Posted December 31, 201212 yr I've not included records that peaked before Jan 2012, nor oldies (whether new to the charts or not), they have to be less than 2 years old and peak during 2012, but it's total sales including 2011 sales except for 2 records that hit number one in both 2011 and 2012 - and Ive felt it only fair to just show their sales for each year (as technically they first peaked in 2011 and wouldn't otherwise show in 2012 charts - Princess Of China and Titanium therefore have more total sales than shown here, while hits like Turn Me On (David Guetta) feature only in 2011 Top 100 as it hit number 1 in 2011 but not in 2012 (even though it's chart peak in the real world was 2012). Phew! A few stats: Princess Of China has one of the largest ever calendar year totals. Train, fun. and Rihanna have 2 in the Top 20. The longest year-end run of hits are The Beach Boys (1969) Glen Campbell (1969) Elton John (1971) Sparks (1974) Poly Styrene (1978) Bananarama (1982) Madonna (1984) and Pet Shop Boys (1985) and mention to Engelbert Humperdinck who first charted in 1968 but didnt quite hit the qualifying 250000 chart points. So lots of veterans with new stuff in there with the newer acts, hits and non-hits. Top acts in the Top 100 are: Coldplay (2) Rihanna (3) David Guetta/SIA (2) Train (3) fun. (2) Pink (2) Elton John vs Pnau (2) Katy Perry (2) Gemma Ray (2) Florence & The Machine (3) Labrinth (2) Carly Rae Jepson (2) Maroon 5 (2) Muse (2) Emeli Sande (3) Lana Del Ray (4 and Top current act of the year) and Nicki Minaj (2). Clear of the pack though are my perennial favourites Pet Shop Boys - they had another half dozen B sides from the double album of gems dating back to the mid-90's chart high, but Ive excluded them and just included stuff released during 2012 - and they still have 6. I must be a fan.... 1 1 52 PRINCESS OF CHINA Coldplay/ Rihanna 3029200 2 1 15 DISCONNECTED Keane 1835000 3 1 49 SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW Gotye/Kimbra 1707100 4 1 22 LITTLE TALKS Of Monsters And Men 1453250 5 1 23 SOME NIGHTS fun. 1406550 6 1 12 RUN BOY RUN Woodkid 935000 7 1 46 TITANIUM David Guetta/ SIA 915350 8 1 20 SAD Elton John vs Pnau 910800 9 1 24 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY Katy Perry 858250 10 3 17 RESCUE ME Gemma Ray 837600 11 3 28 DRIVE BY Train 786350 12 2 18 50 WAYS TO SAY GOODBYE Train 781500 13 2 19 WE ARE YOUNG fun./Janelle Monae 752600 14 3 21 NO LIGHTS, NO LIGHTS Florence + The Machine 745350 15 3 18 BLOW ME (ONE LAST KISS) P!nk 704750 16 4 24 WHEN THEY FIGHT, THEY FIGHT The Generationals 699900 17 1 13 I STARTED A JOKE Pet Shop Boys 632500 18 3 23 EARTHQUAKE Labrinth/ Tinie Tempah 621900 19 3 14 BORN TO DIE Lana Del Ray 601600 20 4 27 TAKE CARE Drake/ Rihanna 596400 21 4 19 GOOD TIMES Owl City/ Carly Rae Jepson 585550 22 3 13 HOW DO I GET TO CARNEGIE HALL? Gemma Ray/ Sparks 565250 23 1 14 UNDER THE WESTWAY Blur 556950 24 1 8 DARK BLACK Kristina Train 545000 25 2 15 DEDICATION TO MY EX (MISS THAT) Lloyd/ Andre 3000/ Lil Wayne 544250 26 3 15 FOREIGN FIELDS Elton John vs Pnau 543000 27 1 8 RADIOACTIVE Imagine Dragons 518750 28 5 19 CALL ME MAYBE Carly Rae Jepson 509100 29 3 11 BRUISES Train/ Ashley Monroe 508100 30 4 21 TOO CLOSE Alex Clare 468400 31 2 9 SOMETHING NEW Girls Aloud 466600 32 5 13 BABY COME HOME Scissor Sisters 465700 33 2 11 DON'T YOU WORRY CHILD Swedish House Mafia/ John Martin 450950 34 1 15 A CERTAIN "JE NE SAIS QUOI" Pet Shop Boys 443100 35 3 11 STUPID MISTAKE Darren Hayes 442400 36 8 18 UNDERCOVER MARTYN Two Door Cinema Club 434100 37 3 14 RUNAWAYS The Killers 419050 38 5 13 SKYFALL Adele 417150 39 4 10 THE HIPSTERS Deacon Blue 416000 40 5 10 EUPHORIA (Sweden) Loreen 407550 41 6 16 PAYPHONE Maroon 5/ Wiz Khalifa 396000 42 5 12 THAT GIRL Noisettes 387300 43 7 15 SILHOUETTES Avicii/ Salem Al Fakir 384200 44 6 15 NEXT TO ME Emile Sande 375500 45 3 9 I FOUND YOU The Wanted 373250 46 4 14 BLACK HEART StooShe 364500 47 5 12 LOVE WILL SET YOU FREE Engelbert Humperdinck 341300 48 6 12 CELEBRATE Mika/Pharrell Williams 332750 49 6 14 CANDY Robbie Williams 332650 50 7 11 MADNESS Muse 319200 51 3 10 GIVE ME ALL YOUR LUVIN' Madonna/ Nicki Minaj/ MIA 317250 52 4 13 WINNER Pet Shop Boys 316900 53 8 14 ONE MORE NIGHT Maroon 5 314750 54 4 14 PRIMADONNA Marina & The Diamonds 314650 55 7 12 CHARLIE BROWN Coldplay 311050 56 8 10 SHE WOLF (FALLING TO PIECES) David Guetta/ SIA 304150 57 6 8 TRY P!nk 300800 58 8 11 MOVES LIKE JAGGER Bananarama 295500 59 8 14 GOOD FEELING Flo-Rida/ Etta James 293650 60 7 15 IT WILL RAIN Bruno Mars 290150 61 9 13 SAY GOODBYE Norah Jones 288650 62 12 15 THE KEEPERS Santigold 281900 63 7 11 SURVIVAL Muse 278950 64 9 12 SEVEN NATION ARMY Marcus Collins 276500 65 9 10 SPECTRUM (SAY MY NAME) Florence & The Machine 271800 66 7 10 WIDE AWAKE Katy Perry 266300 67 5 7 SING Gary Barlow & The Commonwealth Band 257550 68 10 13 LEAVING Pet Shop Boys 256000 69 7 9 PLEASE FORGIVE MY HEART Bobby Womack 254650 70 9 15 GANGNAM STYLE PSY 252700 71 10 12 TAKING OVER ME Lawson 252400 72 9 10 BENEATH YOUR BEAUTIFUL Labrinth/ Emili Sande 251700 73 10 15 ANYWAY Cee Lo Green 251050 74 8 11 WONDER Naughty Boy/ Emeli Sande 250750 75 9 10 REQUIEM IN DENIM AND LEOPARDSKIN Pet Shop Boys 241250 76 10 11 BLUE JEANS Lana Del Ray 237550 77 9 10 LONELY BOY The Black Keys 229100 78 8 10 ALL BETS ARE OFF Nerina Pallot 227950 79 13 13 CHASING THE SUN The Wanted 227050 80 10 9 LATCH Disclosure/Sam Smith 226150 81 12 11 WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER Taylor Swift 223050 82 9 8 BIG CITY M83 222450 83 9 9 BREAKING DOWN Florence & The Machine 220200 84 10 11 FIRST STEPS Elbow 218750 85 10 12 THAT'S WHY GOD MADE THE RADIO The Beach Boys 211250 86 7 9 YOU DA ONE Rihanna 210500 87 16 12 HANG IT UP The Ting Tings 209200 88 16 11 PUSH AND SHOVE No Doubt/Busy Signal/Major Lazer 207350 89 7 10 BLUE VELVET Lana Del Ray 205900 90 29 13 IN MY ARMS Glen Campbell 205150 91 10 15 SIMPLE SONG The Shins 204250 92 7 8 LIGHT UP THE WORLD Steps 202600 93 17 11 STARSHIPS Nicky Minaj 202300 94 12 13 PICKING UP THE PIECES Paloma Faith 202300 95 12 9 TIMEBOMB Kylie Minogue 202100 96 7 9 THE WAY THROUGH THE WOODS Pet Shop Boys 201350 97 10 8 BLACK CHRISTMAS Poly Styrene 199250 98 8 8 OH MY GOODNESS Olly Murs 193900 99 10 10 RIDE Lana Del Ray 191850 100 10 8 BACKTRACK Rebecca Ferguson 185850 Edited December 31, 201212 yr by popchartfreak
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