
12 August
19 August	A Symphony Of British Music
26 August	Now 82
2 September	ORA	Rita Ora
9 September	Come of Age	The Vaccines
16 September	Coexist	The xx
23 September	Battle Born	The Killers
30 September	Babel	Mumford & Sons
7 October	The 2nd Law	Muse
14 October	Halcyon	Ellie Goulding
21 October	Jake Bugg	Jake Bugg
28 October	Until Now	Swedish House Mafia
4 November	18 Months	Calvin Harris
11 November	Take The Crown	Robbie Williams
18 November	Take Me Home	One Direction

Number-one compilation albums

Issue date	Album	References
1 January	Now 80
8 January
15 January
22 January
29 January	Be My Baby
5 February
12 February
19 February
26 February	BRIT Awards 2012
4 March	Dreamboats & Petticoats - The Petticoat
11 March	Now Running
18 March	Be My Baby
25 March	Now Running
1 April	Ultimate Clubland
8 April	Now 81
15 April
22 April
29 April
6 May
13 May
20 May
27 May
3 June
10 June
17 June	Dreamboats & Petticoats - Three Steps
24 June	Now 81
1 July	Clubland 21
8 July	Now Reggae
15 July	Now No.1
22 July
29 July	Now 82
5 August
12 August
19 August
26 August
2 September
9 September
16 September
23 September
30 September
7 October
14 October
21 October
28 October	Until Now
4 November	BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge - 2012
11 November
18 November	Pop Party 10

Platinum records

For a record to be certified platinum, it must sell a minimum of 600,000 copies. However, not every song that sells 600,000 copies is given platinum certification and so this is not a complete list of songs that have sold 600,000 copies in 2011. Also note that a song certified platinum could have sold its 600,000th copy long before it is given certification.

Artist	Song	Date released	Date certified platinum
David Guetta featuring Sia	"Titanium"	8 August 2011	10 August 2012

British music awards

BRIT Awards

The 2012 BRIT Awards were hosted by James Corden on 21 February 2012. The most notable winners were Adele and Ed Sheeran, both winning two awards.

• British Male Solo Artist: Ed Sheeran
• British Female Solo Artist: Adele
• British Breakthrough Act: Ed Sheeran
• British Group: Coldplay
• MasterCard British Album: Adele - 21
• British Single: One Direction - "What Makes You Beautiful"
• International Male Solo Artist: Bruno Mars
• International Female Solo Artist: Rihanna
• International Group: Foo Fighters
• International Breakthrough Act: Lana Del Rey
• Critics' Choice: Emeli Sandé
• Outstanding Contribution To Music: Blur

Deaths

• 3 January - Bob Weston, Fleetwood Mac guitarist (aged 64)
• 4 January - Kerry McGregor, The X Factor third series contestant (aged 37)
• 11 February - Whitney Houston
• 29 February - Davy Jones, singer, percussionist of The Monkees (aged 66)
• 17 May - Donna Summer Disco legend and superstar nigger
• 20 May - Robin Gibb, singer, songwriter The Bee Gees (aged 62)
• 18 June - Brian Hibbard, singer and actor (The Flying Pickets) (aged 65)
• 10 July - Lol Coxhill, saxophonist (aged 79)
• 16 July - Jon Lord, musician (Deep Purple, Whitesnake) (aged 71)
• 31 August - Max Bygraves, singer and variety performer (aged 89)
• 25 September - Andy Williams, American crooner (age 84)
• November - Clive Dunn, British actor/singer

See also

• 2012 in music
• List of albums released in 2012
• 2012 in British television
• List of UK top 10 singles in 2012