List of Canadian Hot 100 number-one singles of 2012 explained

This is a list of the Canadian Billboard magazine Canadian Hot 100 number-ones of 2012.

Note that Billboard publishes charts with an issue date approximately 7–10 days in advance.

Chart history

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Indicates best-performing single of 2012[1]

	Issue date	Song	Artist(s)	Ref.
re	January 7	"Sexy and I Know It"	LMFAO	[2]
	January 14			[3]
re	January 21	"We Found Love"	Rihanna featuring Calvin Harris	[4]
	January 28			[5]
	February 4			[6]
59	February 11	"Call Me Maybe"	Carly Rae Jepsen	[7]
	February 18			[8]
60	February 25	"Give Me All Your Luvin'"	Madonna featuring Nicki Minaj and M.I.A.	[9]
61	March 3	"Part of Me"	Katy Perry	[10]
re	March 10	"Call Me Maybe"	Carly Rae Jepsen	[11]
	March 17			[12]
62	March 24	"Wild Ones"	Flo Rida featuring Sia	[13]
	March 31			[14]
63	April 7	"We Are Young"	Fun featuring Janelle Monáe	[15]
64	April 14	"Boyfriend"	Justin Bieber	[16]
65	April 21	bgcolor=#FFFF99 style="text-align: center;" rowspan="6"	"Somebody That I Used to Know"	Gotye featuring Kimbra	[17]
	April 28	[18]
	May 5	[19]
	May 12	[20]
	May 19	[21]
	May 26	[22]
66	June 2	"Payphone"	Maroon 5 featuring Wiz Khalifa	[23]
	June 9			[24]
	June 16			[25]
	June 23			[26]
	June 30			[27]
	July 7			[28]
	July 14			[29]
	July 21			[30]
67	July 28	"Wide Awake"	Katy Perry	[31]
68	August 4	"Whistle"	Flo Rida	[32]
	August 11			[33]
re	August 18	"Wide Awake"	Katy Perry	[34]
	August 25			[35]
69	September 1	"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"	Taylor Swift	[36]
70	September 8	"Good Time"	Owl City and Carly Rae Jepsen	[37]
re	September 15	"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"	Taylor Swift	[38]
	September 22			[39]
	September 29			[40]
71	October 6	"Gangnam Style"	Psy	[41]
	October 13			[42]
	October 20			[43]
	October 27			[44]
	November 3			[45]
	November 10			[46]
	November 17			[47]
72	November 24	"Diamonds"	Rihanna	[48]
	December 1			[49]
	December 8			[50]
	December 15			[51]
73	December 22	"Locked Out of Heaven"	Bruno Mars	[52]
	December 29			[53]

See also

• List of number-one albums of 2012 (Canada)

Notes and References

1. Canadian Hot 100 - Year End 2012. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . 2014-12-09.
2. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . January 7, 2012. 2012-01-07.
3. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . January 14, 2012. 2012-01-14.
4. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . January 21, 2012. 2012-01-21.
5. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . January 28, 2012. 2012-01-28.
6. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . February 4, 2012. 2012-02-04.
7. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . February 11, 2012. 2012-02-11.
8. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . February 18, 2012. 2012-02-18.
9. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . February 25, 2012. 2012-02-25.
10. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . March 3, 2012. 2012-03-03.
11. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . March 10, 2012. 2012-03-10.
12. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . March 17, 2012. 2012-03-17.
13. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . March 24, 2012. 2012-03-24.
14. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . March 31, 2012. 2012-03-31.
15. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . April 7, 2012. 2012-03-29.
16. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . April 14, 2012. 2012-04-05.
17. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . April 21, 2012. 2012-04-12.
18. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . April 28, 2012. 2012-04-19.
19. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . May 5, 2012. 2012-04-26.
20. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . May 12, 2012. 2012-05-03.
21. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . May 19, 2012. 2012-05-10.
22. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . May 26, 2012. 2012-05-17.
23. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . April 21, 2012. 2012-04-12.
24. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . June 9, 2012. 2012-05-31.
25. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . June 16, 2012. 2012-06-07.
26. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . June 23, 2012. 2012-06-14.
27. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . June 30, 2012. 2012-06-21.
28. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . July 7, 2012. 2012-06-28.
29. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . July 14, 2012. 2012-07-05.
30. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . July 21, 2012. 2012-07-12.
31. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . July 28, 2012. 2012-07-19.
32. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . August 4, 2012. 2012-07-26.
33. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . August 11, 2012. 2012-08-02.
34. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . August 18, 2012. 2012-08-09.
35. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . August 25, 2012. 2012-08-16.
36. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . September 1, 2012. 2012-08-23.
37. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . September 8, 2012. 2012-08-30.
38. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . September 15, 2012. 2012-09-06.
39. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . September 22, 2012. 2012-09-13.
40. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . September 29, 2012. 2012-09-20.
41. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . October 6, 2012. 2012-09-27.
42. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . October 13, 2012. 2012-10-04.
43. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . October 20, 2012. 2012-10-10.
44. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . October 27, 2012. 2012-10-18.
45. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . November 3, 2012. 2012-10-25.
46. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . November 10, 2012. 2012-11-01.
47. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . November 17, 2012. 2012-11-08.
48. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . November 24, 2012. 2012-11-15.
49. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . December 1, 2012. 2012-11-22.
50. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . December 8, 2012. 2012-11-28.
51. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . December 15, 2012. 2012-12-06.
52. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . December 22, 2012. 2012-12-15.
53. Canadian Hot 100 . Billboard. Prometheus Global Media . December 29, 2012. 2012-12-21.