Wednesday, February 26, 2014

2012


The Top 150 Hits of… 2012

For a while now it’s been standard policy for a few big pop artists to release an album, and then release a second version of the same album about a year later with a few new tracks. At least one of those new tracks, usually two, are released as singles and become hits. The question is, do we count those new songs as part of the same album?

If we do, then Katy Perry broke Michael Jackson’s record by having a sixth #1 from the same album. “Part of Me” debuted at #1 when Teenage Dream: The Complete Confection was released. Billboard didn’t make any note of it (or if they did, I missed it) so I assume the official line is that bonus tracks don’t count, or didn’t this time. She already has 2 #1’s from her latest album Prism (“Dark Horse” is #1 as I’m writing this). It’ll be interesting to see how future singles perform. We haven’t seen an artist with this kind of track record for hitting the top since Mariah Carey.

“Cruise” by Florida Georgia Line followed the Shania Twain/Faith Hill chart path by having a complete run as a country song, falling off the chart, then coming back with a pop remix (FGL added a rapper to theirs: Nelly. Ooh.) Billboard treated both versions as the same song. I don’t. So rather than having two versions of the same song on the 2013 list, I’m putting the country version here, even though a bit more of its points were accumulated in 2013 than 2012.

Glee season 3.2 should likely have a representative song here. But since the research tools do not yet exist for 2012 that would make figuring out the Glee Cast’s point total at least somewhat easier for me, I’m ignoring it for now. They’ll be an edit in a couple of years when a later edition of Record Research’s Pop Annual is available.

 EDIT: Whoops. Looks like I missed a couple. When first posted, this list was missing "Skyfall" and "Live While We're Young" (#'s 90 and 122). Adding them necessitated the removal of "Take It to the Head" by DJ Khaled and "Party" by Beyoncé, formerly at 149 and 150.


  1. Somebody That I Used to Know – Gotye feat. Kimbra
  2. Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen
  3. We Found Love – Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
  4. One More Night – Maroon 5
  5. We Are Young – fun. feat. Janelle Monae
  6. Sexy and I Know It – LMFAO
  7. Some Nights – fun.
  8. Lights – Ellie Goulding
  9. Payphone – Maroon 5 feat. Wiz Khalifa
  10. Glad You Came – The Wanted
  11. Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You) – Kelly Clarkson
  12. Starships – Nicki Minaj
  13. Set Fire to the Rain – Adele
  14. Good Feeling – Flo Rida
  15. What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction
  16. Wild Ones – Flo Rida feat. Sia
  17. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together – Taylor Swift
  18. Gangnam Style – Psy
  19. Wide Awake – Katy Perry
  20. Too Close – Alex Clare
  21. Whistle – Flo Rida
  22. It Will Rain – Bruno Mars
  23. As Long as You Love Me – Justin Bieber feat. Big Sean
  24. Ni**as in Paris – Jay-Z Kanye West
  25. Everybody Talks – Neon Trees
  26. Titanium – David Guetta feat. Sia
  27. Young, Wild & Free – Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa feat. Bruno Mars
  28. Blow Me (One Last Kiss) – Pink
  29. Drive By – Train
  30. The Motto – Drake feat. Lil Wayne
  31. Where Have You Been – Rihanna
  32. Take Care – Drake feat. Rihanna
  33. I Won’t Give Up – Jason Mraz
  34. Mercy – Kanye West, Big Sean, Pusha T, 2 Chains
  35. Good Time – Owl City & Carly Rae Jepsen
  36. Turn Me On – David Guetta feat. Nicki Minaj
  37. The One That Got Away – Katy Perry
  38. Boyfriend – Justin Bieber
  39. Part of Me – Katy Perry
  40. Wanted – Hunter Hayes
  41. Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself) – Ne-Yo
  42. Domino – Jessie J
  43. Give Your Heart a Break – Demi Lovato
  44. Feel So Close – Calvin Harris
  45. Scream – Usher
  46. Rack City – Tyga
  47. Don’t Wake Me Up – Chris Brown
  48. Not Over You – Gavin DeGraw
  49. Dance (A$$) – Big Sean feat. Nicki Minaj
  50. Love You Like a Love Song – Selena Gomez & the Scene
  51. Work Out – J. Cole
  52. Paradise – Coldplay
  53. International Love – Pitbull feat. Chris Brown
  54. Clique – Kanye West, Jay-Z, Big Sean
  55. 5 O’Clock – T-Pain feat. Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen
  56. Ass Back Home – Gym Class Heroes feat. Neon Hitch
  57. Cruise – Florida Georgia Line
  58. Drunk on You – Luke Bryan
  59. No Lie – 2 Chains feat. Drake
  60. Want U Back – Cher Lloyd
  61. Springsteen – Eric Church
  62. Brokenhearted – Karmin
  63. I Don’t Want This Night to End – Luke Bryan
  64. Back in Time – Pitbull
  65. Rumour Has It – Adele
  66. Blown Away – Carrie Underwood
  67. Let’s Go – Calvin Harris feat. Ne-Yo
  68. Good Girl – Carrie Underwood
  69. Make Me Proud – Drake feat. Nicki Minaj
  70. Pontoon – Little Big Town
  71. Climax – Usher
  72. Red Solo Cup – Toby Keith
  73. Work Hard, Play Hard – Wiz Khalifa
  74. Thinkin Bout You – Frank Ocean
  75. Pound the Alarm – Nicki Minaj
  76. Come Over – Kenny Chesney
  77. 50 Ways to Say Goodbye – Train
  78. Heart Attack – Trey Songz
  79. Drank in My Cup – Kirko Bangz
  80. A Thousand Years – Christina Perri
  81. Birthday Cake – Rihanna feat. Chris Brown
  82. Take a Little Ride – Jason Aldean
  83. So Good – B.o.B.
  84. You da One – Rihanna
  85. Turn Up the Music – Chris Brown
  86. Pop That – French Montana feat. Rick Ross, Drake, Lil Wayne
  87. We Run the Night – Havana Brown feat. Pitbull
  88. I Like It Like That – Hot Chelle Rae feat. New Boyz
  89. Ours – Taylor Swift
  90. Skyfall - Adele
  91. Cashin’ Out – Ca$h Out
  92. Hard to Love – Lee Brice
  93. Somethin’ ‘Bout a Truck – Kip Moore
  94. All Your Life – The Band Perry
  95. Fly Over States – Jason Aldean
  96. Even If It Breaks Your Heart – Eli Young Band
  97. Burn It Down – Linkin Park
  98. Faded – Tyga feat. Lil Wayne
  99. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye – Luke Bryan
  100. Over You – Miranda Lambert
  101. Brighter Than the Sun - Colbie Caillat
  102. A Woman Like You – Lee Brice
  103. Tattoos on This Town – Jason Aldean
  104. Tonight Is the Night – Outasight
  105. Time Is Love – Josh Turner
  106. Feel Again – OneRepublic
  107. Lotus Flower Bomb – Wale feat. Miguel
  108. Keep Me in Mind – Zac Brown Band
  109. Dance Again – Jennifer Lopez
  110. Strip – Chris Brown feat. Kevin K-MAC McCall
  111. You – Chris Young
  112. Alone with You – Jake Owen
  113. Drink in My Hand – Eric Church
  114. Talk That Talk – Rihanna feat. Jay-Z
  115. Angel Eyes – Love and Theft
  116. (Kissed You) Good Night – Gloriana
  117. 2 Reasons – Trey Songz feat. T.I.
  118. 5-1-5-0 – Dierks Bentley
  119. Cowboys and Angels – Dustin Lynch
  120. Blackout – Breathe Carolina
  121. You Don’t Know Her Like I Do – Brantley Gilbert
  122. Live While We're Young - One Direction
  123. Tongue Tied – Grouplove
  124. One Thing – One Direction
  125. Lemme See – Usher feat. Rick Ross
  126. Beez in the Trap – Nicki Minaj feat. 2 Chains
  127. Leave You Alone – Young Jeezy feat. Ne-Yo
  128. Birthday Song – 2 Chains feat. Kanye West
  129. Why Ya Wanna – Jana Kramer
  130. Drink on It – Blake Shelton
  131. Begin Again – Taylor Swift
  132. Can’t Get Enough – J. Cole feat. Trey Songz
  133. Dancing Away with My Heart – Lady Antebellum
  134. Eyes Open – Taylor Swift
  135. UP! – LoveRance feat IamSu & Skipper or 50 Cent
  136. The Fighter – Gym Class Heroes feat. Ryan Tedder
  137. Turn on the Lights – Future
  138. Love on Top – Beyoncé
  139. Better Than I Used to Be – Tim McGraw
  140. Safe & Sound – Taylor Swift with the Civil Wars
  141. The One That Got Away – Jake Owen
  142. Both of Us – B.o.B. feat. Taylor Swift
  143. Let It Rain – David Nail
  144. Come Wake Me Up – Rascal Flatts
  145. Levels – Avicii
  146. Home – Dierks Bentley
  147. Fastest Girl in Town – Miranda Lambert
  148. Ayy Ladies – Travis Porter feat. Tyga
  149. Over – Blake Shelton
  150. Heartbeat – The Fray
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