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Gotye 's single, "Somebody That I Used to Know ", came in at number one, spending a total of 8 weeks at number one throughout the year.
Singer Ellie Goulding , whose single "Lights " appeared at number 5, is the highest-ranking British artist on the list.
Barbadian singer Rihanna 's "We Found Love " came in at number 69 in 2011 and rose to position 8 this year. She had a total of six songs included on the list, with her as a lead artist on 5 songs. Four of which were from her sixth album Talk That Talk , and one was from her seventh album Unapologetic .
All of rapper Flo Rida 's singles off of Wild Ones are within the top 20, except "I Cry ", which was not on the Year-End chart but peaked at #6, and would then proceed to be on 2013's Year-End chart.
Singer Sia is featured in four songs on the chart, despite not being the lead singer of them. "Wild Ones " by Flo Rida (11) and "Titanium " by David Guetta (24) feature her vocals, while the other two were written by her, "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself) " by Ne-Yo and "Diamonds " by Rihanna , which charted at 74 and 94, respectively.
Three of Katy Perry 's singles from Teenage Dream:The Complete Confection are in the top 50, with "Wide Awake " at 15, "Part of Me " at 31, and "The One That Got Away " at 41.
Three of David Guetta 's singles charted in the top 50, including the hit single "Titanium " at 24.
Billboard publishes annual lists of songs based on chart performance over the course of a year based on Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems and SoundScan information. For 2012, the list for the top 100 Billboard Hot 100 Year-End songs was published on December 14, calculated with data from December 3, 2011 to November 24, 2012.[ 1] At the number-one position was Gotye 's "Somebody That I Used to Know " featuring Kimbra , which stayed atop the Hot 100 for eight consecutive weeks.
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